In the world of 1970s car racing, Hurley Haywood was cool, calm and collected. A five-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner, t | dG1fMmtBcEM1cmlvVU0
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00:00Every racing driver sacrifices in some element of their life.
00:11Back in the early 70s, Hurley was like a superhero.
00:14He did things that nobody else had ever done.
00:16He could take any car and drive it at the limit.
00:19If you'd ever cast a racing car driver in a movie, it would be Hurley Haywood.
00:24My name's Hurley Haywood. Come on with me and let's go for a ride.
00:28The fame came by surprise. He was like an overnight rock star.
00:33He just was the real deal.
00:35To me, Hurley Haywood is a legend.
00:37He's a quintessential race car driver, without question.
00:42For Hurley, driving was a relief of sorts.
00:45It gave him his identity that he couldn't have off the track.
00:49I was sponsored by Penthouse Magazine.
00:52Handsome race car driver, beautiful model.
00:55Hurley, how old?
00:56I am 31.
00:58Unmarried?
00:59Unmarried.
01:01As long as I was able to hold my foot down longer than the guy next door to me,
01:05that's when anybody looked at me.
01:10This is the first time I've talked about this to anybody, publicly.
01:16On the one hand, he's a sizzling hot racing driver.
01:20And on the other hand, he was the antithesis of that.
01:24Racing, for me, it's like a fragile love story.
01:27There's a person that stands behind him or her that helps support.
01:32It's not easy to talk about.
01:35He did what he had to do in order to survive at that time.
01:38It's almost like, how did he do this?
01:40The best kept secret in motor racing.
01:43It's time to be vocal about it, and I just didn't want to lie about it anymore.
01:49It isn't always about winning the race.
01:52Sometimes it's about being true to yourself.