Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman.

Film of Paul Newman's racing career is to be released May 22nd.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/filmbuff-to-release-adam-carollas-paul-newman-racing-documentary-1201466966/

I really want to see this. As an actor, he's just another guy in the movies, but as a racer and a man, he was a very impressive human being.

An excellent actor, too.

As a regular adam carolla podcast listener I'm pretty excited to see the film after hearing many bits and pieces about who is in it and the stories told.

I can't wait to see this. I'm gonna be in town for the Long Beach GP when they have the premiere that the sday night but $75 a ticket is temoting but a bit steep. That all goes to charity but still a but much.I'll definitely see it at some point though.

Adam carolla is the e36m3. He does tons of good stuff.

Last weekend I was listening to an interview with Adam Carolla and he said to date Newman's Own products has contributed 350 million to charities. Pretty impressive when you keep giving even after your death.

I'm looking forward to this movie as well. I've always admired PLN, as an actor, racer and humanitarian.

Definitely interested and was actually named after him.

That sounds like a movie worth seeing for sure.

In reply to trigun7469:

Don't tell me your name is trigun7469 Newman? If so, that would be a huge coincidence, because that is my cousin's name. Not a first cousin, but one of those twice removed on my mother-in-law's side type cousins.

mazdeuce wrote: I really want to see this. As an actor, he's just another guy in the movies, but as a racer and a man, he was a very impressive human being.

I think you're selling him short as an actor. He was one of the few A-list actors of any era who didn't play himself over and over just because that's what the audience wanted (John Wayne, Denzel Washington, etc.). He shows off a lot of range when you compare his movies like Cool Hand Luke, Slap Shot, The Verdict, The Color of Money, and Road to Perdition to one another.

And his mint Oreo knockoffs are berkeleying awesome.

"They broke my thumbs."

His movies were before my time, so to me they've always just been old movies.
Two things about him always stick with me. He did an interview where someone asked him about his charity. He commented that a bunch of his success had been due to dumb luck. Being at the right place at the right time. He was trying to share that by providing as many good right place right time events as he could for kids that might not ever have one.
The second was a Trans Am race in maybe 1998? I want to say he was racing a Jag? A car spun, was broadsided and the driver killed. For whatever reason the race continued and when Newman finished they tried to interview him. He just sat in the car and wept. It was one of the most raw emotional things I had ever seen.

I used to see him at Lime Rock all the time. He was hard to miss with the Bob Sharp livery. He was very good, right into his 80s. He always had a very serious look about him in the paddock, but occasionally you'd see that famous smile. I'm pretty sure that I was there on the last day that he drove the track, though I didn't realize it would be his farewell at the time. He used his age as his car number. I never got to meet him, although I did get to meet his wife, Joanne Woodward, and one of their daughters.

I had the great honor of being at lrp for the last laps he took. I don't typically think too much of "celebrities" but I always thought he seemed like a class act. I'm glad he's being honored, and I think Ace is a good guy for seeing the need and filling it. I'll be seeing this one when it comes out.

I really hope they do a showing at limerock like they do on some films. I'll talk to some people and try to make it happen.

mazdeuce---- do yourself a favor and watch Slap Shot---- followed by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid....then Cool Hand Luke.

Mr. Newman was a great actor, and one of those guys that you just had to root for--- regardless of his role. There's a reason he was such a huge star.

add the Sting …

I stood next to PLN at a driver's meeting at Brainerd about 35 years ago. Didn't talk to him, though.

A beer company was one of the sponsors that weekend, and they were giving a free case of beer to each race team. Towards the end of the day on Saturday the announcer got on the PA to remind everyone to come and get their beer; he said, "you better hurry up, Newman already grabbed six cases for himself."

In reply to T.J.:

Little Known fact Paul Newman's middle name is Trigun7469

He wasn't usually a front runner towards the end, but at Lime Rock in the rain, I watched him take the whole field to school. He left them all in his wake.

pirate wrote: Last weekend I was listening to an interview with Adam Carolla and he said to date Newman's Own products has contributed 350 million to charities. Pretty impressive when you keep giving even after your death.

Actually, they don't make a profit off the dressings at all. It all goes to charity. I try to by Newman's Own dressings as much as possible.

His daughter is running the charity brand now I think. My favorite is Cool Hand Luke. So much in there.

Bumping this because this is airing Friday night at 9pm eastern on Velocity. Set your DVRs!

Definitely worth watching. We bought it via iTunes when it first came out and I really liked it.

Cool! Got it set. Thanks for the heads up.