I have been watching stock car movies from the 1960's on ScreenPix today.
First up was The Wild Racers with Fabian! He didn't sing in this movie, but it was still okay. Lots of on location shooting in Europe and although art director Daniel Haller was the titular director - Roger Corman had his fine hand in it....
Then we had Track Of Thunder shot in Nashville, TN, and starring Tom[my] Kirk and Ray Stricklyn as hot shot stock car drivers both hot for Deborah Walley - which didn't seem possible as they seemed more interested in each other.
And now we have The Young Racers another Corman film made in Europe with Mark Damon as a news reporter, William Campbell as a hot shot Grand Prix driver, and Luana Anders as his girlfriend..... More racing.....and talking and talking and talking. The assistant director/sound man on this film Francis Coppola got permission from Corman to use a couple of the actors in this film and some of the sets and locations to make another movie during the down time in filming......resulting in DEMENTIA 13.....