Motor racing in film

The Wacky Races! :3, oh and you can't forget Disney Cars! 

What about Roman Polanski's "weekend of a champion" following Jackie Stewart for a weekend in Monaco?

Yes that's great Andrew

I can add a movie to that list. Born 2 Race. Great movie, really realistic, especially the sounds (so much engine sound porn)
It is on Netflix.

About motor racing films;
Actor Paul Walker died in a car crash. Ironically he's famous from The Fast & the Furious racing movies..

Another talented young person taken from us far too soon

1 - Life on the limit is released on Friday 10th January in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKTX7_3BVsA

It gets mixed reviews, but will show some previously unseen footage from the 70's.

It is on a limited release & I am still looking for somewhere in London that is showing it

It's on itunes alredy, I'm not even gonna lie, I'm waiting for it to end up on piratebay. I do have a reason though - i hate apple and I'm not in London

I must look out for it.  It looks very similar to the programme that was on the BBC last year.
I am amazed London doesn't have any small independant cinemas that show non-blockbuster films!!.

It's on at the Odeon Leicester Square if you are so inclined

I have also come across 'RoadRacers' from 1959.

It's not trying to be funny, but it is hilarious in classic 'B' movie style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcDsVr5c6bI

The entire film is available on the Tube.

ah those were the days - lol

I found some more bike films you might enjoy:

Angels from Hell - 'He's a cycle psycho' from 1968.
It co-stars Arlene Martin, Spok's wife.
A Vietnam vet returns & attempts to merge several outlaw bike gangs into one super gang, but when a woman is killed at a party, it turns into a cops vs biker war.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angels_from_hell/
It's available on the tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuK4JjpiMy8


The Loveless - 'Sworn to fun, loyal to none', from 1981
It's a re-hash of The Wild One, with Willem Dafoe
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/loveless/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bIBesUGzHg


Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town - 'They're looking for a few good men', 1989.
This parody of outlaw biker films, features an all girl gang, looking for trouble.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chopper_chicks_in_zombietown/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNACrJzjfs&list=PLC67DCCB5CD2C611F


Little Fauss & Big Halsy - 'Are not your father's heroes', 1970
Stars Robert Redford (what was he thinking?) as an itinerant bike racer with soundtrack by Johnny Cash.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/little-fauss-and-big-halsy/
The soundtrack is on the tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq8xRomiZ64


Mammuth - 2010
Starring Gerard Depardieu, featuring the car engined Munch Mammuth bike. This actually gets a half decent review.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mammuth_2010/
If your French is up to it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVwH92KE2lE


Angels, Hard As They Come - 'Big men with throbbing machines & the girls who take them on', 1971.
Need I say more? Stars Scott Glenn.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angels_hard_as_they_come/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtOTy_khKUI


I bought a Vampire Motorcycle - 'This bike runs on blood, it's really horrible', (yes really), 1989.
Stars Neil Morrissey, Michael Elphick & Anthony Daniels. Incredibly this was re-released in 2009.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i-bought-a-vampire-motorcycle/


Stone - 'Before there was Mad Max, there was Stone', 1974
Police officer Stone goes undercover with an outlaw biker gang to find out who is murdering their members.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1193548-stone/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8UKaaJaUE0


Britten: Backyard Visionary - 1993
If you liked Love, Speed & Loss then this is definitely for you. It tells the story of Kiwi John Britten & the bike he designed & raced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyht48MAOTw

@ Andrew - do you have nothing better to do with your time - :D :D :D

Been spending 3 nights a week in a hotel & then travelling to & from New York, with free wifi on the plane

Don't know whether to say 'nice' or 'how awful' - lol
Depends on your point of view I suppose.

http://youtu.be/jcPx6n2dIUw

This isn't motor sport, but if you are nerdy like me, you might enjoy some aircraft things.

This is a UK public information film from 1960. It is very British, including the moustache wearing CO & is delivered in the somewhat clipped tones of the day.

These Avro Vulcans were in service until the early eighties as part of the UK's nuclear deterrent. They could of course bomb with conventional weapons too, as they proved when putting a dirty great hole in the runway during the Falklands war. The design of the delta wing, went on to be the basis for the Concorde.

Just one remains in serviceable conditon, albeit with some restrictions including a speed & height limit.  It can be seen at various air displays throughout the UK, including the Goodwood events.

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/

There are some super formation flying shots towards the end too.

You can get some fabulous models if you are really very nerdy indeed, like me.

http://www.concordephotos.com/memorabilia/avro-vulcan-b2-1/78-wooden-scale-model.html

http://modelplanes.factorydirectmodels.com/search/index?query=vulcan&x=0&y=0

American graffiti?
Death race (the original)?
Gone in 60 seconds?

Need for speed, how did we forget that lol