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“Winning” released, stars Paul Newman as a race car driver
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Author
History.com Staff
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Website Name
History.com
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Year Published
2009
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Title
“Winning” released, stars Paul Newman as a race car driver
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http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/winning-released-stars-paul-newman-as-a-race-car-driver
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Access Date
May 22, 2018
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Publisher
A+E Networks
On this day in 1969, the legendary actor, philanthropist and automobile enthusiast Paul Newman makes his onscreen racing debut in the action-drama film “Winning.”
By the time he made “Winning,” the blue-eyed Newman was already famous for his performances in such films as “The Hustler” (1960), “Hud” (1962) and “Cool Hand Luke” (1967). The same year “Winning” was released, Newman paired with Robert Redford in the blockbuster hit “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.” In “Winning,” Newman played Frank Capua, a struggling race car driver who must turn around his fortunes by [...]—and in the process avoid losing his wife (played by Newman’s real-life spouse, Joanne Woodward