Your challenge:  Provide just one (1) or two (2) answers that fit the following:

Tell us someone (past or present) that participated in stick & ball sports such as Baseball, Football, Basketball, (other), or maybe is/was known from the entertainment/music industry, that also spent time behind the wheel as a driver/racer.

Not looking for those that competed in the Toyota Celebrity Races in Long Beach/or other similar "celebrity" races only...  Looking for those that are known mainly because of their participation in sports, or the entertainment/music industry, that spent some time behind the wheel in competitive racing conditions.

We're not looking for those that became car owners (Joe Gibbs, Michael Jordan, etc.,) but looking for those who actually competed in an event/events where they were an actual driver/racer.

Start off by providing only one or two names, and if it we hit a deadend, will ask for those who were sitting on a few more names to provide them before we close out the question.

Remember, please provide just one or two names max from the sporting/entertainment industry to get us started, and we'll look to add more in a few days after more folks have a chance to see the question, and to give it some thought and hopefully respond.

Have fun thinking about it...

3Wide

Marty Robbins (singer) and Paul Newman . 

you beat me to it!

I recall that actor James Garner (actor) did some road racing.  He apparently got the racing bug after starring in a movie about F1.  Scott Ely

Steve McQueen

Frankie Muniz (actor)

I am getting old - I forgot his name

James Garner

Was also in a TV Western show (late 50's/early 60's).

Houston Oilers QB and drag racer.

Bruce Jenner raced in the 1988 Niagara Falls Trans-am race. The track was built around the Niagara Falls Convention Center. The TQ midgets raced in that convention center for almost 20 years. Now Seneca Niagara Casino is in the Convention Center now.  

Trans am or is it "Trans I am"

Thanks Kevin, that was hilarious!  Does Bobby711 get credit for Caitlyn Jenner too 

Did he run the POWDER PUFF race???

John Oates - Hall & Oates

James Dean. Should have stayed acting. 

Walter Cronkite

Tommy Ivo

Jerry Glanville (NFL Football coach)

Don Knotts was a darn good go-kart racer

Raced sprint cars in Central Pennsylvania.

Raced sprint cars various places around the country.

His band, the Magnificent Men.

Mark Knopfler, guitarist/singer from the band Dire Straits.

Dick Smothers.

Walter Peyton

Raced Late Models at the Las Vegas short track

Raced IMSA and World sports cars  in the 90's

Jason Priestley and Patrick Dempsey

Outfielder. May have run Seekonk. Sox brass was none too pleased...

Raced Formula Ford 2000's, and maybe even Indy Lights as I recall.   Pretty sure he won a few.

Raced at Wall Stadium

Guy Lombardo and his big band sang Auld Lang Syne. He raced Hydroplanes in 1940's. It was said that when Lombardo died he was going to take New Years with him. 

Jackie Cooper, actor from the 30's, 40's and 50's raced Sports Cars in 1954, 1955 and 1956. He raced at Marlboro Motor Raceway in Maryland in 1955 in an Austin-Healy 100-S. 

Walter Payton SCCA Trans ams series

JOY RATLIFF Obituary

RATLIFF, JOY WILKERSON Joy Wilkerson Ratliff, formerly Gladys Joy Wright, born on August 4, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, passed away at the age of 81 on August 24, 2011 in San Diego, CA. Joy had three children: Craig Carter (Marcia), Candice Carter Ph.D. and Kim Weitzman (Larry). She was the grandmother to Joe, Samantha, Alexander, Mitchell, Cris, and Anthony. Our mother graduated in 1948 from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego and then attended the University of California, Los Angeles. Joy became an entertainer in movies, television, U.S.O Vietnam, then race car driver and eventually an author. She was proud of her involvement in the Marine Corps League, San Diego Swing Dance Club, and Kiwanis. Needless to say "mother/grandmother" had a colorful life. On Saturday, August 27th, at Unified Veterans Memorial Church at Balboa Park S.D, Joy's name was read with those of the veterans who passed away in the same month, including Navy Seal Team #6. We wish to thank the Veterans Journal. Joy was cremated according to her wishes. A military burial for her in San Diego is scheduled for October 22, 2011 at one of the national cemeteries.

Robert Herjavec from ABC's Shark Tank.  

"A passion of Herjavec's is car racing. He competes in the Ferrari Challenge.^[54] Herjavec competed as #007 for The Herjavec Group Racing team in the North American Ferrari Challenge Series, where he won the Rookie of the Year title in 2011, after winning both races at the season-opener in St. Petersburg, Florida and following up with wins in Laguna Seca Raceway and Lime Rock, Connecticut.^[55]

In 2012, Herjavec was selected as the Grand Marshal for the 2012 Honda Indy Toronto. He is also an avid car collector with several rare cars in his collection."

Does Roger Penskie count??

I couldn't remember his name but, DIRT car driver Michael Storms.

Heres a paragraph i pulled from his bio.

Back in the late 1990s you may have seen Storms and not even known it. He starred in dozens of commercials for Kahn’s Hot Dogs, Little Debbie Snacks and Kix cereal, to name a few. He went on to appear in movies with stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Drew Barrymore and Sarah Jessica Parker.

I'm sure a lot of actors did the So Cal sports car racing as James Dean did. Also, those Toyota celebrity races sparked the racing bug in a few people. 
Jesse James had a figure 8 car for Irwingdale. 

I only know Roger Penske as a successful business man and a car racer turned owner.

If he is also known for his participation in a stick & ball sport (sport other than racing), or known for being an actor or musician, or other non racing reason, let us know and we'll add him to the list.

Singer Christopher Cross raced Super Vees.  Actor Justin Bateman raced in a short-lived SCCA compact truck series and was injured at Pocono.  Locally, WEEX DJ Bill "Rockin" Robbin raced at Nazareth and had been a terrific go-kart racer.

Lehigh Valley radio personality.

Gene Hackman, IMSA

Goggles Paesano

On that note, someone should start an alias name topic. 

I'll start it John,  "Howie the Hat"

John !! now ya' done it !! 

from old morern stock days--zonker glotzbach = rick zauner , from jackson twp -

the late Bob Emmons gave him that nickname at Ronnie Bucks garage in Farmingdale !!

CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS !!

bill garrett