Meet Wendell Scott: WWII vet, bootlegger and NASCAR legend.
And for bonus credit, two documentaries on the famed driver plus some appropriate music by Mojo Nixon.
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That movie kind of gets forgotten, but it's pretty good. Great performance by Richard Pryor.
Probably the first "car" movie I remember watching was Greased Lighting a long time ago.
Coincidentally, I was reading about that movie earlier today. They definitely took some liberties with the story, but that's not too surprising.