Wingless Warriors
Feel the thunder of open-wheel racing as Charlie Lloyd takes you back to Cajon Speedway in El Cajon, California, for a night of old-school motorsports: wingless race cars sliding sideways through the turns, throwing dirt and battling for position under the speedway lights.
- Filmmaker
- Charlie Lloyd
- Racing
- Wingless open-wheel cars
- Track
- Cajon Speedway, El Cajon, California
- Filmed
- 1983, on dirt
- Distributor
- New & Unique Videos®
- Price
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Driver, horsepower, dirt and nerve
There are no aerodynamic wings holding these machines to the track. The cars are loud, the track is unforgiving and the racing is close.
The result is more than a racing film. Wingless Warriors is a time capsule of Southern California short-track racing from an era when local speedways were gathering places and racers could become hometown heroes.
- 1DriversPreparing their cars before the green flag.
- 2CrewsWorking trackside to keep the cars running.
- 3Tow trucksRolling out when things go wrong.
- 4The standsSpectators and the camaraderie of a night at the track.
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