Go See Adam Carolla's Movie About Paul Newman and Race Cars - Wired
“Racing is what Newman did,” Lerner says. ” When he realized he was too old to run at pinnacle of the sport, “he took on a second career as team owner, often sinking his own money into the organization. He wasn’t a poseur who raced to gratify his ego, and he wasn’t a wanker who was a second or two off the pace. Racers respect nothing so much as passion for the sport mixed with speed and humility, and the man had all of that. Former Trans-Am champion Tommy Kendall told Stone and Lerner, “I think Paul felt that a big part of his career in acting was dumb-ass luck. Racing gives nothing to anyone. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and this guy is the best there ever was. “Everyone knows about [ Winning ],” says Sam Posey, a veteran Indy 500 driver and former ABC Sports commentator. “But they pass over the next phase because it looked so boring—a boxy little sedan doing lap after lap at Lime Rock. ” Newman had no talent at all, Posey says, but unlike a lot of actor-drivers, he had the humility to begin in slow cars, sticking with it beyond the point of frustration. He was teaching himself how to drive, but in a highly unusual way—acting out the role of a racing driver. Source: www.wired.com
