Ambassador Films was a Nashville based outfit that made a few movies. This one was directed by old hand Joseph Kane, and is a stock car movie - that genre that flared briefly in the late sixties. "Tom" Kirk (as he's billed) and Ray Stricklyn are two mates who race and both are keen on Brenda Benet. This is interrupted when track owners combine with a journo to whip up a rivalry.
There's not a lot of car action. Plenty of serious drama. The story is flawed because the two heroes really could just have a chat and sort it out.
Kirk is quite good - looks a little zonked in some scenes, but not too zonked. I may be projecting. Some value in to see him play besties with Ray Stricklyn, who was another youthful juvenile who kept his sexuality secret - they're more keen on each other than Benet, but that's par for the course for this sort of movie.
Faith Domergue plays Kirk's mom who wants him to run the farm.
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