WinningWinning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman is also the title of the 2015 documentary about Paul Newman from director Adam Carolla. Read the book that inspired the film! Though he is famous as one of Hollywood's greatest actors, a world class humanitarian, and the founder of the Newman's Own natural food empire, the late Paul Newman had another intriguing and lesser known passion: he was an avid, successful, and well respected car racer and team owner. In