Meet the Speed Breed
Wednesday, July 16. 2014
From the very beginning of auto racing, movies have made use of actual footage to fill out their run times. It's a great way to create a track full of competitive driving without spending the film's budget on stunt cars and drivers for a few seconds worth of wide shots. The only problem, though, is that our protagonist's car has to match something that has plenty of footage, and actual races tend to focus on the drivers who are out in front. This leads to somewhat awkward scenes for race fans, who notice things like Frankie Avalon driving around with Richard Petty's car on a trailer. In the case of Red Line 7000, James Caan seems to have stolen Fred Lorenzen's ride.
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