Books on drag racing

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poster 200 MPH
200 MPH
92mn - Action, Thriller
After his older brother is killed in an illegal street race, a grief-stricken novice racer enters the dangerous underground racing world to seek revenge against the ruthless drug dealer responsible.
poster Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
48mn - Drama, Comedy, Action
A top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife doesn't want him to race anymore. However, not long afterwards his wife takes their infant son and leaves him to…
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
(3.8/5)
98mn - Documentary
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
poster Blonde Comet
Blonde Comet
67mn - Drama, Romance
Beverly Blake, the fearless 'Blonde Comet,' tears up European racing circuits as one of the few women in the male-dominated world of professional auto racing. When she returns to compete in America, she m…
poster Racquet
Racquet
87mn - Comedy
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis court.
poster The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel
(2.8/5)
92mn - Action, Drama, Romance
The ambitious son of a legendary race car driver who died at the Indianapolis 500 fights to escape his father's shadow and prove himself on the dangerous racing circuit, culminating in his own shot at the…
poster Liquid Bridge
Liquid Bridge
98mn - Drama, Action
Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.
poster Kid Speed
Kid Speed
18mn - Comedy, Romance, Action
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in lov…
poster Chrome Angels
Chrome Angels
89mn - Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A tough female biker gang rolls into Elliotsville, a seemingly ordinary small town where the residents harbor a deadly secret: they're all robots. When the bikers clash with bomb-laden cyborgs and gun-tot…
poster The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
The Runaway Match, or Marriage by Motor
(2.9/5)
5mn - Drama, Action, Romance
A couple elopes; Her father pursues via motorcar.
poster Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice
(2.9/5)
7mn - Comedy
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming…
poster Ride, Ryder, Ride!
Ride, Ryder, Ride!
(3.3/5)
58mn - Action, Western
Riding the plains with Little Beaver and Buckskin Blodgett, Red Ryder encounters bandits trying to hold up the stagecoach carrying Libby Brooks, owner of the Devil's Hole newspaper
poster Police Chasing Scorching Auto
Police Chasing Scorching Auto
3mn - Action, Crime
Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited to fit a standard 1,000 foot …
poster The Texan
The Texan
60mn - Western
Tex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the old fable of the tortoise and the hare; when the rabbit wins, Tex vows to model his behavior on that style. In…
poster Boxing Gloves
Boxing Gloves
(3.4/5)
17mn - Comedy, Family
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that …
poster The Fighting Gentleman
The Fighting Gentleman
68mn - Drama
A young mechanic loses an amateur fight at a carnival, and sets out to train hard to become a professional boxer.
poster The Cold Heart of a Killer
The Cold Heart of a Killer
(3.2/5)
88mn - Action, Thriller, Short
Set around Alaska's punishing Iditarod race, a husky breeder and former musher is forced out of racing retirement to compete again and outrun an unknown killer.
poster Taken for a Ride
Taken for a Ride
(4/5)
52mn - Documentary
How the American auto industry engineered the demise of city public-transit systems.
poster Ups an' Downs Derby
Ups an' Downs Derby
(2.8/5)
6mn - Animation
aid to be the fastest horse around, Lightning the horse is a sure bet for the Ups and Downs steeplechase. The jockey is all set to go for the big race, but Lightning decides to take a nap instead. The joc…
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