Cool Hand Luke tips up his toes

[peabody]

R.I.P. Paul Newman....
I met him years ago while he was club racing at Nelson's Ledges, in Ohio.
Nice guy and a true competitor.

[Bill Heher]

A real loss, I bet Cool Hand Luke, Hud, and the Hustler start getting a bunch of run time in the next few weeks.

" Why did you say 50 Luke? We woulda had them at 25? Nobody can eat 50 eggs!"
" Seemed like a nice round number to me."

[George]

What we have heah, is a failyuh to communicate.

We will miss him.

George

[Bruce Hautamaki]

   God bless Him! What a life he lead. Thank you Paul. 

[Peter Ferguson]

I met him at the race track in West Palm Beach in 1977. He was sitting in the shade eating a sandwich. I was with two fellow engineers from Pratt and Whitney during lunch break, we went over to watch the practice sessions. We introduced ourselves and he posed for photos with us and told us about his car (it was a Datsun 510). I'm glad I got to meet him like that.  He was a very gracious man. I wish more Hollywood types had his brand of class.

[Keith Spriggs]

I wish more Hollywood types had his brand of class.

Well said, Peter. Even to those of us that never met him it was obvious that he was a "Class Act"

[Wayne J. Buran]

Saw him at Cleveland Grand Prix some years back. Very calm gentleman. The likes of John Wayne, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman will never ever be seen again from Hollywood. Dare say Clint Eastwood is the last in line. They dont make them loke that anymore.
Wayne

[Larry Cunningham]

A fine actor and man. He donated millions from his Newman's Own business to charity.
There were some tragedies in his life, which he and Joann Woodward endured.
83 years old, I'm sure most of you, like me, thought of him as a much younger man.
God bless him.

L.

"Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; it is better to
 be alone than in bad company." -George Washington

[Will Hinton]

Loved his acting, but the thing that impressed me the most was the "later" step into racing to become a national champion right away at what some would call an "advanced age"!  The man had heart!
God rest, Paul.

Will

[Mike Greb]

At a Trans-am race in Fair Park, Dallas, about 1985 Paul Newman almost ran over me on his motor-scooter.  The public was stacked about 10 people deep in front of his garage area.

[Serge_Krauss]

I regret Paul's passing, but must celebrate all that he was and accomplished in a pretty good run. I have admired his talent , passion, erudition, and generosity. He was a "straight shooter," and maintained perhaps a "Hollywood" record romance/marriage to Joanne Woodward - a great example. In auto racing, he not only had the passion, but talent and patience to acquire wisdom. A few years ago here in Cleveland, after he'd curtailed his Trans-Am series participation, he qualified something like 10th-12th in the Trans-Am Indy Car support event at the Burk Lakefront temporary course. This was a great track for viewing the entire course from any seat. Paul put on a driving demo that any driver would have admired. Having been punted out on the notorious diminishing-radius first turn, he was last by some margin after lap one. He proceded to set up and pass cars everywhere around the course, ultimately finishing where he started or perhaps slightly ahead. These were well thought out "textbook" passes. It was an exciting and satisfying exhibition for a guy probably already in his seventies. I'd love to have seen him do the CRA sprint car laps. 'darned good actor too - dramatic and comic ('loved 'Slap Shot'). But in all known aspects of his life with which I'm acquainted, he was exemplary. I'm kinda bummed out by his passing, although I should just be happy that a pretty spectacular guy lasted as long and actively as he did.