Wheels On Reels

With all the recent autocentric movies—The Fast and the Furious just the latest—we asked drivers to name their favorite racing films and chase scenes.

Gil de Ferran, CART: "The best car-chase scenes are in the 007 movies. Cars splitting in half, going down the steps of the Eiffel Tower, doing 360s in the air-can you imagine how many cars they destroy trying to get those shots?"

Paul Tracy, CART: " Le Mans, with Steve McQueen. The footage was great, and McQueen did his own driving."

Sarah Fisher, IRL: "In Gone in 60 Seconds, when Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie steal the Mustang. That car looked really fun to drive!"

Rusty Wallace, Winston Cup: "Bullitt. Those hot rods running through San Francisco were wild. They made me wonder what it would be like to run wide-ass open in the streets like that."

Dario Franchitti, CART: "Grand Prix, with James Garner. The access they had and the up-close shots of the cars from the 1960s—the movie has some priceless footage. Also, in Double Jeopardy there's a scene where Ashley [Judd, Franchitti's fianc�e] wrecks a pickup truck. That was a little close to real life, though. She's done that to a couple of my cars."