heard today that Lime Rock was closed today so the Newman clan could take a few last laps as Paul said to be extremely ill. mike
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yes - heard he was sick; but very private about it. He use to race a TR-6, similar to the one I have parked next to my 64 Corvette.
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I dont know the circumstances concerning Paul and Lime Rock. Although the Rolex Vintage Festval is being held this weekend there is a local no racing on Sunday law. This might close the track for the event but open it for a Newman family trial. However I believe that the event organizer, Steve Earle, would let Paul make exhibition runs.
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Paul is the real deal. He's been very generous to kids with cancer for many many years. Not too many like him left. RichComment
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Early on my carreer as I photographer in "74". I got to meet Mr. Newman at Limerock Races. I was covering for a Newspaper. Pure gentleman w/ great sense of humour. Very generous to long-haired kid startin out. God Bless em.Comment
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Paul, God bless him. Why don't the celebraties learn to stay out of politics. With him, as with many others, as soon as they take a public stand on the left or the right they loose half their fans, and all the motivation for the good they have done is suspect.
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Paul Newman is a class act for sure. Sorry to hear of his illness.Comment
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Paul is one of the greatest actors AND down to earth celebrities of all time. I believe there are many now adays (may not be in Pauls class) that we don't hear about. Recently Matt Damon was in Central Illinois filming, I believe "The Informant" a movie to be released next year. Many of the local residents flocked to meet him. Everyone was amazed at how patient and very polite he was to everyone that came up to talk with him or ask for autograph and pictures. They were very appreciative of the police and city workers for accomendating them. While Paul is in a league of his own I would bet the majority of those in Hollywood lean more in his direction than the FAR,FARwacky side the media wants us to believe. Don't take me wrong, I know the wackos are out there.
I thank God we have the Paul Newmans of the world.Comment
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I had the honor of actually watching "dailies" with Mr. Newman and George Roy Hill one day when they were filming Slapshot in my hometown of Johnstown PA.
He was an extremely nice guy and wished me well (at the time I was hoping for a career behind the camera). While this vocation did not happen for me, I never forgot the way one of the worlds greatest actors would give me the time of day.
I did get to see him at a race in Nazareth some years later. Still the same classy guy.
Actors and politics seem to be totally embedded in the past few decades. One thing about Paul and Joanne is that they put their money where their mouth is. Newman's Own food products generate millions of dollars for their carities, and you don't hear them pounding their chests every day to make themselves feel important. One other guy is Ed Begley Jr. You don't have to agree with all of what he says, but he lives the lifestyle he espouses. MUCH different from I dare say, the majority of the Lear Jet flying faux environmentalists who only want YOU to do without, not them.
OK, soapbox off, I know this is supposed to be a technical discussion.
Good to see Mr. Newman's car win at Belle Isle yesterday.Tony Gray
York, PA
66 327/350 Convert.
AACA Senior Award Winner Hershey 2009Comment
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in 1977, lea and i were invited to attend the Road Atlanta finals with Don And Helen Blatchley. Don had just retired from nationally competative SCCA racing the year before(at the age of early 70's). Don ran SCCA out of Ptittsburgh Pa with the Steel City SCCA club whose members included Don Yenko, Ed Lother, Grady Davis and Donna Mae Mimms(pink lady). Doc Blatchley usually bought year old Vettes from Davis in the early 60's. anyway, lea, Don ,Helen and i were walking thru the pits at Raod Atlanta that year. anybody who was involved with SCCA racing back then would greet Doc Blatchley in the pits that day. as we proceeded thru the pits, Don looked ahead and spotted a fella sitting on the curb, terribly dirty fire suit and holding a can of Budweiser. Don said to lea and i, come on , i'd like you to meet a friend. within about 10 feet of the stranger, he gets up off the curb and runs towards Donald and Helen. i can attest to his humility and down to earth attitude(and love of beer). About 10 years ago, our youngest daughter Marcy was on a work-related trip to Las Vegas with a bunch of her twenty-something year old female teachers. an old fella at the pool bummed a beer from the young girls and proceeded to spend the afternoon entertaining him. it was Paul. A hell of a driver, a hell of an actor and an extremely unpretensious gentleman. mike.Comment
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He is a class act all the way. It is a shame bad things happen to good people.TerryComment
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when he was in johnstown filming "slapshot" he made some laps in our dirt late model race car at jennerstown speedway. piney lasky who owned the speedway was also part owner in the hockey team so that is how we made the connection. paul was a very nice guy and had a great time in the carComment
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Saw this today. A nice retrospective of racing career
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