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Bob Bondurant, a racecar driver-turned-instructor who taught and guided such actors as Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage for racing movies and other fast-car films, died on Nov. 12 at an assisted living facility in Paradise Valley, Ariz. He was 88.

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.

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Bob Bondurant, a former champion race car driver who opened a high-performance driving school in 1968 and taught numerous A-list actors for their movie roles, has died.