So it is odd that Hollywood has produced so few auto-racing dramas. The Hartford Courant Motorcars and motion pictures arrived at almost the same moment in history, and the movies have always worshipped cars, from rattletrap flivvers to gleaming Italian speed machines. So it is odd that Hollywood has produced so few auto-racing dramas. But he faces an uphill climb, as few pictures of the genre have ever made it big.
Pictures featuring track and road races go back to the beginnings of movies.
The majority of the racing films since the mid-'70s have focused on American drivers. But none of these films could boast a major success. Besides movies depicting the lives of racers on and off the track, another genre, somewhat more popular, rolled out. All rights reserved. Crime Stoppers Forums Washburn Univ.