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Article: STAR POWER.(NEWS)
- Article from:
- AutoWeek
- Article date:
- June 29, 2009
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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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