The Racing Scene (1969)
January 1, 1969Release Date
The Racing Scene (1969)
January 1, 1969Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
James Garner
Himself / Producer
Mario Andretti
Himself
Bob Bondurant
Himself
Chris Amon
Self - Driver
Mark Donahue
Himself
Parnelli Jones
Himself
Dick Smothers
Self - Driver
David Hobbs
Self - Driver (uncredited)
Andy Sidaris
Director
William Edgar
Writer
Barry Scholer
Producer
Donald Rabbitt
Associate Producer
Irving L. Leonard
Associate Producer
Beverly Mulconery
Production Coordinator
Don Randi
Composer
Earl Rath
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Racing Scene is a 1969 documentary film about actor James Garner and his auto racing team, directed by Andy Sidaris. It was the first film directed by Sidaris, whose background at that time had been in sports broadcasting. The picture offers a glimpse of Garner's role and the teams and cars he sponsored during the middle of three years (1968-1970) his American International Racing team campaigned over a variety of racing series.Garner wasn't alone in pursuing auto racing as a diversion from movie and TV-making, being joined by such Hollywood figures as comedian Tommy Smothers and big screen action hero Steve McQueen. Garner and Smothers even took the same high-speed driving course together in 1968, run by NASCAR legend and 55-time champion Curtis Turner on the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. McQueen, who also raced motorcycles competitively in addition to cars, went on to fund his own Formula racing movie, 1971's Le Mans, about a fictional (1970) 24 Hours of Le Mans in which he raced wheel-to-wheel with some of the top professionals of the day on the actual endurance track in France.