Track of Thunder

Track of Thunder (1967)

Genres - Action, Drama, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Sports Drama  |   Release Date - Jan 31, 1968 (USA - Unknown), Jan 31, 1968 (USA)  |   Run Time - 83 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides

This independent racing feature was filmed around the Nashville area. The mob has their eye on the stock-car-racing circuit. The owners of the track have hired a publicity man to smooth things over between the two top racers in the interests of promotion. Bobby (Tom Kirk) is the brooding car jockey at odds with longtime nemesis Gary (Ray Strickland). The two not only compete on the racetrack, but both are moving in fast on the same girl, the lovely brunette Shelley (Brenda Benet). One will get the girl, the other will be content to go back to the farm and leave life in the fast lane behind. Brenda Benet was once romantically linked with the late Bobby Fuller (I Fought The Law). She moved on to soap-opera fame in the 1970s before tragically taking her own life.

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car, love-triangle, man, rival, sports, racer, stock-car, stocks, track [track and field], tracking [following]