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Much to the dismay of his wife, actress Joanne Woodward, that changed after 1969's Winning, a movie centered on the life of a racecar driver.

"She has been patient beyond almost anything," Newman told USA TODAY in a 2006 interview. "She married an actor. She had no idea he'd spend his weekends at racetracks." Newman then leaned forward and showed off a gift from Woodward: a Rolex with the words "Drive slowly" inscribed on the back. He joked that Woodward had threatened to divorce him if he continued to race, but he continued to turn laps in sports car until he was too ill from cancer.

"Many people felt that if Paul started at a younger age, he could have gone as far as wanted to go in the sport," says veteran Indy and sports car driver Scott Sharp, who was teammate a of Newman's 17 years ago. "He was going around in his late 50s and early 60s mixing it up with some of the best road racers in the country, guys who were 20 years younger than him."

Newman's first victory came in 1972 in Thompson, Conn., and winning became habitual. He won his first of four Sports Car Club of America national championships in 1976. Newman, who was still Oscar-less at the time, was awarded President's Cup that same year by the SCCA, the highest honor given by the racing organization to an amateur.

"He began racing against guys with 10 or 20 years of experience and he was keeping up with them," says longtime friend Bob Sharp, who helped Newman early in his sports-car-racing career. "He was a perfectionist and wanted to do everything the right way. It only took him a couple of years to become a winner."

He competed in as many as 20 events per year after turning pro in 1977, about the same time his workload as an actor began to taper off. His pro career was highlighted by winning the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona, the USA's most prestigious endurance race.

Newman said that racing didn't exactly fill a void. Racing and acting "were in parallel for a long time, and one just kind of disappeared."

Newman's love of racing wasn't confined to driving. He teamed up with Chicago businessman Carl Haas to form the team now known as Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. They secured Mario Andretti, one of the top drivers in racing history, and he netted its first Indy car victory after just six races. The team has won eight titles and 107 victories, the most by any open-wheel racing team at the time.

Cars even played a part in Newman's last movie role. Newman voiced Doc Hudson, vintage racecar with vivid blue eyes and a gruff disposition, in 2006's animated Cars.

"I figured (Doc) was Southern and he was old — I dove right in," Newman said.

THE TVR SAGA CONTINUES...

TVR...THE MOST UNIQUE SPECIALTY SPORTS CARS !!!

FOUNDED BY TREVOR WILKINSON IN 1948 AFTER HE BUILT HIS FIRST SPORTS CARS RACER...PICTURED BELOW IN 1947 !!

TVR ENGINEERING HAS PRODUCED SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST AMAZING AND UNIQUE STREET & RACE CARS EVER !!!

TVR CARS ARE BUILT UPON A TUBE FRAME "BIRDCAGE" CHASSIS, AND FIBERGLASS BODY WORK WHICH IS POWERED BY V6 & V8 ENGINES !!!
THESE ARE AMAZING CARS TO DRIVE !...FAST, NIMBLE, LIGHTWEIGHT.. AND DID I SAY FAST !!!!...OH, YEAH VERY FAST !@!...

ABOUT 30,000 CARS HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE YEARS AND IF YOU CAN FIND ONE...BUY IT, AS IT WILL BE YOUR FAVORITE CAR TO DRIVE !
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"ONE OF THESE DAYS I AM GOING TO BUILD A SNAKEY SPORTS CAR THAT WILL BLOW YOU GRAND PRIX JOCKEYS RIGHT OUT OF THE SADDLE" -- CARROLL SHELBY



That was quite a claim coming from a guy who just a few years before was a chicken farmer turned race car driver, but Carroll Shelby always has a way of standing apart from the crowd. As a Driver, he raced sports cars starting professionally in 1954 and in an Aston Martin car he won the famed 24 Hours of LeMans race.

The name COBRA came to him in a dream, and the timing was right for him to create this now legendary automobile. The AC company in England had lost the engine supplier for thier cars, and Shelby made a deal with Ford Motor Company to get the 289 V-8 that they were putting into Falcons.
That was the start of the legend that is the COBRA today.



As the relationship with Ford developed, the Cobra grew from a fast sports car to a extremely powerful Muscle Car, when Shelby upped the engine to the Ford 428 V-8. More development work with Ford led to another LeMans victory, but we are getting ahead of the story, because first...



With the introduction of the Mustang, the same 289 engine was offered in that car, and it was an easy to have Shelby create a special edition model. These Mustangs became the GT 350, GT 500, and the Cobra editions.
First introduced in the late 1960's these cars became famous for the sheer muscle they delivered on the track & the street, Ford still produces the Cobra edition to this day.

Following in the succsess of the Cobra & Mustang cars, Shelby was also asked by Ford to help to develop the Cobra, and as it came to be the awesome GT 40, that again brought Victory at LeMans for Carroll.



As Carroll Shelby's reputation continued to grow so did his company, and when Chrysler needed to create some new perfromance models they turned to Shelby.
At first they modified standard production cars & after some tinkering around they let the Master loose to lead them to design an entirely new Sports Car, The Viper.



Never content to sit on his butt, Carroll Shelby is again back into the design of his entirely new Shelby series  sports cars, true to the original concept this new car promises to become as lengendary as the man himself !



JOHN SAMSEN....AUTO DESIGNER OF THE '55 FORD TUNDERBIRD & CHRYSLER MUSCLE CARS... !!!!

THE ARTWORK OF JOHN SAMSEN, AUTO DESIGNER FOR CHRYSLER (BARRACUDA & MOPAR MUSCLE CARS) & FORD (THUNDERBIRDS)...
YOU WILL WANT TO BUY HIS COLLECTIBLE ARTWORKS :

HERE ARE MORE JOHN SAMSEN DRAWINGS, PRINTS, DVD's & RENDERS AS WELL AS FURTHER INFORMATION ON HIS AMAZING DESIGNS !!!....
JOHN SAMSEN'S LONG HISTORY IN AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN HAS BROUGHT FORTH SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE CAR DESIGNS EVER...FROM THE ORIGINAL FORD THUNDERBIRD DESIGNS...TO THE CUDA....AND THE MOPAR MUSCLE CARS...
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< CUDA CONCEPT
This is a concept drawing for the 'Cuda  ...done by John in 1968 !!!

< DESOTO
These 2 designs (above & below) were proposed as Desoto sport models in the late 50's...you can see New Chrysler look in both !!



< SPORTS CAR
^ You can see the coming Barracuda design in this one for Desoto !!!

< '55 T-BIRD
The classic 1955 Thunderbird...done by John on the 50th Anniversary !

< T-BIRD # 1.
^ One of the very first drawings for the Thunderbird done in 1954 !!!


^ The 1971 Road Runner, one of the best from John !!
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^ the Original Challenger T/A...get yours from the man who designed these amazing Muscle Cars !!!...
< The Challenger
These are original design renderings from Chrysler !!!


^ The 1970 AAR 'Cuda,... this was a true Muscle car !!!


^ Did you ever wonder what the next CUDA may look like ? This was done in 1959 !


Here is something for all you Chevy Monte Carlo fans :

^ You can order a wall art poster print with PayPal & your credit card just click on the PICTURE & go direct to the online gallery where you will find THIS POSTER & a "buy now" button in the classic cars section....or click the corvette print below to go direct to our store shopping cart for more classic cars and 100 more great auto artwork offers !! :
< Be sure to look at Rick Heron's gallery in Our Store for his wonderful collection of classic & modern classic automobile art prints  & posters !!! IF YOU DO NOT SEE A CLASSIC CAR PICTURE THAT YOU WANT THERE, THEN PLEASE CONTACT US AT STINGRAYSSTUDIOS@AOL.COM OR CALL ANYTIME AND WE WILL BE PLEASED TO CREATE A CLASSIC AUTO ARTWORK FOR YOU !!!...


^ WE HAVE AN OFFER CALLED "ART MY CAR" IN THE STORE WHERE WE WILL DO JUST THAT FROM ACTUAL DIGITAL IMAGES THAT YOU EMAIL TO US & SEND BACK A PRINT OF WHATEVER SIZE YOU WANT TO PURCHASE, JUST LET US KNOW !!!
 
NOW FOR A SOME NEWS ON THE FUTURE OF CLASSIC CARS TO COME
... WE NEED TO SPEAK UP ON THIS ! :

As many of you are aware GM is about to launch an entire line of new RWD cars, many that will carry forward the Classic namplates of the past, GTO, Impala, Monte Carlo. and appopriately with V-8 engines...Well, the current administration is Washinton has had another Idea !...All  cars must get 34 MPG by 2017, of course NO CAR GETS THAT TODAY nor would any car we want to drive !...& here is what Bob Lutz (GM) had to say about this :

(courtesy of Leftlane News )  PLEASE GO READ THIS NOW !!!! :

Bob Lutz Comments on the future of GM RWD Cars



HOW MANY MORE MORE CARS ARE WE WILLING TO GIVE UP ?
WELL AT LEAST GM IS GIVING US BACK THE RIV !!!...:

thanks GM !...BRING BACK THE REST OF THEM NOW !!!

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"1967 CORVETTE SS 427"
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Classic Car "Portrait" of any car you want, these pictures are one of our most popular series, We have them ALL here at STINGRAYS STUDIOS ; ...Corvettes...                                                 

 ...Camaros..

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