Author Topic: Racing Movies List  (Read 39209 times)

blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2013, 10:12:15 AM »
I missed two biggies...

Senna (2010) A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director: Asif Kapadia
Stars: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams

Cars 2 (2011) Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Directors: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis
Stars: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine

Also: in the F1 file...A series called Grand Prix Heroes. In 2012 they released Fittipaldi; Scheckter; Williams; Andretti; Regazzoni. In 2011 they released Revson; Stewart; Lauda; Peterson; Hakinen; Hunt.
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com


Reportertom

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 11
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #16 on: November 14, 2013, 10:26:17 AM »
Utica: Heart Like a Wheel was right before Stroker Ace in the 1983 grouping.
Tom Vartanian
Cortland Standard Sports Writer

AISannouncer

  • Rookie
  • **
  • Posts: 186
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #17 on: November 14, 2013, 10:26:44 AM »
Ah, I was waiting to see "Senna" show up.  We had an international student from Brazil living in our area for awhile.  His eyes lit up wide when we talked about Ayrton Senna, a true hero in that country.  Some rather stark crash footage in the film that graphically showed the danger of Formula One in those years.  Great movie list!


blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #18 on: November 14, 2013, 10:32:51 AM »
My wife and I went to Watkins Glen to watch "Senna" on the big screen...It was a very moving documentary.
I went on line and checked into "The Quick and the Dead" and found info on it. It was originally released in 1975 as "One By One" and can be found on Youtube in segments. I just started watching it and was struck by ALL the names that were flashing through the screen that are no longer with us!
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com


Gomerpyle

  • Racing Genius
  • *****
  • Posts: 4188
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2013, 10:56:54 AM »
"Dirty Mary Crazy Larry".  Racing the cops, it doesn't get better then that. "Smokey and the Bandit" also.!
Kareem of Wheet

lynchmobb

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 329
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2013, 12:04:51 PM »
Nice job compiling the list! I have seen a few of the older one that featured Indy cars & midgets. Some great older race footage!


2300

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 518
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #21 on: November 14, 2013, 01:52:30 PM »
Two-Lane Blacktop(1971) starring James "Fire and Rain" Taylor as The Driver and Dennis "Beach Boys" Wilson as The Mechanic.

Heck, here's the whole movie. 

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)



blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #22 on: November 14, 2013, 02:48:12 PM »
Like I had said Wayyyyyyy back when, this was a list of movies dealing with racing. Eluding a red-neck sheriff doesn't quite make it a racing movie, although they do end up at a race, so I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder (LOL).
I see that the movie SENNA is on Youtube in it's  entirety and I have seen  "The All-American Hero"  and "Redline" on the inter-web, so It got me to wondering how many of these great flicks are posted somewhere....we'll have to check into that!
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com


Gomerpyle

  • Racing Genius
  • *****
  • Posts: 4188
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #23 on: November 14, 2013, 05:46:37 PM »
When I was little, Hell on Wheels was playing at the old DRYDEN DRIVE-IN. When they were racing everything was fine. When Marty Robbins started singing, every car at the Drive-In including my father started beeping there horns until the next race scene started. I remember that like it happened yesterday.
Kareem of Wheet


Claychamp123

  • Champion
  • ****
  • Posts: 1115
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2013, 11:08:24 PM »
I didn't see, "On Any Sunday" a documentary concerning Motorcycling and Motorcycle racing. It probably does about the best job ever of capturing the soul of what it's like to be devoted to a racing sport although it deals with two wheels instead of four. I think it must have come out in the early seventies. It is truly top notch with a major part of it following a National Champion Flat Track racer. I HIGHLY recommend it if you can find it.


blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #25 on: November 18, 2013, 04:06:29 PM »
I found this today..... "Fireball 500" w/ Frankie Avalon and Fabian
Watch it for free!!!!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/80534
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com

blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2013, 08:14:37 AM »
Abbott and Costello in "Midget Car Maniacs"

Abbott & Costello MIDGET CAR MANIACS
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com


blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2013, 08:23:10 AM »
From 1957 "Teenage Thunder"   A classic "B" movie with drag footage from the 50's and some cool old hotrods...also Robert Fuller as the antagonist. He went on to play Dr. Brackett on the T.V. show "Emergency"
(The video's owner prevents external embedding)
« Last Edit: November 19, 2013, 08:37:37 AM by blackjackracing »
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com

Gomerpyle

  • Racing Genius
  • *****
  • Posts: 4188
    • View Profile
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #28 on: November 19, 2013, 11:00:22 AM »
EAT MY DUST...with Ron Howard. Starts with racing on the track. Then turns into racing on the streets with the cops when Ron Howard steals the guy's racecar. Ron Howard is also the Sherriff's son which makes it fun. I seen it at the Dryden Drive In. I got the DVD on Ebay.
Kareem of Wheet

blackjackracing

  • Veteran
  • ***
  • Posts: 1905
    • View Profile
    • blackjack-johnson.com
Re: Racing Movies List
« Reply #29 on: November 21, 2013, 02:02:06 PM »
 The Speed Kings (1913)  w/ Ford Sterling, Mabel Normand, Billy Jacobs, Fatty Arbuckle. Cameos by legendary racecar drivers Barney Oldfield, Teddy Tetzlaff and Earl Cooper. Very early racing footage. The oldest film on the list!!!

The speed kings 1913
BOB JOHNSON
"Faster than a greased cheetah strapped to the front of a bullet train"
www.QUICKSKINZ.com