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I met PL at a driver's meeting @ LRP too. He was there in 99 or so at a
National. Showed up at the driver's meeting just like the rest of us. Mostly
listened to the Stewards say the same old stuff with about the same amount
of attention. Making the same small race talk with everyone around him.
Amazing guy.
Later I was up in the tower watching a race (FF's I think) and he wandered
up. We made a few comments about a few great pass attempts and successes
going on.
A racer just like the rest of us. Just with a different day job.
2008/9/28 Joe Boruch <jaboruch@netzero.net>
> I met Paul at a driver's meeting at an SCCA race at Lime Rock some years
> ago. That's when he agreed to be an honerable FOT member. He was very
> aproachable at the track as long as the subject was racing. My wife started
> up a conversation with him later that day and called him Mr. Newman. He
> replied "Call me Paul". His wife and daughter were often up in the tower
> watching his race and were also very approachable. He was still racing SCCA
> last year, but was doing regional races instead of the National races that
> he did in previous years. He was still winning, too. It was at an
> SCCA regional race in 2007 that Barbara Walters went for a track ride with
> Paul around Lime Rock. She was doing a story about living a long life.
>
>
> -- "Richard Taylor" <tarch@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Ten years or so ago, I was sitting with a group of racers in the lobby of
> that Holiday Inn-type hotel at the northeast corner of Daytona International
> Speedway. In comes Newman and plops down on a sofa in a friendly-exhausted
> sort of way and starts bench racing right there. In a few minutes he and I
> go over to the temporary bar set up for cocktail hour. He orders a Budweiser
> and I order a Heinekens. Newman digs into his pocket to pay for his beer and
> the bartender says, "That's okay Mr. Newman, it's on the house."
>
>
>
> The bartender then looks at me. So I say "Well, do you know who I am?" He
> says, "No, who are you?"
>
>
>
> I tell him, "I'm Richard Taylor from Atlanta"
>
>
>
> The bartender thinks a second then says, "That's great. That'll be $3.50."
>
>
>
> Newman, still standing there, chuckles. While I am waiting for my change he
> takes his free beer over to our group and tells them the story; to which
> they all laugh their collective asses off.
>
>
>
> Of course there was no escaping the aura of his celebrity, but somehow it
> never eclipsed the camaraderie of our spontaneous little group of racers.
>
>
>
> If one can make a judgment of a man by an antidotal moment, in my mind
> Newman exhibited class in its noblest unrefined form.
>
>
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><br>I met PL at a driver's meeting @ LRP too. He was there
in 99 or so at a National. Showed up at the driver's meeting just like the
rest of us. Mostly listened to the Stewards say the same old stuff with about
the same amount of attention. Making the same small race talk with everyone
around him. Amazing guy. <br>
<br>Later I was up in the tower watching a race (FF's I think) and he
wandered up. We made a few comments about a few great pass attempts and
successes going on. <br><br>A racer just like the rest of us. Just with a
different day job. <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/9/28 Joe Boruch <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:jaboruch@netzero.net";>jaboruch@netzero.net</a>></span><br><blockquote
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin:
0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I met Paul at a driver's meeting at an SCCA race at Lime Rock some years
ago. That's when he agreed to be an honerable FOT member. He
was very aproachable at the track as long as the subject was racing. My
wife started up a conversation with him later that day and called him Mr.
Newman. He replied "Call me Paul". His wife and daughter
were often up in the tower watching his race and were also very
approachable. He was still racing SCCA last year, but was doing regional
races instead of the National races that he did in previous years. He was
still winning, too. It was at an SCCA regional race in
2007 that Barbara Walters went for a track ride with Paul around Lime
Rock. She was doing a story about living a long life.
<div>
<div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>-- "Richard Taylor" <<a
href="mailto:tarch@bellsouth.net"; target="_blank">tarch@bellsouth.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
<div>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Ten years or so ago, I was sitting with a
group of racers in the lobby of that Holiday Inn-type hotel at the northeast
corner of Daytona International Speedway. In comes Newman and plops down on a
sofa in a friendly-exhausted sort of way and starts bench racing right there.
In a few minutes he and I go over to the temporary bar set up for cocktail
hour. He orders a Budweiser and I order a Heinekens. Newman digs into his
pocket to pay for his beer and the bartender says, "That's okay Mr. Newman,
it's on the house."</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">The bartender then looks at me. So I say
"Well, do you know who I am?" He says, "No, who are
you?"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I tell him, "I'm Richard Taylor from
Atlanta"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">The bartender thinks a second then says,
"That's great. That'll be $3.50."</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Newman, still standing there, chuckles. While
I am waiting for my change he takes his free beer over to our group and tells
them the story; to which they all laugh their collective asses off.
</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Of course there was no escaping the aura of
his celebrity, but somehow it never eclipsed the camaraderie of our spontaneous
little group of racers.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">If one can make a judgment of a man by an
antidotal moment, in my mind Newman exhibited class in its noblest unrefined
form. </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Richard</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;
color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p></div>
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