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Newman never suffered inferior equipment.
He came out to California many years in the mid-70's for the first SCCA National point race of the season. The cars were the Bob Sharp Datsuns, always immaculately prepared and tended to by a cadre of specialists. Most of the rest of the field were home grown owner/operators.
The Cal Club would usually have 50 paid spectators for a race, but when word got out PLN was going to be there, the gate would be more like 1000 paid. Too bad, it forced Newman to hide out most of the weekend.
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