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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 st=
arted up a conversation with him later that day and called him Mr. Newma=
n. He replied "Call me Paul". His wife and daughter were often up in t=
he tower watching his race and were also very approachable. He was stil=
l racing SCCA last year, but was doing regional races instead of the Nat=
ional 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 livi=
ng a long life. =
-- "Richard Taylor" <tarch@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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fice" />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 f=
riendly-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 ho=
ur. He orders a Budweiser and I order a Heinekens. Newman digs into his =
pocket to pay for his beer and the bartender says, =93That=92s okay Mr. =
Newman, it=92s on the house.=94
=
The bartender then looks at me. So I say =93Well, do you know who I am?=94=
He says, =93No, who are you?=94
=
I tell him, =93I=92m Richard Taylor from <?xml:namespace prefix =3D st1 =
ns =3D "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Atlanta=94
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The bartender thinks a second then says, =93That=92s great. That=92ll be=
$3.50.=94
=
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 w=
hich they all laugh their collective asses off. =
=
Of course there was no escaping the aura of his celebrity, but somehow i=
t never eclipsed the camaraderie of our spontaneous little group of race=
rs.
=
If one can make a judgment of a man by an antidotal moment, in my mind N=
ewman exhibited class in its noblest unrefined form. =
=
Richard
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<html>I met Paul at a driver's meeting at an SCCA race at Lime Rock some=
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bsp; He was very aproachable at the track as long as the subject was rac=
ing. 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 doi=
ng regional races instead of the National races that he did in previous =
years. He was still winning, too. It was at an SCCA reg=
ional race in 2007 that Barbara Walters went for a track ride =
with Paul around Lime Rock. She was doing a story about livin=
g a long life. <BR><BR>-- "Richard Taylor" <tarch@bellsou=
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go, I was sitting with a group of racers in the lobby of that Holiday In=
n-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 o=
ver 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 bee=
r and the bartender says, =93That=92s okay Mr. Newman, it=92s on the hou=
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