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I met Paul Newman at the 1977 SCCA National Convention in St. Louis =
where he was re-presented the President's Cup he'd won at the 1976 =
Runoffs. Learned a new word from his speech too, "encomium." I was doing =
a motorsports column for the newspaper I worked for then, so after the =
dinner when he was sitting surrounded by friends I introduced myself. He =
shook my hand very cordially, and when I broached the idea of an =
interview he declined with equal cordiality (Knowing of his aversion to =
such things anyway, I rather expected to be declined).=20
Later that evening the then-common post-convention high-jinks ensued in =
the hotel basement not far from the ballroom. Tricycle races ("Formula =
T") around the free-standing elevator column. Really small kiddie =
tricycles. And there was PLN, matched up against Bob Tullius. "Ya want =
me to show ya how it's done?" Tullius asked. "Nah, Joanne's been trying =
to show me for years," Newman replied, lying with his stomach on the =
trike seat and pedaling with his hands while Tullius tried it the =
regular way. I forget who "won." The merriment lasted until someone not =
associated with SCCA and the convention spotted Newman and bulled in to =
demand an autograph, at which point PLN disappeared like smoke in the =
breeze.
Just standing back, watching the proceedings and how much he was =
enjoying the company of his fellow SCCA racers -- not a star, not a big =
shot, just another racer having fun bench racing with people of similar =
passion -- I had my column anyway. Didn't need the interview to do a =
portrait of the man.
--Rocky Entriken
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Joe Boruch=20
To: tarch@bellsouth.net=20
Cc: lcouperin@hotmail.com ; enichol@bellsouth.net ; =
taylorrichardl@bellsouth.net ; leetheviolinist@gmail.com ; =
rltaylor3@gmail.com ; nancy_mitchco@hotmail.com ; =
ruthie.taylor@gmail.com ; fot@autox.team.net=20
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Paul Newman
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. =20
-- "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, =93That=92s okay =
Mr. Newman, it=92s on the house.=94
=20
The bartender then looks at me. So I say =93Well, do you know who I =
am?=94 He says, =93No, who are you?=94
=20
I tell him, =93I=92m Richard Taylor from Atlanta=94
=20
The bartender thinks a second then says, =93That=92s great. That=92ll =
be $3.50.=94
=20
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.=20
=20
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.
=20
If one can make a judgment of a man by an antidotal moment, in my mind =
Newman exhibited class in its noblest unrefined form.=20
=20
Richard
=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I met Paul Newman at the 1977 SCCA =
National=20
Convention in St. Louis where he was re-presented the President's Cup =
he'd won=20
at the 1976 Runoffs. Learned a new word from his speech too, "encomium." =
I was=20
doing a motorsports column for the newspaper I worked for then, so after =
the=20
dinner when he was sitting surrounded by friends I introduced myself. He =
shook=20
my hand very cordially, and when I broached the idea of an interview he =
declined=20
with equal cordiality (Knowing of his aversion to such things anyway, I =
rather=20
expected to be declined). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Later that evening the then-common =
post-convention=20
high-jinks ensued in the hotel basement not far from the ballroom. =
Tricycle=20
races ("Formula T") around the free-standing elevator column. Really =
small=20
kiddie tricycles. And there was PLN, matched up against Bob Tullius. "Ya =
want me=20
to show ya how it's done?" Tullius asked. "Nah, Joanne's been =
trying to=20
show me for years," Newman replied, lying with his stomach on the trike =
seat and=20
pedaling with his hands while Tullius tried it the regular way. I forget =
who=20
"won." The merriment lasted until someone not associated with SCCA and =
the=20
convention spotted Newman and bulled in to demand an autograph, at which =
point=20
PLN disappeared like smoke in the breeze.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just standing back, watching the =
proceedings and=20
how much he was enjoying the company of his fellow SCCA racers -- not a =
star,=20
not a big shot, just another racer having fun bench racing with people =
of=20
similar passion -- I had my column anyway. Didn't need the interview to =
do a=20
portrait of the man.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>--Rocky Entriken</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Djaboruch@netzero.net =
href=3D"mailto:jaboruch@netzero.net";>Joe=20
Boruch</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dtarch@bellsouth.net=20
href=3D"mailto:tarch@bellsouth.net";>tarch@bellsouth.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3Dlcouperin@hotmail.com=20
href=3D"mailto:lcouperin@hotmail.com";>lcouperin@hotmail.com</A> ; <A=20
title=3Denichol@bellsouth.net=20
href=3D"mailto:enichol@bellsouth.net";>enichol@bellsouth.net</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dtaylorrichardl@bellsouth.net=20
=
href=3D"mailto:taylorrichardl@bellsouth.net";>taylorrichardl@bellsouth.net=
</A> ;=20
<A title=3Dleetheviolinist@gmail.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:leetheviolinist@gmail.com";>leetheviolinist@gmail.com</A> =
; <A=20
title=3Drltaylor3@gmail.com=20
href=3D"mailto:rltaylor3@gmail.com";>rltaylor3@gmail.com</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dnancy_mitchco@hotmail.com=20
=
href=3D"mailto:nancy_mitchco@hotmail.com";>nancy_mitchco@hotmail.com</A> =
; <A=20
title=3Druthie.taylor@gmail.com=20
href=3D"mailto:ruthie.taylor@gmail.com";>ruthie.taylor@gmail.com</A> ; =
<A=20
title=3Dfot@autox.team.net=20
href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 28, =
2008 5:00=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Fot] Paul =
Newman</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I met Paul at a driver's meeting at an SCCA race at =
Lime Rock=20
some years ago. That's when he agreed to be an honerable FOT=20
member. He was very aproachable at the track as long as the =
subject was=20
racing. My wife started up a conversation with him later that =
day and=20
called him Mr. Newman. He replied "Call me Paul". His wife =
and=20
daughter were often up in the tower watching his race and were also =
very=20
approachable. He was still racing SCCA last year, but was doing =
regional=20
races instead of the National races that he did in previous =
years. He=20
was still winning, too. It was at an SCCA regional =
race in=20
2007 that Barbara Walters went for a track ride with Paul around =
Lime=20
Rock. She was doing a story about living a long life. =
<BR><BR>-- "Richard Taylor" <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:tarch@bellsouth.net";>tarch@bellsouth.net</A>>=20
wrote:<BR><o:SmartTagType=20
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<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ten years =
or so ago,=20
I was sitting with a group of racers in the lobby of that Holiday =
Inn-type=20
hotel at the northeast corner of Daytona International Speedway. In =
comes=20
Newman and plops down on a sofa in a friendly-exhausted sort of way =
and starts=20
bench racing right there. In a few minutes he and I go over to the =
temporary=20
bar set up for cocktail hour. He orders a Budweiser and I order a =
Heinekens.=20
Newman digs into his pocket to pay for his beer and the bartender =
says,=20
=93That=92s okay Mr. Newman, it=92s on the =
house.=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The =
bartender then=20
looks at me. So I say =93Well, do you know who I am?=94 He =
says, =93No,=20
who are you?=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I tell him, =
=93I=92m=20
Richard Taylor from <st1:City w:st=3D"on"><st1:place=20
=
w:st=3D"on">Atlanta</st1:place></st1:City>=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P=
>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The =
bartender thinks=20
a second then says, =93That=92s great. That=92ll be=20
$3.50.=94<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Newman, =
still=20
standing there, chuckles. While I am waiting for my change he takes =
his free=20
beer over to our group and tells them the story; to which they all =
laugh their=20
collective asses off. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course =
there was=20
no escaping the aura of his celebrity, but somehow it never eclipsed =
the=20
camaraderie of our spontaneous little group of=20
racers.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If one can =
make a=20
judgment of a man by an antidotal moment, in my mind Newman exhibited =
class in=20
its noblest unrefined form. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal><FONT face=3DArial color=3Dnavy size=3D2><SPAN=20
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