2009 Monterey Historic Races with us!
Friday, October 16, 2009
917 restoration - post #22 - slideshow #5
2009 Monterey Historic Races with us!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
917 restoration - post #21 - slideshow #4
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Paul Newman Week - Watkins Glen 2003
He was in the middle of filming "Empire Falls", where he played Max Roby.
"I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried - who tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out."
Paul Newman
Friday, September 25, 2009
Paul Newman Week - sometimes things don't always work out as planned
They were going to look real cool!
Newman loves his white "camp car" suit, so he had been wearing it during all of the practices, saving the new suit and a new pair of driving shoes for the race. So, now it was time to pose for photos. I tell Paul that he needs to put on his new gear. Paul came out of the trailer and his voice seemed a little higher than normal. Somehow, measurements must have gotten mixed up because I think Paul got Billy Barty's suit. There was no way Paul was zipping the suit past his manhood! So, now he puts his "camp car" suit back on and comes out with his new driving shoes. We noticed a stumble in his stride. He looked at me and said "how can I make these things fit?" (Now remember, we're about to start a 24 hour race).
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Paul Newman Week - 2006 Moroso Fun Day
by providing him with his favorite race car for an afternoon.
One of Paul's good friends, Stan Barrett was also at the track.
"On December 17, 1979 Stan Barrett was strapped into the cockpit of the Budweiser rocket car waiting to make a final run in an attempt to be the first person to drive a land-bound vehicle faster than the speed of sound."
the same basic design painted by his daughter years ago.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Paul Newman Week - 2000 Daytona Test
He has raced RSR's through the years, so he felt
comfortable climbing into our 2000 Porsche GT3-R.
this is one of my demands...I want to be the hero".
starring Paul, Linda Fiorentino and Dermot Mulroney.
Legendary bank robber Henry Manning (Newman) pushes his luck too far and ends up in prison, where he suffers a massive stroke. He is transferred to a nursing home, in the care of Carol Ann McKay (Fiorentino), a high school prom queen who married her boyfriend Wayne (Mulroney), the star of her school's football team, and whose glamour days are well behind her. Carol Ann starts to suspect that Henry isn't as sick as he seems, and she and Wayne are soon working with Henry to plan his last and greatest score.
We all got to attend a private screening of the movie
at our local theatre on January 19, 2000.
That was pretty special for us!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Paul Newman Week - 1995 Moroso Fun Day
Monday, September 21, 2009
Paul Newman Week - 1994 Daytona Test
These photos were taken at the 1994 Daytona Test where we were running our Porsche G-93 mid-engine car with Paul Newman, Charles Slater and John Paul Jr.
He especially liked our slogan..."EAT ME!"