On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 07:41:02PM -0400, Ken Waller wrote: > I'm sad too ann by his passing, for not only his acting ability but also > his car driving ability. > He began competitive sports car driving relatively late in life > (somewhere in his 40's I believe) & was still very competitive into his > early 80's !
He was still pretty darn competitve around two years ago, when I last watched him - he was driving go-karts at a fundraiser at the San Jose ChampCar race. I'd met him a couple of times before that (as well as seeing him in pit lane quite a few times). The first time I got to talk to him was a year or so after Michael Andretti started driving for Newman/Haas racing - while he (PJN) generally didn't want to be photographed at the races, he was happy to pose beside the car as "Paul Newman, race car owner", rather than "Paul Newman, celebrity". I also got to chat with him for a while at the St. Petersburg race where Sebastien Bourdais made his debut, and got to see a twinkle in those blue eyes when we talked about Sebastien's potential. Sad to see him pass, but it wasn't really a surprise - he looked pretty frail last year, and he wasn't at the IndyCar race last month. not only was he said to be resting at home - his family had gathered to be with him. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
