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actors as racing team owners

Started by HistoryFan , Feb 04 2017 18:15

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#1 HistoryFan

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 18:15

Jackie Chan will be team owner for a LMP2 squad in 24h of Le Mans.

There was also Peter Dempsey over years of course.

Bill Cosby was IndyCar team owner

Paul Newman of course as well with Newman Haas Racing

Any more?

#2 Collombin

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 18:19

James Garner I think.

#3 muramasa

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 18:21

Masahiko Kondo in Japan

#4 HairyScalextrix

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 18:39

Steve McQueens Solar car at Le Mans?

#5 Radoye

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 18:43

David Letterman?

#6 KnucklesAgain

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 19:06

Johnny Depp could not have done worse by owning a racing team.

#7 bill p

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 19:47

James Garner I think.

Yep, AIR (American International Racers) raced Lola T70s in the late 60s followed by F5000s into the 70s

Edited by bill p, 04 February 2017 - 19:58.

#8 FPV GTHO

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 19:47

Patrick Dempsey

#9 bill p

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 19:50

Dan Blocker ('Hoss' Cartwright in the 60s TV series 'Bonanza') owned and entered cars in the CanAm series in the 60s. One having 'Pure HOSSpower' written across the rear spoiler!

Edited by bill p, 04 February 2017 - 20:00.

#10 Joseki

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 20:13

David Letterman?

Yes, co owner with Bobby Rahal.

#11 danmills

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 20:24

Paris Hilton owned a moto gp team didn't she?

#12 motorhead

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 20:34

Keith Flint from Prodigy owns superbike, supersport and TT team "Team Traction Control"

#13 MikeV1987

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 21:17

Leonardo Dicaprio owns (or is part owner) of the Venturi FE team.

edit: link

Edited by MikeV1987, 04 February 2017 - 21:20.

#14 AAGR

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 23:34

Is Ken Block and 'actor' or a race/rally driver !

#15 dgsg

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 00:55

Is Ken Block and 'actor' or a race/rally driver !

Neither!

#16 Peter0Scandlyn

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 04:58

As distinct from racing team owners acting as racing team owners?

I think Caterham had one of those......

More recently Manor.

#17 E1pix

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 07:00

Not an actor per se, but Cedric the Entertainer owned Champ Cars driven by Nelson Phillippe and Dan Clarke (CTE Racing).

#18 E1pix

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 07:21

Yep, AIR (American International Racers) raced Lola T70s in the late 60s followed by F5000s into the 70s

I think the F5000 effort was in '68 and again in '70.

Which reminds, Dick Smothers raced F5000 in the year between -- if I'm correct for once (twice would spin my head off).

#19 E1pix

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 07:22

Dan Blocker ('Hoss' Cartwright in the 60s TV series 'Bonanza') owned and entered cars in the CanAm series in the 60s. One having 'Pure HOSSpower' written across the rear spoiler!

Proving my utter disregard for multi-quote skills, Dan also owned John Cannon's F5000 (Formula Continental) title-winning McLaren M10B in 1970.

#20 savvy2210

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 12:51

As distinct from racing team owners acting as racing team owners?

I think Caterham had one of those......

More recently Manor.

"and the Oscar goes to"

#21 HistoryFan

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 15:04

Leonardo Dicaprio owns (or is part owner) of the Venturi FE team.

edit: link

But he never was at one of the races, was he?

#22 Stephane

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 15:39

He was, at least, at Long Beach.

But no role in the team, yep

#23 milestone 11

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 16:21

Prodigy front man Keith Flint owns a BSB team.

#24 Jejking

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 20:39

Is Ken Block and 'actor' or a race/rally driver !

False. Ken Block participated in FIA WRC officially. So you can consider him to be an official rally driver, with bad results though.

#25 Pierce89

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Posted 05 February 2017 - 20:53

Is Ken Block and 'actor' or a race/rally driver !

Ken Block owns DC Clothing. It started as skateboarding shoes, but now, virtually all Americans under 30 absolutely eat the stuff up.

#26 chunder27

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 08:15

Didn't Atomic Kitten run a GT team? Lol, well let them paint it yellow and turn up to a few races!

Flinty is a massive bike fan and has won TT's and plenty of Supersport races in BSB. He is running the factory Yamaha team in BSB I think this year.

I think Paris threw a few quid into Vinales early 125 career yes. No idea why!!

Wouldn't surprise me if George Harrison threw a quid some guys way in F1 or Hill's career as they were good friends. Not sure he ever owned a team though.

Kid Jensen obviously did? Not a movie star though.

#27 DS27

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 08:30

I think Paris threw a few quid into Vinales early 125 career yes. No idea why!!

I think she just threw a fair bit of money into what was the BQR team so that she could go on the likes of the Jay Leno show and say she run a racing team. The fact Maverick was there and won a race was a happy coincidence. I believe it all ended in court for breach of contract, probably to no ones surprise.

#28 PayasYouRace

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 09:30

Didn't Atomic Kitten run a GT team? Lol, well let them paint it yellow and turn up to a few races!

It was a tie in with WSR in the BTCC. Got Turkington his big break.

#29 RedBaron

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 09:56

But he never was at one of the races, was he?

#30 kevinracefan

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 12:37

Is Ken Block and 'actor' or a race/rally driver !

at the end of the day, he is a successful businessman in the apparel industry.. the rest is hobby..

#31 milestone 11

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 12:54

Wouldn't surprise me if George Harrison threw a quid some guys way in F1 or Hill's career as they were good friends. Not sure he ever owned a team though.

Yes, he did. Damon talks about it in his autobiography, "Watching the Wheels".

#32 StraightEdge

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 13:19

Craig T. Nelson once got himself into racing

#33 SonnyViceR

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 16:29

https://www.auto123....ng?artid=141655

#34 kevinracefan

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 17:20

adam corolla? owns and drives some race cars, not sure if he's racing them..

#35 B Squared

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 18:47

Michael Jordan, arguably the best basketball player ever, has owned a motorcycle team. Plus he was involved with the movie "Space Jam."

http://www.roadracin...al-competition/

#36 highdownforce

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 23:06

Keith Flint from Prodigy owns superbike, supersport and TT team "Team Traction Control"

Never knew that, thanks.

Looks like Firestarter Racing wasn't catchy enough...

#37 Disgrace

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Posted 06 February 2017 - 23:11

Antonio Banderas briefly owned a Moto2 team.

#38 chunder27

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Posted 07 February 2017 - 09:07

So did Clarence Seedorf the footballer, he gave Hector Barbera his first win.

Flint has been involved for many years now. but isn't an actor!

Keanu Reeves has put a lot of money into a bike project that might race sometime, but at the moment builds very unique hand built specials.

#39 superdelphinus

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Posted 07 February 2017 - 20:10

Not an actor but I didn't know what thread to put this in....

Red bull basically did with football what they did with f1, with much more angst resulting from the fans. I particularly like the line about following the letter of the law, but not the spirit!

#40 David Lightman

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 08:07

There's evidence to suggest that Caterham F1 was owned and run by the Chuckle Brothers.

#41 7MGTEsup

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:40

There's evidence to suggest that Caterham F1 was owned and run by the Chuckle Brothers.

That's an insult to the chuckle brothers as they were successful.

#42 Clatter

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:43

Did Frankie Muniz buy into a team when he took up racing?

#43 chunder27

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Posted 08 February 2017 - 11:44

Delph, I was reading yesterday about the utter hatred from German fans towards FC Leipzig who are owned and funded by Red Bull, the media call them names in papers and everything. Apparently they have vaulted several leagues in successive season and are currently 2nd in the Bundesliga.

We had the same things in this country with clubs being taken over or amalgamated like MK Dons and Rushden and Diamonds, and though hatred is a harsh word, some of the stuff going on in Germany towards Leipzig is pretty bad!!