Born To Race is the story of Danny Krueger (Joseph Cross), a rebellious young street racer on a collision course with trouble. After an accident at an illegal street race, he is sent to a small town to live with his estranged father (John Pyper-Ferguson), a washed up NASCAR racer. Attending high school, Danny meets Jessica (Nicole Badaan). She invites him to a party. Attempting to integrate, Danny accepts the invitation. At the party, Danny runs into the local hot shot Jake Kendall (Brando Eaton). The two characters clash. Jake rules the neighborhood fiercely, and Danny will have to live up to those standards in order to become accepted, which means that he shall have to race again.
Meanwhile the relationship between Danny and his father has its own ups and downs. Danny cannot get over the fact that his father left him and his mother when he was still a young child. In his struggle to find his ways in his new hometown, he cannot get around his father, and through dialogue the two slowly come to realize that they have more in common then they suspected. When Danny decides to enter the NHRA High School Drags, he is forced to seek his father's help in taking down his rival Jake Kendall. Danny and Jake both advance to the finals. In the finals, Danny narrowly wins the race after Jake is injured in a fiery crash.
A sequel, Born to Race: Fast Track, was released in 2014. Brett Davern and Beau Mirchoff replaced Cross and Eaton as Danny Krueger and Jake Kendall respectively, while Bill Sage replaces Pyper-Ferguson as Frank Krueger. Badaan and Show reprise their roles as Jessica Dalton and Jimmy Kendall respectively. In the film, after winning a scholarship to the prestigious Fast Lane Racing Academy, Danny finds himself competing against some of the fiercest young drivers in the world. Tension soars on and off the track and a terrible incident leaves Danny without a racing partner. Facing dismissal from the academy, he is forced to team up with Jake Kendall. The pair must learn to set aside their differences as they vie for rookie spots on a professional racing team.[1]
Born Race is an action-adventure retro-style game about four sperms who wish to win the Most Important Race of Life. An odd adventure with a different story for each one of them. Challenges, exploration and puzzles are necessary for them to reach the ovum. Are you up to the challenge?
Actually, each of them takes a different path to arrive there. This means the story of your character will be different from one another as well. About the characters, Mike is a basketball player, Sammy is a cheerleader, Tommy is a computer nerd and Beth is a nurse. They all have different personalities, a personal development, distinct levels and a surprising ending. After all, are they going to work in these professions after fertilizing, being born and growing up as humans in the future? Play it and find out.
A Story For Each of the Characters: there are four sperms and unique stories so that you will be curious about how each one of them will progress on the game (and what their future will be like after they are born);
Funny Story and Breakings of the Fourth Wall: the story has a humorous tone and they joke about being in a game. By the way, nobody respects Born Race game designer (unfortunately) and there is even a level called Condom, and yes, including different colors of it;
Different Stages for Each Character: each sperm has stages with different puzzle resolutions. You start with Mike and then release the other three characters. Each of these new releases has the mechanics already learned and a new one that changes the whole game and the way to deal with the character's stage. Who imagined that pursuing birth would be so much fun? And to think that there are still 9 months later;
Different Bosses: there are four unique and odd bosses! Your analysis is demanded to understand their weaknesses. They are all viruses or contraceptive methods trying to stop you. Notice that in real life they are used to prevent unwanted pregnancy, but here they are villains. It is all a matter of perspective;
Produced by American Cinema International in association with ESX Entertainment, Born to Race was directed by Alex Ranarivelo and scribed by freshman screenwriter, Steve Sarno. The film features an ensemble cast of largely unknown faces such as Joseph Cross, Brando Eaton and Nicole Badaan, teamed up with veteran character actors Grant Show and John Pyper-Ferguson.
In the movie, Cross portrays Danny Krueger, a young street racer with a rebellious streak who crashes a car in an illegal drag race. He is sent to live in the small town of Bradford, California with his estranged father, Frank (Pyper-Ferguson), a former NASCAR driver whose career was cut short by a debilitating on-track shunt.
From the outside, the car looks great in white with red racing stripes and custom wheels with super-low-profile tires. Cool interior touches include white face gauges, racing pedals, and a custom shifter on the six-speed.
All in all, despite its flaws, the movie is an enjoyable way to kill a couple of hours, if for no other reason then to gawk at an impressive collection of iron and steel. As such, I give Born to Race six and a half out of ten pistons.
Fritz thinks IMSA ignored that potentially significant safety concern, and a few other smaller modifications, so that the series would have a Ferrari racing in it. And NART had no intention of running for the sake of being on the track: The team wanted to race, and win, at the highest level of motorsport.
Master bodyworker Randy Randazzo, working with his son Tony, modified the rear and front body panels to accommodate the 512 M wheels and wider tires. They also added small aerodynamic tweaks to the body panels to increase high-speed stability.
There were mechanical problems, too. They replaced the clutch (a known weak spot on the BBs) before the race, but then the alternator failed. Despite all the woes, Milt Minter and Eppie Wietzes drove the car to sixth-place overall, behind four Porsche 911 RSRs and a BMW 3.0 CSL.
Although it retired from top-level racing many decades ago, s/n 18139 still sees plenty of track time with Coates at FCA events. Due to its rarity, value, and the difficulty involved in repairing a one-off car in case of a shunt, he admits to tiptoeing through the corners before hammering it on the straights. That said, from time to time when he sees someone in his mirror catching up, Coates will put the hammer down and watch the challenger disappear.
Leland Vance May, or Van May for short, lived in El Paso until 1971, when his older brother Walter "Dub" May told him to move to Hanover, Pennsylvania because he has a chance to earn money racing. So he did. He drove his yellow Corvette convertible towing his number 13 sprint car to join the World of Outlaws. During his first 4 years in WoO, he only managed to rack up one win. However during his career, he would grab many more wins; including the 1977 National Open.
But what made Van unique was his toughness even after living through some harrowing crashes. A rock shattered his eyeglasses at the 1979 Eldora Nationals, slicing his cornea. He would have another notable wreck during the 1985 Tuscarora 50.
Not too long after, he would bounce back, picking up another 12 wins. He would continue racing until suffering a career-ending injury in 1987; losing his other eye during a race at Selinsgrove, forcing him to retire. Van May would end up grabbing a total of over 70 wins racing sprint cars, midget cars and one 358 modified stock.
So where is Van May now? He still lives in Hanover & has been attending races ever since, being remembered fondly by racing fans & has been become a race photographer. Van May was actually the first El Paso driver going into the World of Outlaws but wouldn't be the last. Ted Lee would shortly join in 1984, who would help operate the El Paso Speedway Park, the Southern New Mexico Speedway & then the Vado Raceway Park.
Van May will be inducted into the Eastern Motorsport Press Association, EMPA Hall of Fame in January 2022 along with very notable names in racing including Bobby Allison, Mario/Marco Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Bill France Sr, Roger Penske, Darrell Waltrip, the King Richard Petty & the Intimidator... Dale Earnhardt.
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