Drag racing movie filmed in NC

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Boomer Honeycutt is a drag racer. His lone quest is to escape his father's shadow and become the next Classic Gear Jammers Champion. After separating from his fiancée Tina, Boomer takes refuge sleeping in his van. He awakes after a rough night out to find an eleven-year-old boy on the doorstep and a note from his high school sweetheart welcoming him to fatherhood. Set against the backdrop of stick-shift drag racing in the heart of the South, this is a story about fathers and sons, teaching each other what it takes to be a man.

That part sounds great, but I could do without the beer-swilling, helmet-throwing redneckisms I saw in the trailer. They'd be better off doing a story on Chip Johnson's life -- got the whole rags to ri....er... well, World Champ thing, the family life story, hardship, blahblahblah, all with the southern twang, but without all the redneck.

Now if only he drove a stick.