Chad McQueen is the only son of actor Steve McQueen.
15 Facts About Chad McQueen
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Chadwick Steven McQueen was born on December 28,1960, in Los Angeles to actors Steve McQueen and Neile Adams.
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From an early age, McQueen was an avid enthusiast of automobiles, motorcycles, and racing, interests that he inherited from his father.
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Chad McQueen began racing dirt bikes by age 9 and, in three years, went on to win his class in the World Mini Grand Prix.
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Chad McQueen quickly moved on to auto racing, winning his first race: the Mini Le Mans event, a children-only track created on the set of the 1971 film Le Mans, when McQueen was 10 years old.
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Chad McQueen has worked as a film actor for some time, appearing as Dutch in The Karate Kid in 1984 and The Karate Kid Part II in 1986, Sean Thompson in Martial Law in 1991 and many other roles including a role in the 1993 film New York Cop with Mira Sorvino and in the action films Red Line as Jim and Death Ring.
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Chad McQueen has worked as a producer, winning a Telly Award for his documentary Filming at Speed.
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Chad McQueen has appeared on numerous television programs related to motorsports, including Hot Rod TV and Celebrity Rides.
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Attempts were made to arrange for him to reprise his role as the character Dutch in season two of the YouTube series Cobra Kai, but commitments to his company, Chad McQueen Racing, added to the fact that Chad McQueen is no longer interested in acting, prevented this.
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Chad McQueen's professional racing career started in the Sports Car Club of America.
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Chad McQueen has competed in several types of racing from Motocross to the Baja 1000.
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Chad McQueen teamed with Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx and his daughter Vanina, piloting a trio of Porsche 959s restored by Porsche Motorsports for the 2004 Goodwood event.
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Chad McQueen returned to Daytona during the 2007 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race to thank the medics and track workers who he says saved his life.
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In January 2010, he started Chad McQueen Racing, LLC, a company that partners with leaders in the motorcycle and custom-car industries towards development of high-performance, limited-edition custom cars, motorcycles, and accessories.
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Chad McQueen dated Jill Henderson White Pasceri in the 1980s, a USEF Equestrian rider and horse trainer.