Chad McQueen
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Chad McQueen (December 28, 1960) is the son of famed actor Steve McQueen.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Chad worked as an American movie actor for a time and was in The Karate Kid and in many other roles. He's also a producer. A professional race car driver, he was seriously injured (suffered a broken lower left leg, as well as a pair of fractures to his vertebrae and multiple rib fractures) in an accident at the Daytona International Speedway in January 2006 while practicing for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona Sports Car race. He now says that his driving days are over and wants to become a team owner. Chad McQueen's racing career began practically the day he was born. Piloting a Porsche 917 from his fathers lap while shooting the legendary film, "Le Mans", Chad was born to race and between film industry opportunities, has pursued this passion his entire adult life. Chad teamed with Belgium racing legend, Jackie Ickx and his daughter piloting a trio of Porsche 959s restored by Porsche Motorsports for the 2004 Goodwood event. Chad has competed in every type of racing from Motocross to the Baja 1000. IOn 2004 he qualified for the SCCA Runoffs winning multiple events. Racing for Westernesse Racing, Chad finished 4th at the Runoffs proving himself against the best amateur racers in the country.
He has found over 1,700 pages of storyboard written by his father, called Yucatan, and has been working on trying to revive it.
Hometown: Malibu/Rancho Mirage
Ex-wife: Stacey Toten, now known as Stacia Robitaille (Now wife of LA KIng's Luc Robitaille)
Married 1987, divorced 1990 One son: Steven R. McQueen (*1980)Girlfriend: Jeanie Galbraith, 1993 - present
2 Kids: Chase (1995*) & Madison (*1997)Allergic to: Penicillin
External link
- [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chad-McQueen/ Chad McQueen at Yahoo Groups.
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