People: Sep. 2, 1985

The ears bear no resemblance, and there is just a hint in the eyes and brows. But John Clark Gable, 24, the son of Clark and Kay Gable, has inherited his father's interest in racing and nurtured it into a full-time career. Last year, aided by finishing third in the Baja 1,000, he won the off-road racing Rookie of the Year title. And next week Gable will enter the Frontier 500 in Las Vegas, looking for his first win. He has no ambitions to try his luck in the Hollywood fast lane, but is something of a film buff, listing among his favorites such Gable flicks as Test Pilot, The Misfits and San Francisco. "They just don't make them like they used to," he says. "They were classics."