Av en oförklarliga händelse på en speedwaybana kör flera bilar in i banans långsida, samtidigt som ett gäng vänner är där och ska ha en rolig dag tillsammans. Speedway-banan och läktarna förvandlas till ett flammande inferno. De lyckas undkomma döden, denna gång... men ett hemskt öde väntar dem...
Med det motorvrål och den spänning professionell stock car racing innebär formligen exploderar Days of Thunder i de mest spektakulära racingsekvenser som någonsin fångats på film. Tom Cruise spelar racerföraren Cole Trickle vars talang och ambition endast överträffas av hans brinnande behov av att vinna. Affärsmannen Tim Daland upptäcker Cole och ger honom en plats i laget med den legendariske teamledaren och bilbyggaren Harry Hogge för att tävla om Winston Cup i Daytona 500. En våldsam krasch sätter nästan stopp för Coles karriär och han måste söka hjälp hos en vacker läkare för att få tillbaka den styrka och det mod som krävs för att tävla, vinna och leva.
A young hell raiser quits his moonshine business and tries to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen. Loosely based on the true story of NASCAR driver Junior Johnson.
Seventeen years after being killed in a fiery accident, a racing car driver returns from the dead to seek vengeance on his enemies.
Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk, comes to the attention of crafty businessman Grant Willard. Willard bails him out of jail and offers him sponsorship as a stock car driver. Bowman accepts and enters the demolition derby-adjacent world of "figure eight" racing. As Bowman moves up in the ranks, his regard for his friends slips-- giving way to outright obsession with becoming the best.
The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
A couple of tough girls from the Brazilian countryside race their pickup truck to win a bet and prove that they're better than the boys.
A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest days onward and also looking at the family he built along the way. Earnhardt's death in 2001 rocked the sport, but his seven championships and 76 wins made an impact on NASCAR forever.
A Southern stock-car driver puts his rising career in the hands of a race promoter.
In his final film role, Nick Adams is a young mechanic who finds danger and romance in the exciting, sometimes unscrupulous world of stock-car racing.
A twisted Gen X comedy disguised as a 1970s drive-in flick, KILL THE MOONLIGHT is the story of Chance, a fish hatchery worker, toxic waste cleaner and aspiring race car driver whose goal in life is to fix up his Camaro and follow his dreams of championship glory.
A cinematic portrait of a small town stock car track and the tribe of drivers that call it home as they struggle to hold onto an American racing tradition. The avant-garde narrative explores the community and its conflicts through an intimate story that reveals the beauty, mystery and emotion of grassroots auto racing.
Portrays the passionate racing communities across the country.
Ted Christopher was, and still is, known as one of the greatest Modified drivers of all-time. His incredible skills behind the wheel, his polarizing driving style, and his personality both on and off the track made Ted one of the most unique characters at the track. A person we lost way too soon. Get to learn more about the man New England Modified fans call "The King" in this full-length documentary!
Ambitious driver, wanting to get to the top of the stock-car circuit, gets mixed up with gangsters.
A biography of NASCAR racing legend Richard Petty, with featuring interviews with Petty and his fellow race-car drivers and footage from his past races.
80-year-old racing legend Rod Hall faces his toughest battle yet to compete in his 50th consecutive Baja 1000, a grueling, thousand-mile, off-road desert race in the sands of Mexico.
Rivals on the raceway--for publicity purposes only (but secretly buddies). Then they fall in love with the same woman--and the rivalry on the raceway becomes very real...
A look at NASCAR Grand National stock car racing circa 1976-7. The stars include Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, and Buddy Baker, and includes upstart female racer Janet Guthrie. The sport in the mid-1970s was undergoing a surge of national popularity after Petty and Pearson crashed fighting for the win within sight of the checkered flag of the 1976 Daytona 500, telecast live on ABC Sports, and the surging interest triggered renewed media interest in the sport.
After being diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, racecar driver Dave Smith gets back behind the wheel. At 70 years old, he sets out to win his home town’s race, the infamous Canada 200.