To ease your Holiday shopping needs, here are our top ten selections for racing videos/DVDs,
listed in alphabetical order by title. If nothing here grabs your fancy, use the search box
at the bottom. When you're done here, see our other Top Ten Shopping
Lists.
The Big Wheel Starring Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher
Mickey Rooney plays Billy Coy, a determined race car driver following in father's footsteps
despite dad's death on track. The best part of this movie is actual race footage from the Indy
500, circa 1949. Black and White. 92 minutes.
Fast Women - Ladies of Auto Racing
Possibly the best racing documentatary ever made, winner of the Sapphire Halo Award Best Documentary at the
Angelciti Chicago Film Festival and Best Sports Documentary in the NY Independent Film & Video Festival.
Explores the history and many achievements of women in auto racing. Thrilling footage from both historic
and current races, and interviews with racing's most prominent women and men reveal just how far women have
come in the field. Hear the touching tale of driver Kimberly Myers, a woman who races against her own clock
and Cystic Fibrosis, as well as other pioneers of women's racing.
Color, Black and White. 88 minutes.
Grand Prix Starring James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, et al. Director: John Frankenheimer
It's been over 30 years, and there still hasn't been a racing movie like Grand Prix. Others
have come close, but none have matched the amazing photography, action scenes, special effects,
and realism. Okay, so the plot isn't very strong. But come on, you're a racing fan. You
don't watch this movie for the plot! You watch it for the amazing footage. (You can now get
the Making of "Grand Prix" DVD.)
Color. 2 hours, 51 minutes.
Grand Prix of Miami: The First Decade
The original Grand Prix of Miami was the best version of this event. Relive the first ten years of the heyday of the
race during the heyday of IMSA. Enjoy the great prototypes (Porsche, Toyota, Nissan, Ford) and the drivers (Holbert,
Hobbs, Bell, Halsmer) in all their glory as well as the not so glorious stories of the Whittington brothers and
the John Paul family.
Color. 38 minutes.
Le Mans Starring Steve McQueen
Considered the greatest racing film ever. How can it not be when there is hardly any dialogue,
just racing, racing, and more racing action. Absolutely superb racing and in-car footage. As
the original marketing campaign said, "Take a Sunday drive through the French countryside."
Indeed! (You can now get
the Filming at Speed: The
Making of "Le Mans" DVD.)
Color. 106 minutes.
Rendezvous Directed by Claude Lelouch
Why would you spend this much money on a tape that only lasts nine minutes? Simple. Because
it is the greatest nine minutes you will ever view on a videotape, and you'll be holding your
breath the whole time. Guaranteed. As close to an outlaw tape you'll ever see, Lelouch straps a
camera on the top of his Ferrari and zooms through downtown Paris ignoring all speeding and
traffic laws without ever informing the populace or the law. You'll be playing it over and over
again. Color. 9 minutes.
Super Racers
Produced by the Learning Channel, this recently released video was originally shown in 1998. Depicts
the Andretti family in CART along with Paul Newman's ownership role, off-roader Ivan Stewart, drag racer
Shelly Anderson, and Daly Earnhardt before his tragic death.
Color. ~120 minutes.
Super Speedway IMAX Narrated by Paul Newman, featuring the Andretti's and the Newman-Haas team
It might be impossible to get the full effect of the original IMAX showing onto the small screen,
but that doesn't mean you should bypass this video. The amazing in-car footage is still worth
seeing on any medium, as well as the behind the scenes action of a Champ Car being built from
scratch. Worse comes to worse, bring beer over to your friend's house who has the large screen
TV. And if you or your friend has the proper equipment, the DVD is a must, and it includes a bonus
second feature, The Making of Super Speedway. Color. 46 minutes.
Winning Starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Robert Wagner
It's been 30 years since this movie was released and spawned the real life racing career of Paul
Newman. Here, Newman's character, Frank Capua, receives congratulations for winning the 1968 Indy
500 from the actual winner, Bobby Unser. Relive a time when the Indy 500 meant something.
Color. 123 minutes.
The World's Greatest F1 Cars Interactive Video
Experience the first 50 years of F1 racing -- from the Bugatti T51 and the Delage GP to the Alfa Romeo 158 to the
Lotus 72 Ford to the modern Ferrari. Highlights includes Stirling Moss stopping for a drink during the 1957 GP
and the superb duel between Gilles Villeneuve and Rene Arnoux in the '79 French GP. Best of all, you can ride
along via a camera mounted above the driver's helmet. The DVD can be watched as a whole or can be broken down
car by car. Color. 125 minutes.
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