ca993twin

Old geezers take heart. Paul Newman, 78 years old, drives to a 5th place at Lime Rock in the Trans Am event. He's my hero, and I suspect, the hero of AARP members everywhere.

The crew always worries that Newman will expire before the car does, but nope... he made it again. Atta boy, Paul. Win one for the Geezer.

Road Runner

5th! In a rented ride no less! That man can still drive. It just shows us that age is a state of mind. Thanks PLN.

Robert Henriksen

that's just incredible! Here's to ol' blue-eyes <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

Malibusteve

You gotta love his response when asked why he was doing this: "Just trying to maintain a pulse" ... Rock on Paul !!!!!!

Labatt

Jeez.. this makes me feel old. I grew up around auto racing at Lime Rock - every weekend we went up. My father was the Chief Starter for Northern NJ SCCA and several other regions, so we spent quite a bit of time at Lime Rock and Bridge Hampton, and even had a house where the property bordered big bend at Lime Rock (I wanted to put a toll booth up, and my father wanted salvage rights on the cars that slid off). Anyway, I remember watching Paul race his Nissan's around the track, and he wasn't so old back then... 78.. jeez...

Ray Calvo

Gotta admire him.

I remember when IROC switched to Camaros from the Carrera RS's they had been using. ABC Wide World of Sports asked Paul Newman to take a Camaro out and give them his opinions - while being transmitted live from the car. Well, Paul was truthful - after a few minutes he gave his opinion - "This thing handles like a f*cking truck!". I nearly fell out of my chair - Dad asked "What did he say????"