I have no idea how this site has had a recap of drag race docs and a week of drag race movies and this doc never made it in. How many drag racing movies did the 70s have? How many did it need?
Directed by Bill Kimberlin, an Industrial Light and Magic visual effects editor, this was shot at Fremont Raceway and really has a lot of great footage of that era’s racers, as well as an interview with Ed Pink about the oil fire incident that claimed the life of John “the Zookeeper” Mulligan at the U.S. Nationals in 1969.
Drag racing used to be such a big thing in the 70s. I remember commercials for it and getting beyond excited. There was even a 1977 arcade game called Drag Race and the Activision game for the Atari 2600 Dragster. That’s how much people loved it. Just look at all the films on our list above. While I’m not a fan of the sport, it was fun to take a spin through its past.
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Check out David Cronenberg’s 1979 movie ‘Fast Company’ if you like the drag racing.
Got you covered! https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2021/05/24/repost-fast-company-1979/
Hey…RD Francis… can we re-post your movie review of Fast Company on our website? Don’t worry; it’s non-commercial usage. Just a couple of guys who love race cars (and movies about racing)
Yeah, we are non-com, too, over here. Go for it. And thank you. By the way: You’d probably enjoy our “Drive-In Friday: Drag Racing ’70s Docs Night” feature — that links out to all of the films from our “Drag Racing Week” feature.
Check out https://bandsaboutmovies.com/2020/12/11/drive-in-friday-drag-racing-70s-docs-night/ for our “Drive-In Friday” feature covering the documentaries on racing.