In this month’s issue, you’ll find a very revealing interview with Robert Daley, who—in addition to being a renowned photographer and author (The Cruel Sport) also has spent time as a screenwriter working on such projects as “The Racers.” As a bookend to his insights into the making of that movie (and those of the book’s author, Hans Reusch, VRJ Jan. ’05), we’ve also unearthed a unique feature for you in the form of a test drive of one of the original Ferrari “Burano” racecars used in the making of the movie! With all this recent content devoted to the history of racing movies such as “The Racers” and “Grand Prix,” I found myself ruminating on one, final, burning question: “Why the hell can’t anyone make a decent racing movie!?!?!?”
