- Considers returning to racing although he suffered major injuries in a crash at the Kentucky Speedway last year. (October 30, 2003)
- Priestley is back on the road, just three months after the horrific car smash that almost killed him - he looked confident this weekend driving as he left a dinner appointment in Beverly Hills in his black jeep. (November 20, 2002)
- Despite a no-contest plea to a 1999 felony drunken-driving charge, Priestley is considered an experienced, professional driver.
- He underwent surgery Wednesday, August 14th 2002, on his broken back and feet, three days after his racecar smashed into a wall at Kentucky Speedway at 180 mph.
- Priestley is an experienced driver who has raced competitively for 10 years in Indy Racing League and was ranked seventh in points after three races in the series.
- Priestley may have driven through some oil-dry, a material that had been spread on the track about 10 minutes earlier to soak up oil from a leak in another car before his accident. (August, 2002)
- He has been driving for Kelley Racing in the Indy Racing League this season (2002), and he's been racing off and on since 1991.
- Despite his celebrity status, Priestley has won over many of his fellow racers this season with his driving.
- In April 2002, Priestley narrowly avoided injury at the Fountain Miami Super Boat Grand Prix, after his powerboat collided with another vessel.
- In 1999, Priestley was busted by Los Angeles police after he crashed his Porsche into a couple of trash cans, a parked car and a power pole while driving in the Hollywood Hills.
- In 1998, he snagged the checkered flag at a Grand-Am race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. And last season, he was hired by ABC as a broadcast analyst for the IRL series.
- His film credits include EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, CALENDAR GIRL and LOVE AND DEATH ON LONG ISLAND.
- (1991) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world.
- (1999) Crashed his car into a pole. Was arrested under suspicion of drunk driving. Released on $50,000 bail. Claimed he swerved to miss a deer.
- (1992) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
- He and Jennifer Connelly made a special participation in Roy Orbison's movie clip, 'I Drove All Night'.
- Plays hockey.
- Will drive for Kelley Racing in the new Indy Racing's new Infiniti Pro Series season, beginning July, 2002. Previously, Priestley won a 1998 Grand-Am race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
- Has completed the alcohol counselling program he was ordered to attend last year after pleading no contest to a drunk driving charge.
- Was nominated Golden Globe 2 times in 1993 for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series - Drama and in 1995 for the same category for BEVERLY HILLS, 90210.
Quotes- "It wasn't scary at all." (about the accident he had last April 2002)
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