Collecting and Documenting IROC History (Movie Stars & Racing Legends)

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Ray Evernham's IROC Racecar Collection: Driven By The Most Legendary Names In Racing

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Ray Evernham highlights the value of IROC cars not just for their racing lineage but also for the famous figures associated with them. He describes a specific IROC car (number 15) that, in addition to being raced by Darrell Waltrip, was used in a special promotion at Sears Point Raceway where movie stars drove it. This particular car was piloted by legendary actors Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, and James Brolin, alongside professional racer Bob Bondurant. Ray proudly possesses the lap times recorded by these celebrities, noting that Gene Hackman and Paul Newman were particularly fast. He emphasizes the unique historical significance of IROC cars, as they were driven by an unparalleled array of talent from various racing disciplines and even Hollywood, making them more than just race cars but cultural artifacts with compelling stories.

Goal: Highlight the unique historical and cultural value of IROC cars and Ray's efforts to preserve them.

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come back in in some way because a lot of these vehicles there's just not cars out there right now that so many great drivers drove and not only great drivers I've got a little Jewel hidden over here under the plastic I'll tell you a story about this car here this car is uh it was IROC number 15 the last time it raced at Riverside California Daryl Waltrip won the race with it it was a practice car for a while but this car was used in a promotion at Sears Point raceway and they brought in some movie stars to drive it so that car Not only was driven by the greatest drivers in the world race drivers it was driven this on the same day by Paul Newman Gene Hackman Clint Eastwood James Brolin and then uh Bob bonder on so it really cool history I've got all the lap times from those guys and I'm going to tell you uh Gene Hackman and Paul Newman were Wheelman they they went pretty quick in that car compared to some of our the professional drivers so you know in a nutshell I think that this is a special year with the 50th anniversary of Iraq coming up there's so many stories to be told throughout that many of the guys that drove in that Series in the early series especially are still around Jace ignore the man that basically was The Mastermind behind putting all the cars together uh speak to him regularly and it it to me it's it's obviously it's its own little cult thing but when you look at the talent the drivers the the things that went in that Iraq in there you know they ran from I think 1973 to about 2 000 was it six I think was the last race so there's many different stories and historical moments from some of the greatest drivers in the world I just

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