{"id":40450,"date":"2015-04-24T14:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=40450"},"modified":"2022-06-22T17:00:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T16:00:27","slug":"winning-the-racing-life-of-paul-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/winning-the-racing-life-of-paul-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Newman was a Hollywood actor. But he was also racing driver. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of you will have known that.<\/p>\n

But it might be a shock to discover that, from the time he first piloted a racing car in his mid forties, acting in the Hollywood legend’s mind only came a pale second to being on the race track.<\/p>\n

A new documentary, which has been previewed in the states after years of back-and-forth and rights battles, delves deep into this late-starting obsession – and by all accounts is a feast for anyone who loves the aesthetic of motorsport.<\/p>\n

\"Paul-Newman-Racer\"<\/a>It’ll be surprise to many of you that actor Paul Newman also raced cars.<\/p>\n

Newman, apparently, spent a lot of time behind the wheel of Nissan (Datsun) cars, winning the SCCA GT-1 championships twice – and you can scour the webs to see cars out of Newman’s own collection doing the premiere rounds.<\/p>\n

It’s a greasy red-carpet, but a red carpet all the same.<\/p>\n

Trailer is pretty cool too.<\/p>\n