Speedway Junky

Speedway Junky (1999)

There's no place for dreams on the streets of Vegas

A naive drifter runs away from his army father in hopes of making it on the car racing circuit. In Las Vegas, he meets a young scam artist, who develops a crush on him. He is then introduced to a whole gang led by a young hustler. The racer-to-be then gets a lesson in the wild side, getting involved in one situation after another.

Date of release
1999-02-11
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (31)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Romance, Drama, Crime
Director
Nickolas Perry

Casting

Interesting facts

Speedway Junky is a 1999 American crime drama film written and directed by Nickolas Perry and starring Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Daryl Hannah.

Production

Speedway Junky was filmed in 1998 and screened at indie festivals. However, it did not get a theatrical release until 2001 due to struggles with finding a distributor.

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