Hemmings Sunday Cinema – jalopy races, Bruce McLaren’s Austin, Smokey and the Bandit

It’s rather hilarious that many of the crashes in this half-hour compilation of late Fifties jalopy racing home movies occur immediately before a giant sign for a driving school. And, of course, crashes are the only reason to watch racing like this, right?

* It’s a few years old now, but this short piece by McLaren on Bruce McLaren’s first car shows that even the most ambitious ventures gotta start somewhere.

* Finally, who needs all that expository story mumbo jumbo, especially in a flick like “Smokey and the Bandit,” right? Which is why some enterprising YouTuber cut the movie down to its essence – 10 minutes of car chases, crashes, and other automotive tomfoolery.