Drivers with odd Day jobs (celebrities who raced)
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Drivers with odd Day jobs (celebrities who raced)
This is a List of all celebrities who were involved in competitive motorsport (Any driver who has competed in the Long Beach pro-am or that British Reality program (Name escapes me) are not eligible,nor are team owners
Bruce Jenner
Day Job: Gold Medialist in the Decathalon
Racing: Fineshed 5th in 1986 24hr of Dyatona for Rousch racing.
Tom Smothers
Day Job: Hosted, With his brother, The famous Smother's brothers Comedy hour.
Racing: Ran in F5000 (I think)
Nick Mason
Day Job: Former drummer for rock group Pink Floyd
Racing: Sucsessful Historics driver, won an historics race at LeMans in 2005 (Also owns Tentenths.co.uk)
Brian Johnson
Day Job: lead singer for rock group AC/DC
Racing: Races in historics.
Mike Cofer
Day Job: Placekicker for the National Football league's San Fransico 49ers.
Racing:has run in ASA and NASCAR Trucks. More recently Won Track championship @ the Bulling in Las Vegas.
Jerry Glanville
Day Job: Former NFL Coach and TV analyst
Racing: Has run in ARCA,NASCAR Trucks, and NASCAR Grand National.
Frankie Muniz
Day Job:Actor;called the Carey Grant of child stars.
Racing: Retired from Acting to become full time auto racer. Currently lined up to do CCAtlantics.
Jason Priestley
Day job:Actor famous for Beverly Hills 902010.
Racing: ran Infiniti Pro Series till he was injured in an accedent in 2002.
Theese were all the one's I could think of off the top of my head,if you have any additions please put them up here
Bruce Jenner
Day Job: Gold Medialist in the Decathalon
Racing: Fineshed 5th in 1986 24hr of Dyatona for Rousch racing.
Tom Smothers
Day Job: Hosted, With his brother, The famous Smother's brothers Comedy hour.
Racing: Ran in F5000 (I think)
Nick Mason
Day Job: Former drummer for rock group Pink Floyd
Racing: Sucsessful Historics driver, won an historics race at LeMans in 2005 (Also owns Tentenths.co.uk)
Brian Johnson
Day Job: lead singer for rock group AC/DC
Racing: Races in historics.
Mike Cofer
Day Job: Placekicker for the National Football league's San Fransico 49ers.
Racing:has run in ASA and NASCAR Trucks. More recently Won Track championship @ the Bulling in Las Vegas.
Jerry Glanville
Day Job: Former NFL Coach and TV analyst
Racing: Has run in ARCA,NASCAR Trucks, and NASCAR Grand National.
Frankie Muniz
Day Job:Actor;called the Carey Grant of child stars.
Racing: Retired from Acting to become full time auto racer. Currently lined up to do CCAtlantics.
Jason Priestley
Day job:Actor famous for Beverly Hills 902010.
Racing: ran Infiniti Pro Series till he was injured in an accedent in 2002.
Theese were all the one's I could think of off the top of my head,if you have any additions please put them up here
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Didn't know about Brian Johnson.
I am from Italy, a country known for its history, cars, food, wine, and horny men
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Don't forget Slim Borgudd, who was a session drummer for ABBA Did Formula 1 in the early-80s and later moved to truck racing, I believe.
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He wasnt taken to the olympics team, that was why he went motor racing IIRC.meeister wrote:i think jackie stewart drove to the olympics as a doves-shooter.
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Smudo (Michael Bernd Schmidt)
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Day Job : Singer and writer of the lyrics
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Raced in different classes , like Beetle Cup
in 2006 he raced a Ford Mustang GT RTD BioConcept-Car .
He participated at the 24 h race at the Ring in 2006 with this car.
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He's also racing SIM's online
Actually he's Racing GT-Legends at http://www.hinterland-racing.com/portal.php
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Day Job : Singer and writer of the lyrics
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Raced in different classes , like Beetle Cup
in 2006 he raced a Ford Mustang GT RTD BioConcept-Car .
He participated at the 24 h race at the Ring in 2006 with this car.
http://www.fourmotors.com/
http://de.playstation.com/pdcf/index.jh ... de_DE_NEWS
BTW...
He's also racing SIM's online
Actually he's Racing GT-Legends at http://www.hinterland-racing.com/portal.php
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I know a couple of real racers myselfSB wrote:Smudo (Michael Bernd Schmidt)
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Day Job : Singer and writer of the lyrics
from the german hip hop group "Die fantastischen Vier"
Raced in different classes , like Beetle Cup
in 2006 he raced a Ford Mustang GT RTD BioConcept-Car .
He participated at the 24 h race at the Ring in 2006 with this car.
http://www.fourmotors.com/
http://de.playstation.com/pdcf/index.jh ... de_DE_NEWS
BTW...
He's also racing SIM's online
Actually he's Racing GT-Legends at http://www.hinterland-racing.com/portal.php
Jaroslav Honzik Jr who won the Czech BMW 1 series last year.
He's racing at http://netracingeurope.org/
And Darius Trinka, dunno what he's done but I know he drove in a Skip Barber Dodge race somewhere last year He races at http://euro-league.fahost.com/forums/
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That'd be Dick Smothers, actually. The other one.Lunatic Armchair wrote:
Tom Smothers
Day Job: Hosted, With his brother, The famous Smother's brothers Comedy hour.
Racing: Ran in F5000 (I think)
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Andrew Ridgley (The other half of WHAM with George Michael) after the band split up ran in F3 for a while. Seem to recall he whammed a few barriers.
Scott Stringfellow of the famous celeb night club of the same name in London runs in lots of events of different categories.
Cozy Powell, the drummer from Whitesnake, Jeff Beck Band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Black Sabbath, and the Brian May Band, and many others....plus he sessioned with just about every big band and name in the world of rock from the sixties until his death in a road car crash in 1998. He even came close to a #1 record with a record that was basically a drum solo (‘Dance With the Devil’). He was also in the Guinness Book of Records as the worlds fastest drummer...
Anyway Cozy raced in Touring Cars in the mid 1970's, particular in Production Saloons when he ran a Mazda RX3 under the Hitachi Racing banner (a car I built and ran) He also had a tasty Ferrari Dino 246 road car I was going to buy in 1976 for ₤2000, and I knocked it back because it needed 2 tyres for an MOT test.
pic © Alan Cox RIP Cozy.
http://www.cozypowell.com/sounds.html plenty of clips with Brian May and all of the above etc
Oh yeah, there is some old bloke called Paul Newman who has made a few films, the odd salad dressing, and owns half of Newman Haas. He has raced successfully with a few Championships and a Rolex 24 hr to his credit
Scott Stringfellow of the famous celeb night club of the same name in London runs in lots of events of different categories.
Cozy Powell, the drummer from Whitesnake, Jeff Beck Band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Black Sabbath, and the Brian May Band, and many others....plus he sessioned with just about every big band and name in the world of rock from the sixties until his death in a road car crash in 1998. He even came close to a #1 record with a record that was basically a drum solo (‘Dance With the Devil’). He was also in the Guinness Book of Records as the worlds fastest drummer...
Anyway Cozy raced in Touring Cars in the mid 1970's, particular in Production Saloons when he ran a Mazda RX3 under the Hitachi Racing banner (a car I built and ran) He also had a tasty Ferrari Dino 246 road car I was going to buy in 1976 for ₤2000, and I knocked it back because it needed 2 tyres for an MOT test.
pic © Alan Cox RIP Cozy.
http://www.cozypowell.com/sounds.html plenty of clips with Brian May and all of the above etc
Oh yeah, there is some old bloke called Paul Newman who has made a few films, the odd salad dressing, and owns half of Newman Haas. He has raced successfully with a few Championships and a Rolex 24 hr to his credit
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Cool, I never knew Cozy Powell did racing! According to Wikipedia, he died in a crash on the M4 motorway, while he was talking to his girlfriend on a mobile phone.
They've very, very recently changed the law on mobile phones. They've doubled the penalty fine for talking on a mobile while driving from £30 to £60 and you also get 3 points on your licence. 2 or 3 years ago, it wasn't illegal to talk on your mobile phone while driving at all.
They've very, very recently changed the law on mobile phones. They've doubled the penalty fine for talking on a mobile while driving from £30 to £60 and you also get 3 points on your licence. 2 or 3 years ago, it wasn't illegal to talk on your mobile phone while driving at all.
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Frankie Muniz ("Malcolm in the Middle") does Formula BMW
Tom Cruise...Days of Thunder??? I wont even mention the one that sounds like (rhymes with) a Kiwi saying Heaven
Steve McQueen .... Le Mans
James Garner ....Grand Prix
Tom Cruise...Days of Thunder??? I wont even mention the one that sounds like (rhymes with) a Kiwi saying Heaven
Steve McQueen .... Le Mans
James Garner ....Grand Prix
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“Good drivers have dead flies on the side windows!” (Walter Röhrl)
* I married Miss Right. Just didn't know her first name was Always