{"product_id":"9781616730383","title":"Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman","description":"Winner of International Automotive Media Gold Award 2010 For all his fame as one of Hollywood’s  great actors, a world-class humanitarian, and the proprietor of a  natural food empire, the late Paul Newman had another intriguing facet  that was less known and perhaps closer to his heart than all the rest of  his well-chronicled life.  He was an avid, successful and well  respected car racer and team owner.  This book tells that story--from  Newman’s racing career, begun in earnest at an age when many race car  drivers contemplate retirement; to the partnership he formed in 1983  with Chicago racing entrepreneur and team owner Carl Haas; to the  impressive stable of automobiles he owned, from the Porsches and  Ferraris to quirkier modified VWs and Volvos.  This is the tale of a life full of passion and skill, of someone who  entered the 24 Hours of Daytona at the age of 70 and made his last  professional race outing at 82; whose roster of drivers for Newman\/Hass  reads as a who’s who of open wheel racing; and whose interest in cars  extended from the likely suspects to old trucks and new hybrids.  And  then there’s the charming pal who, when the incorrigible prankster  Robert Redford had a miserably wrecked Ferrari dropped at his front  door, returned the favor by having the car, crushed into a cube,  delivered to Redford’s living room.  The  anecdotes, the races, the cars--all are here, adding up to what for many  would be a full life, but for Paul Newman was simply another side of a  man of talent, conviction, and enduring spirit. See Motorbooks author Matt Stone interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: http:\/\/www.jaylenosgarage.com\/video\/jays-book-club-matt-stone\/1164286\/","brand":"Quarto Publishing Group USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166576820464,"sku":"9781616730383","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616730383_p0.jpg?v=1769904412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616730383","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}