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... that I might have missed?

Of course Grand Prix and LeMan's have their excellent moments and ... bad moments.

I liked On Any Sunday ... man, those movies are REALLY old !

It's not a racing movie, but Ronin has some of the best car chase footage I've ever seen. I've heard the documentary about Audi's ramp-up to LeMans, "Truth in 24," is great.

"faster".. it's not car racing, nor a "movie", but i thought it was a well done documentary of MotoGP

Funny Car Summer, best racing movie ever.

Kurt Rahn wrote:It's not a racing movie, but Ronin has some of the best car chase footage I've ever seen.

This was THE movie that sent me from the Lexus dealership (what...no stick shift for an ES250?)....across the street to BMW and get a stick 328is! Movie is awesome!

Rendevous

The Run (Nissan 350z promo)

Against All Odds (datsun BRE video)

The Quick and the Dead (early 70s F1 documentary)

My last in car video (comedy of errors...)

I have all these if you would like to borrow

cheers,

Ian

Rendezvous is awesome, though not strictly a racing movie. The director (supposedly) strapped a camera to the front of his Ferrari 308 and raced through the dawn streets of Paris. Footage is spectacular, especially when you consider that the streets were closed off according to French standards (which is to say half-assed). I say "supposedly," because it was revealed later that the car was some plebeian POS, not the 308 shown in the final scene. Still well worth seeing.

Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry has some awesome chase scenes between a late 60's Charger and various makes of police cars.

Winning is pretty good.
Dirt to glory (Baja 1000).
Bullit; chase scene
Rendevous; awesome
FORD GT40 THE STORY
TRANS AM , THE HISTORY
ENZO FERRARI
BACKSEAT DRIVER, IN CAR VIDEOS
TOO FAST TO RACE GROUP B RALLY
Tere are a bunch more that don't come readilly to mind.
JP

Thanks for reminding me about Dirt 2 Glory. Some friends worked on it ... pretty wild filming experience ... they were on the clock for more then 24 straight hours.

I wonder if some of the less common ones are available on NetFlix ... must check ...

Cobra Ferrari Wars. Great documentary with both vintage and new track footage.

How about those BMW shorts?

Steve Ekstrand wrote:How about those BMW shorts?

aka (The Hire). Fabulous movies! But not for rental. I believe they gave them out as DVDs to BMWCCA members (I have them), though you can find them on YouTube.

Steve Ekstrand wrote:Funny Car Summer, best racing movie ever.

Netflix has it, I requested it.

I saw Mike Dunn with his bike parachute at OCIR around maybe 1971 and I HAD TO HAVE ONE!!!

Since we are including documentaries....

"In Car 956" is my alltime favorite. It features in car footage of Derek Bell driving a Group C Porsche 956 around some of the best tracks in the world. The Le Mans footage is awesome but the best part is the full lap of the old Nurburgring particularily when he gets passed by Jackie Ickx in another 956. I have it on VHS but I think I've seen it for sale on DVD at Autobooks, etc.

There are a couple of DVDs about Ayrton Senna.

Cannonball Run I and II

Horrid driving sequences and pretty bad car stunts. But The Sheik, his timid sidekick, and the drunk doctor make me laugh. Also Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. as the Ferrari driving Priests, Roger Moore playing a 007-wannabe, and not to mention the Chimp driving Tony Danza's limo. Ahhh good stuff.