Reel Racing: Stanton Barrett Chats Hollywood Stunt Work and Motorsports Career (Part 1)
Stanton Barrett has enjoyed careers of more than 30 years in both auto racing and as a Hollywood stuntman, putting his prowess behind the wheel …
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Reel Racing: A Conversation with Michael Waltrip on 2019’s ‘Blink of an Eye’
In 2019, the documentary Blink of an Eye premiered via Fathom Events in theaters around the country. Chronicling the career of Michael Waltrip and the fateful …
Reel Racing: A Look Back at 2020’s Racing Films
Well, 2020 was a weird year for movies. For about half the year, theaters were more or less shut down, and I haven’t been to one …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 2000s, Pt. 2
Yesterday, we tackled the back half of the top 10 movie-themed NASCAR schemes from the 2000s in part one. North of 75 cars ran paint …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 2000s, Pt. 1
Before the hopefully mostly normal 2021 NASCAR season gets underway, we’ll take a two-part look at NASCAR’s assortment of movie-themed liveries from the 2000s. Let’s …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 1990s
I changed my mind! At first, I intended to spend two articles this week combing through more than 75 movie-themed paint schemes that ran in …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 2010s, Pt. 2
As mentioned in yesterday’s part one of this ranking, the 2010s featured more than 50 movie-themed NASCAR paint schemes representing 37 films released during the …
Reel Racing: The Best (& Worst) Movie Paint Schemes of the 2010s, Pt. 1
In June, I undertook a project to dig up every single movie-themed paint scheme that ever ran across NASCAR’s three touring series and, eventually, rank …
Reel Racing: NASCAR Schemes Go Hollywood
In June, amid quarantine and with more time on my hands, I decided to undertake a project that just might be the magnum opus of …
Reel Racing: 2006, or Bringing NASCAR to the Moviegoing Masses
Aug. 4 marked the 14th anniversary of a particular 2006 film to feature racing. Two months ago, June 9, also marked the 14th anniversary of …