Figures from the Racing World · Ontario & beyond · 1970s
Paul Newman
Monty's racing career unfolded in an era when Hollywood and motorsports were falling in love with each other — and no figure embodied that romance like Paul Newman.
Paul Newman came to racing through film — his 1969 movie "Winning" was set at the Indianapolis 500 — and stayed for the rest of his life, becoming a genuinely accomplished sports car driver and, later, a champion team owner.
The venues and promotions of Monty's racing world — Ontario Motor Speedway's celebrity-infused events, nationally televised race weekends, the marriage of entertainment and competition — were exactly the world Newman inhabited in the 1970s.
Family accounts place Newman among the notable figures Monty encountered across his racing and marketing career. The archive presents this connection as family history, and invites photographs, programs, or correspondence that document it.