Bob Bondurant was a racing driver who founded the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, where he taught celebrities including Paul Newman (1925–2008) and Tom Cruise.Bondurant got his start racing Corvettes in the Southern California road racing scene.
After competing against noted driver and designer Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), he began driving for him, racing on his Ford Cobra team.
Bondurant was known for his work in the 1960s on European races including Nurburgring, the Targa Florio, and Le Mans, where he won the GT class in 1964.
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