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Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:22 pm

LittleThunder wrote: I just remembered one, a drag racing movie with James Taylor (yes the singer) and someone else roaming around in a badass 55 Chevy racing guys for money.

That'd be "Two-Lane Blacktop"

And I saw the previously mentioned "Fireball 500" on the big screen when it came out in the sixties. I liked the Frankie's car so much I went out a bought the model car kit.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:14 pm

LittleThunder wrote: I just remembered one, a drag racing movie with James Taylor (yes the singer) and someone else roaming around in a badass 55 Chevy racing guys for money.

Denis Wilson the drummer for the Beach Boys played the mechanic that rode along with him.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:15 pm

Not a racing movie, but still a car movie.

American Graffitti.

Hollywood Knights.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:50 pm

There was a "Made for TV" movie called Rebel of The Road which featured a lot of early 70's drag racing scenes. It was later released on VHS under the name of Hotrod.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:26 pm

Has no one mentioned Cannonball Run yet?

Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:19 pm

NorCalRiviera wrote: Has no one mentioned Cannonball Run yet?

exactly what i was thinking!!!! it's a true classic.

one of the first car movies i remember seeing was six pack with kenny rogers, a bunch of kids & some nascar-esque s#!t.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:25 pm

NorCalRiviera wrote: Has no one mentioned Cannonball Run yet?

Cool, What about Fireball 500. I saw the car from that movie in Kansas once.

Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:58 pm

How about "The Wraith" from 1986? Not really a racing movie, but it had some pretty cool cars in it, including the Turbo Interceptor. Some crappy photos,,,,,,,,,,,

Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:27 am

What about
THE CAR

Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:42 am

jwcurry wrote:
"Two-lane Blacktop" from 1971. Very interesting film about a road race to Washington DC between a '55 Chevy and a GTO.

I can't find this damn movie anywhere :x its the real deal too. The '55 used was a real high 10s gasser.

Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:13 am

C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch

X2 to Two-Lane Blacktop and Faster Pussycat.

Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:40 pm

'64cal lookdub wrote: jwcurry wrote:
"Two-lane Blacktop" from 1971. Very interesting film about a road race to Washington DC between a '55 Chevy and a GTO.

I can't find this damn movie anywhere :x its the real deal too. The '55 used was a real high 10s gasser.

And the car from American Graffiti that Falfa (sp) drove, as well.

Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:15 pm

t3kg wrote: C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch

X2 to Two-Lane Blacktop and Faster Pussycat.

People in this country must drive very fast, or there is a soundtrack added. The cars that the driver passes are not moving much slower than he is. If he was truly going that fast, he would pass the others much faster.

Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:27 pm

RixiesRide wrote: Dust to Glory... a documentary about the Baja 1000.

Excellent choice. Here is a trailer http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dust_to_glory/trailers.php

Fri Nov 23, 2007 1:47 pm

Randy in Maine wrote: RixiesRide wrote: Dust to Glory... a documentary about the Baja 1000.

Excellent choice. Here is a trailer http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dust_to_glory/trailers.php

It was on again this morning.

What amazes me is all those people standing on the side of the road when those guys fly through doing 100 mph and nobody gets killed.

Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:24 pm

bugntjw wrote: People in this country must drive very fast, or there is a soundtrack added. The cars that the driver passes are not moving much slower than he is. If he was truly going that fast, he would pass the others much faster.

Well, it's a short movie, not a documentary. There has been a lot of debate over the years about how he shot it, what he was driving, etc. The sound is probably dubbed in, maybe from a different car. All the red lights he runs seem to be real, though, and the pedestrians that jump out of the way too.

Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:53 am

RixiesRide wrote: Randy in Maine wrote: RixiesRide wrote: Dust to Glory... a documentary about the Baja 1000.

Excellent choice. Here is a trailer http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dust_to_glory/trailers.php

It was on again this morning.

What amazes me is all those people standing on the side of the road when those guys fly through doing 100 mph and nobody gets killed.

i saw that a few months ago. i thought that it actually mentioned that someone was killed trying to cross the trail. somewhere aroud the middle of the movie. people have been killed in the past. thats as crazy as those europeans standing around in the snow while the rally cars go zooming by! :lol:

Sun Nov 25, 2007 11:25 am

90volts wrote: RixiesRide wrote: Randy in Maine wrote: RixiesRide wrote: Dust to Glory... a documentary about the Baja 1000.

Excellent choice. Here is a trailer http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dust_to_glory/trailers.php

It was on again this morning.

What amazes me is all those people standing on the side of the road when those guys fly through doing 100 mph and nobody gets killed.

i saw that a few months ago. i thought that it actually mentioned that someone was killed trying to cross the trail. somewhere aroud the middle of the movie. people have been killed in the past. thats as crazy as those europeans standing around in the snow while the rally cars go zooming by! :lol:

One person was killed. He was struck by another spectator on a motorcycle going the wrong way down the street.

Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:02 am

It's kinda cheezey but there was a quasi-documentary on Ed "Big Daddy" Roth that came out a year or so ago - "Tales of the Rat Fink." A lot of good vintage hot rod and salt-flat racing footage.

Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:03 am

Can't believe nobody has mentioned "Heart Like a Wheel" yet... the story of Shirley Muldowney. Great flick about a cool chick... great drag racer and a class act.