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The most common progres sion is to begin with go-karting or dirt-bikes while still in the single digit age bracket and advance through a chain of increasingly larger, more powerful and expensive racing machin ery. Eventually, if they're very talented, blindingly fast and ever so lucky, they arrive at the pinnacle of one of the top champi onship classes such as Formula One, CART, IRL, NASCAR or a host of other disciplines. Paul Newman's transition from matinee idol to serious racer took a more circuitous route. Vehide not exactly as shown L E A S EF R O M * 1 PRO-FILES Automotive legends and heroes MONTHS $2,700 DOWN BS8 BK" J9 9 ® f r b g h t / pj > x e x tr a O R P U R C H A S E F R O M $ 1 5 ,8 9 5 * ROHDSIDf HSSISIflnCf PROGRflm M rii ytmlo t NmtfyN w t fab. 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Along with his personal racing activities, Newman also fielded his own team for five years in the Can-Am racing series, employing top-notch drivers including Danny Sullivan, Bobby Rahal and A1 Unser, among others. In 1983, Newman became a part team owner in the big-league Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) circuit, part nering with former racing driver and race car importer Carl Haas to form NewmanHaas Racing. Their first dri ver was Mario Andretti who had previously won both the Indy 500 in 1969 and the Formula One championship in 1978. The experienced and talented Andretti fin ished third overall in the team's inaugural year and followed that by winning the series championship in 1984. By 1989, Newman/Haas had added a second driver to the team, Mario's son MichaeL The younger Andretti, already a five-sea son veteran in Champ (Indy) cars, contributed with two victories and finished the season third in the overall standings (father Mario fin ished sixth). In 1991, it was Michael's turn to claim the CART championship for Newman/Haas, winning eight races, establishing records for the fastest lap at 15 race courses and earning nearly $2.5-million in the process. Two seasons later, with the younger Andretti off to try his luck in Formula One, Newman-Haas hired 1992 Grand Prix champion Nigel Mansell. There were plenty of skeptics who doubted the 40-year old Brit and CART `rookie' could be competi tive in a Champ car. But Mansell proved he could win in any league, taking six pole positions and five checkered flags en route to the title. Mario Andretti, who would retire from CART in 1994, won his 52nd and final race of his career, finishing sixth in the standings. In the ensuing years, the team founded by Paul Newman and Carl Haas has remained competitive with Michael Andretti, who returned to the team in 1995 following his short-lived stint on the Grand Prix cir cuit. 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