About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Al Smith (driver), Art Arfons, Art Klein, Banjo Matthews, Barney Oldfield, Bill Mackey, Bobby Rahal, Bob Frey, Bud Boone, Butch Hartman (racing driver), Caleb Bragg, Chip Mead, Chuck Weyant, Clarence Belt, Cliff Bergere, Dave Blaney, Doc Bundy, Earl Devore, Ed Pimm, Everett Saylor, Fred Lecklider, G. C. Cox, Gene Comstock, Gene Force, Glenn Allen, Jr., Graham Rahal, Gus Wasson, Harry Harkness, Howard Hall (racing driver), Iggy Katona, Jack Bowsher, Jack Curtner, Jack Hewitt, Jeg Coughlin, Jr., Jerry Glanville, Jim Trueman, John Marcum, Kenny Martin, Larry Dickson, Len Zengel, Leon Duray, Lyn St. James, Matt Hutter, Mauri Rose, Mickey Rupp, Mike Shank, Paul Jasper, Paul Newman, Randy Pobst, Rodney Combs, Roger Penske, Salt Walther, Sam Hornish, Jr., Sarah Fisher, Seth Neiman, Shannon McIntosh, Ted Horn, Terry Cook, Terry Schoonover, Tim Richmond, Todd Gibson, Travis Gregg, W. E. Shattuc, Walt Arfons, Wild Bill Shrewsberry, Wyatt Gooden, Zach Veach. Excerpt: Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity. As of June 2012, these donations exceeded $330 million. Newman was born in Shaker Heights (a suburb of Cleveland). He was the son of Theresa (nee Fetzer or Fetsko; Slovak: ) and Arthur Sigmund Newman, who ran a profitable sporting goods store. His father was Jewish (Paul's paternal grandparents, Simon Newman and Hannah Cohn, were immigrants from Hungary and Poland). His mother, who practiced Christian Science, was born to a Slovak Roman Catholic family at Homonna, Pti ie (formerly Pticsie) in the former Kingdom of Hungary, Austro Hungarian Empire (now Humenne in Slovakia). Newman had no religion as an adult, but described himself as a Jew, stating that "it's more of a challenge." Newman's mother worked in his father's store, while raising Paul and his brother, Arthur, who later became a producer and production manager. Newman showed an early interest in the theater, which his mother encouraged. At the age of seven, he made his acting debut, playing the court jester in a school production of Robin Hood. Graduating from Shaker Heights High School in 1943, he briefly attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he was initiated into the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Ne
