+1. Fought hard for deiver safety at a time when it seemed like drivers were being killed almost weekly. That, and he knocked 20 seconds off of Captain Slow's lap times.
Still can't believe James Brolin didn't make the list. Dude won his class @ the 1979 24 hrs. of the Nurburgring, in a friggin' AMC Spirit!
Part Two.
Found the video.
Clearly McQueen/Newman/Dempsey are the cream of the crop. So here's one that most people don't know about ... James Brolin. Some people know he won the 1978 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (which his son won 22 years later), but most don't know he also ran with Team Highball, who sponsored a AMX in the 24hrs of the…
I'm paraphrasing here, as I don't have it in front of me, but the Haynes Manual for the Simca 1000 starts off with something like this, "The Simca 1000 GLS is a four-place sedan that will not be remembered for long. It is not fast, it is not particularly comfortable, and it does not do its job particularly well."
Juat barely beat ya to it ... but great minds and all. Wooten!
Aww yeahhhh ...