A budding female race-car driver finally meets her racing idol and unbelievably they fall in love...a love that's quickly put to the test when, having received the chance to show her racing talents, the two find themselves in a race for a multi-million dollar sponsorship contract.
Practical Effects
Actual race footage and Betsy Russell doing her own driving stunts.
Costume
Cutoff jean shorts so aggressively short they deserve co-writing credit.
Acting
Betsy Russell's committed physicality sells every wrench-turning scene.
Director
Herb Freed
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Betsy Russell was cast fresh off Private School and had never driven stick before; she learned in two weeks.
Filmed during the brief 1980s window when Hollywood thought 'women in male jobs' was a full plot, not just a character trait.
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