Article: STAR POWER.(NEWS)

Plenty of show-business types -from newscaster Walter Cronkite to Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering-have tried their hand at motorsports. And some have been pretty successful. Here is a baker's dozen who took it seriously.

Paul Newman

RACING RESUME: Sports Car Club of America, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona

OF NOTE: Got the racing bug while filming the 1969 movie Winning; won four SCCA national championships.

Steve McQueen

RACING RESUME: 12 Hours of Sebring

OF NOTE: Movie star finished second at Sebring in 1970 co-driving with Revlon heir Peter Revson; often raced under a pseudonymhis favorite was ...

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