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plus ROAD RACING & MOTORCYLES
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V-1734
Price: $29.95
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1982 INDIANAPOLIS 500
"LEGENDS OF THE
500" &
"RUN FOR THE BRICKS"
Includes
two professionally produced films: “Legends of the 500” by
Championship Racefilms, narrated by Paul Page for Goodyear, has the
most complete qualifying and race coverage.
“Run For The
Bricks” by Car & Track Productions, narrated by George Plimpton, is
told from the perspective of the Red Roof Inns #19 March Cosworth
team and rookie driver, Bobby Rahal.
Each film
shows different footage highlighting the 1982 Indy 500 and the story
of the month leading up to the spectacular classic on Memorial Day.
Color. 51
min. total.
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V-1651
Price: $24.95
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The Dominant Blue
Crowns
- Indy 1946-1949
After four years of war, it was uncertain that there would even be
an Indianapolis 500, but three-time winner Wilbur Shaw didn’t want
to see the Speedway go the way of the wrecking ball, so he looked
for interested buyers who would preserve the Speedway. He found such
a buyer in Anton “Tony” Hulman Jr. It would take a miracle to get
the track ready for a race in May of 1946, but amazingly Tony and
Wilbur pulled it off and the 1946 ‘500’ was a success.
As
most pre-war cars had been stored away, there were only a handful of
new cars built for the 1946 500, one of them being the Novi. Former
driver turned car owner Lou Moore liked the idea of the sleek
cigar-shaped front-drive Novi, and he built two smaller versions
with Offenhauser engines for 1947 and thus the Blue Crown Spark Plug
Specials were born.
“The
Dominant Blue Crowns” brings you 65 minutes of color & B&W film in
DVD format with music, engine sounds and narration from the exciting
post-war era of 1946 - 1949 highlighted by three wins for the Blue
Crown team. There is also approx. 15 minutes of B&W BONUS footage
from 1948 and 1949 which has music only (no engine sounds or
narration).
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V-1640
Price: $24.95
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Troy's Triumph: Indy 1952
With
83 entries (23 different chassis and nine different engines), the
month of May 1952 at Indy looked to be an interesting one!
Drivers Duke Nalon, Chet Miller, Jack McGrath, Sam Hanks, Duane
Carter, Troy Ruttman, Bill Vukovich, Jim Rathmann, Johnnie Parsons,
and Tony Bettenhausen, among other veterans and eight rookies, would
fill the field.
Troy’s Triumph
brings you 57 minutes of action at Indianapolis during May 1952.
Practice, qualifying and the race are all covered. Bonus footage
includes cars that missed the race, as well as a visit to the Frank
Kurtis shop in California.
Color.
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V-1603
Price: $14.95
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BORN RACER
The
story of the will to win in today’s IndyCar wars.
Scott
Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Chip Ganassi, Tony Kanaan play themselves
in dramatic footage and candid interviews.
Documentary
2018, 89 min.
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V-1604
Price: $24.95
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Lightning Al (Indy 1970)
After missing the Indianapolis 500 in 1969 because of a broken
ankle, Al Unser was more determined than ever to do well in the 1970
event.
Driving the Johnny Lightning Special, Al would
dominate the race, leading 190 laps to score his first Indy victory.
Lightning Al
documents all of the excitement during the month of May 1970 in this
57-minute DVD, including 8 minutes of bonus footage.
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V-1605
Price: $24.95
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Lightning Strikes Twice (Indy 1971)
After dominating the 1970 500, Al Unser returns with an updated
version of the Johnny Lightning Special and hopes of winning Indy
again.
His task would be much tougher this year with
the introduction of the new McLaren cars driven by Peter Revson,
Denis Hulme, and Mark Donohue. Revson would qualify on the pole with
Donohue in the second spot.
Al, starting fifth, would battle
Donohue, Revson, and his teammate, Joe Leonard, to win his second
Indy 500 in a row.
Lightning Strikes
Twice 1971 documents the events in May 1971 in
this 74-minute DVD, including 18 minutes of bonus footage.
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V-1583
Price: $24.95
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GODSPEED: The
Story of Page Jones
A feature-length documentary about Page
Jones – former race car driver and son of the legendary Parnelli
Jones – and his remarkable and continuing recovery from a severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI).
The film shows the early Page,
as he stormed the Midget circuits and looked to be another Parnelli
in the making.
A terrible accident caused a near-fatal brain
injury, from which few recover. This is the inspiring record of his
– and his dedicated family’s – fight to recovery, health, and
contribution to brain injury research.
The documentary shows
in detail his wrenching efforts to overcome and live with the
results of his injury, while advocating for access to long-term
rehabilitation for others with similar injuries. Page is living
proof that with support, quality lives are within reach.
Anyone who has met this warm, funny, and committed gentleman will
know who won this particular race.
1 hour run time.
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Classic Open Wheel Racing VIdeos
Titles include:
Thunder from the Fifties
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V-1439
Price: $24.95
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1965-1967 USAC Indy Car
Highlights
The rear engine revolution is here. See the conclusion of the
rear-engine insurrection with an array of Lotuses, Hawks and Eagles.
See drivers like Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, A. J. Foyt,
Bobby and Al Unser.
Roadster advocates don't fret, yes, we
have nice shots of Jim Hurtubise in the Tombstone Life/Gordon Van
Liew roadster as well as Herb Porter's turbocharged Watson with
Bobby Grim driving.
Other nice roadster and dirt-car footage
included.
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V-1440
Price: $19.95
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1968 Rex Mays 150 Indy Car Race
See the STP turbines up close along with the prominent Indy Cars
drivers of late 1960s: Foyt, the Unsers, Andretti, and Lloyd Ruby.
Wild racing action, including the Ronnie Duman accident.
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V-1377
Price: $24.95
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The Winning
Combination - Indy 1966
Each
May, the gates to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway are opened and
from the first day of practice, the search for the winning
combination begins. Crews spend hours tweaking their cars to get the
speed their driver will need to qualify for the 500.
For some
teams, just qualifying for the race is their winning combination but
for others, only the pole position will do.
The ultimate
winning combination in 1965 went to the Lotus team of Colin Chapman
and their driver, two-time Formula One Champion, Jim Clark. Clark’s
winning combination was a rear-engine Lotus 38 powered by a Ford.
This was the first rear-engine car to win the 500. His record
average speed of 150.686 MPH would have sat on the pole just two
years prior.
What would the winning combination of driver
and machine be to win it all in 1966? Find out in "The Winning
Combination -1966."
One hour, 26 min. of practice,
qualifying, and race action plus bonus footage of the cars that
missed the race.
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V-1339
Price: $20.00
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Open Wheel
Legends:
A Conversation with Mario Andretti,
Dan
Gurney & Parnelli Jones
This is
a very special DVD, hard to find and worth the price. Produced by
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it’s one and a half hours of open-wheel
guru Robin Miller talking informally and amusingly with three
legendary drivers about their careers, triumphs and missteps.
On the DVD liner, Miller says: “If you were lucky enough, like
me, to grow up in the ‘60s, then you got to see Dan Gurney, Parnelli
Jones and Mario Andretti at speed and at the pinnacle of their
unparalleled careers. Along with A.J. Foyt, they are the Mount
Rushmore of American motorsports, and their accomplishments will
never be duplicated.…They thrived and survived in racing’s deadliest
era and became household names that people still say with awe.”
1 hour 30 min.
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V-1277
Price: $24.95
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The
Roadster's Last Triumph
– Indianapolis
1964
In 1961, Australian Grand Prix driver Sir Jack Brabham brought a
light-weight rear engine F1 Cooper-Climax car to the Speedway.
Although down on horsepower compared to the Offy- powered roadsters,
Brabham used the superior corner handling of the Cooper to finish a
respectable 9th place in the 500 and in the process, usher in the
modern rear-engine era.
With the door open, several
teams developed rear-engine cars, with the most notable being the
Colin Chapman-designed Ford-powered Lotus 29s of 1963 driven by Dan
Gurney and Jim Clark.
Clark
would qualify 5th and in the race he moved up in the field to become
the first rear-engine car to lead the 500, and even though he would
finish 2nd to Parnelli Jones, the rear-engine car could no longer be
ignored. The rear-engine car has returned with a vengeance in 1964
and the question had to be: Had the roadster gone the way of the
dinosaur, or would this be its last triumph?
Color, approx.
60 min. plus cars that missed the race; 8 min. of B&W Bonus footage.
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V-1279
Price: $24.95
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Midget, Sprint & Champ Dirt
Highlights, Vol. 2
"Midget, Sprint & Champ Dirt Highlights Vol. 2" spans the 1930s to
the late 1970s from tracks that include Williams Grove, Hershey,
Atlanta (Lakewood), Terre Haute, Indianapolis Raceway Park,
Langhorne, DuQuoin, Winchester, Dayton, Cleveland, New Bremen,
Syracuse and many more.
B&W and Color, Approx. 1hour and 45
minutes.
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V-1608
Price: $24.95
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Midget, Sprint & Champ Dirt Car Highlights,
Vol 3
This
DVD contains highlights from Midget, Sprint and Champ Dirt Car races
from the late 1930s to the mid-60s.
See such greats as
Jimmy Bryan, Parnelli Jones, Jim Hurtubise, Tommy Hinnershitz, A.J.
Foyt, Don Branson, and many more battle on some of America’s
greatest dirt and paved ovals, including Langhorne, Williams Grove
(real audio), Ascot, Indiana State Fairgrounds, Ho-Ho-Kus Speedway,
Flemington and many more.
Take a look back at a time
when some of the best racing in American open-wheel racing took
place, and enjoy a time when racing drivers ate dirt and oil and
hung it all out for the sport they loved.
B&W
and color, Runtime approx. 98 min.
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V-1249
Price: $24.95
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Challenge of the New
Breed -
Indianapolis - 1963
Competition between the new rear-engine cars designed by Colin
Chapman and driven for the Lotus team by Jim Clark and Dan Gurney,
and the traditional roadsters.
Parnelli Jones stole the show
in his Ol’ Calhoun roadster, chased by Clark, A.J. Foyt, Rodger Ward
and other legends.
80 min
plus 19 min bonus footage.
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V-1222
Price: $24.95
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Dawn of the
Rear Engine Era:
(Indianapolis) 1965
Jim Clark came to the Speedway in 1963 with Colin Chapman and the
Lotus, looking to end the front-engine era of Indianapolis winners.
He came close, finishing second to Parnelli Jones, who was driving a
conventional front-engine roadster.
Clark returned in 1964
with Chapman and the Lotus to qualify on the pole. However, his
suspension collapsed while leading the race, and A.J. Foyt went on
to win in his roadster.
In 1965, Clark and Chapman came back
with the brand new Lotus 38. This time, Clark hoped to drive the
final nail in the front-engine coffin, ending its winning reign at
Indianapolis. Clark qualified in the middle of the front row and
dominated the race, becoming the first driver to win in a
rear-engine Indy Car. No front-engine car has won the Indy 500
since. Clark’s win was definitely the dawn of an era.
Run
time: 72 min. with 9 min. bonus time.
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V-1223
Price: $24.95
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Golden Victory: (Indianapolis)
1961
After an exciting 500-mile race in
1960 that saw a great battle between Rodger Ward and eventual winner
Jim Rathmann, racing fans were hoping for a repeat performance in
1961. They were not disappointed.
“Golden Victory” takes you
back to the month of May 1961 when Rodger Ward, Jim Rathmann, Troy
Ruttman, Eddie Sachs, A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Len Sutton, Johnny
Boyd and others competed for the greatest prize in motor racing, the
Indianapolis 500.
You will see practice and qualifying with
the fan favorite NOVI, brought back to the speedway by Andy
Granatelli; Eddie Sachs capturing the pole at over 147 MPH; and the
heartbreak of Chuck Arnold and Don Freeland who had the speed to
make the field of 33, only to suffer mechanical problems during
their qualifying runs. With the elite field of 33 decided, all that
was left to do was to run the race itself.
Several drivers
would lead throughout the race, but it was A.J. Foyt and Eddie Sachs
who would put on a fantastic dual that could only end in “Golden
Victory” for one of them on this, the 50th anniversary of the Indy
500.
Runtime: 90 min. with 7 min. bonus time,
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V-8UC
Price: $24.95
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Eastern Speedway Classics
Rare vintage black & white and color footage plus
historic photos highlight this collector's video. Racing action
dating from the 30s to the 80s - Sprint Cars, Midgets, Champ Cars,
Hudsons, & Late Models. The speedways included are: Trenton,
Lancaster, Freeport, Dover, Union, New Market, Nutley Velodrome, NY
Coliseum, Wilmington, Pitman, Commack, Island Garden, Teaneck,
Kingsbridge Armory, Atlantic City Conv. Hall, Nassau Coliseum,
Ruppert Stadium, Polo Grounds, Bayonne Stadium, Old Bridge,
Lehighton, Goshen, Hughsville, Nazareth National, Langhorne, Richie,
Gratz, Cortland, York Fairground, Stroudsburg, Sidney, Cross Bay,
Roosevelt, Coney Island Bowl, Sanatoga, Yellow Jacket, Dorney Park,
Allentown, Agricultural Hall, Harmony, Hinchliffe, Springfield,
Plainville, Danbury, Carlisle, Lebanon, Nazareth, Reading, Bird In
Hand, Hilltop, Altoona, Laurel, Atlantic City, Sheepshead Bay,
Woodbridge, Hohokus, Mineola, Morristown, Jersey City, Lodi,
Municipal Stadium, Bone Stadium, Islip, Cedarhurst, Olympic Park,
Hatfield Rockingham, NH, Brockton, Vista, Castle Hill, Pine Brook.
105 minutes, color and black & white
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V-16
Price: $24.95
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URC–The First 50 Years
URC–the First 50 Years illustrates the evolution of
the United Racing Club, the oldest active Sprint Car club in the
nation. Great film footage & rare photos highlight the growth of
this unique club. Tracks featured include Stroudsburg, Hatfield,
Nazareth, Williams Grove, Harrington, Richmond, Trenton, Bedford,
Bloomsburg, Owego, York, Big Diamond, Selinsgrove, Bridgeport, Penn
National, Delaware International, Potomac, & Rolling Wheels. There
are also many stops at the popular Flemington & Grandview Speedways,
and finally a visit to Knoxville Raceway for the URC-ESS
invitational race. Bert Brooks, Earl Halaquist, Dave Kelly, Glenn
Fitzcharles, Kramer Williamson, and many more URC greats are on this
historic replay. Exciting Sprint Car racing plus many wild flips
will make you want this classic video for your collection!
65 minutes, color and black & white
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V-10
Price: $24.95
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Eastern Midget Classics
This video looks at four of the greatest midget
speedways in the East - Yellow Jacket Speedway, Danbury Fairground,
Hinchliffe Stadium, & Springfield, Massachusetts. Rare black & white
footage and photos cover the 1940-1947 "Golden Era." Features
one-legged driver Bill Schindler, legendary Dutch Schaefer,
all-time champ Len Duncan and more. Includes comments from race
promoter Ed Otto and mechanic Jimmy Shaw. Old-time heroes Pappy
Hough, Nick Fonoro, Lou Volk, Len Duncan, and Jiggs Peters share
their memories, plus a look at some restored antique race cars.
65 minutes, black & white
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V-7UC
Price: $24.95
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Open Cockpit Classics
This video highlights sprint & champ car racing
during the 50s and 60s at 3 of the most famous Eastern speedways,
Langhorne, Reading, & Williams Grove. Vintage footage captures such
stars as A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, and Jim Hurtubise in their early
years of racing. Witness Tommy Hinnershitz's rule at Reading, plus
the legends of Langhorne - Jimmy Bryan and Mike Nazaruk.
60 minutes, color
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V-9UC
Price: $24.95
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The Flying Dutchman
Covers the racing career of a true legend, Tommy
Hinnershitz. Over a span of four decades Tommy captured 100
victories and 7 Eastern Sprint Car Championships - all without the
protection of a roll cage.
Filmed in 3 separate interviews over the past 15 years, highlighted
with historic photos & film footage.
60 minutes, color and black & white
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