Demolition Derby Figure 8
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Master 1844 - Tape 2 Raw footage of Figure 8 demolition derby race at Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Rear view MS white man waving checkered flag, falling to one knee as early-mid 1960s model American cars pass during Figure 8 demolition derby stock car race on dirt track at Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles; zoom in to still frame. Panning LS/TLS late 1950s & early-mid 1960s passenger sedans taking turns, competing in race, passing billboard signs for Yamaha, Falstaff, Suzuki. TLS yellow & white station wagon #78 swerving from spun out gray station wagon #73; badly battered sedan swerves into frame, taps #73, rejoins race. Great panning TLS/LSs cars racing, taking turns, bumping one another. Nice action.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Panning TLS/MSs gray Plymouth sedan #161 competing against late 1950s & early-mid 1960s model American cars during Figure 8 demolition derby stock car race, Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles; as shots progress, the more damaged & battered the car becomes. Great panning TLS #161 racing, tapping bumper and pushing badly battered white car #22, forcing it to spin out and crash. Panning LS/TLS late 1950s & early-mid 1960s passenger sedans taking turns, competing in race, passing billboard signs for Yamaha, Falstaff, Suzuki; many cars are badly battered, beaten, falling apart and passing disabled cars parked on track side.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Excellent over the shoulder MS white man wearing Confederate theme-like helmet, driving stock car, following behind several stock cars driving on dirt track during Figure 8 demolition derby, Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles; note the cracked windshield.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
MS grim-faced white man sitting behind wheel of pickup truck with wife and child, zoom in to CU man's stern expression as he turns to face camera; still frame; the angry bitter stare of an aging man saddled by domesticity, watching his fleeting manly desires go unfulfilled. Diffusion filter MS white man waving checkered flag on dirt track, zoom in and still frame. Zoom out CU white man staring angrily, wistfully out window of parked pickup; blond, somewhat cross-eyed white wife shakes his shoulder, shunning her hubbie's daydream; man smiles gravely, drives forward & out of frame, revealing 1970 Oldsmobile sedan parked between trucks in dirt parking lot. Diffusion filter MSs blue stock car #224 racing on dirt track. Diffusion filter CUs driver wearing helmet driving in figure 8 demolition derby.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Panning TLS red stock car #433 driving, passenger door flying open while taking turn during Figure 8 demolition derby competition, Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles. Panning TLSs badly damaged, battered & beaten late 1950s & early-mid 1960s model American cars taking turns, competing in demolition stock car race. LS/TLS stock cars lining up at starting line on dirt track, white man standing at head holding furled red flag. Panning MS/TLS battered car #224 leading train of demolition cars along track, non-heat. Great panning TLS/LS cars competing, taking turns, kicking up dirt while judge waves checkered flag on screen left.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Panning TLSs early-mid 1960s model American stock cars competing in Figure 8 demolition race, taking turns, passing white man in yellow jacket waving checkered flag, Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles. Nice panning TLS late 1950s & early-mid 1960s model American cars competing in Figure 8 race, passing retention pond. TLS blue stock car #224 stooping near intersection, narrowly averting accident, but gasket blows and he stalls out, cars passing on every which side, judge entering frame and stopping race for cleanup; tow truck enters, pushes car off track.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
LS white male judge wearing yellow jacket standing on track, waving furled red flag as battered late 1950s & early-mid 1960s American stock cars pass slowly by, Figure 8 demolition, Ascot Raceway Park, Los Angeles. LS judge waving green flag like mad, running off dirt track, cars zipping across frame. TLSs stock cars competing in Figure 8, crossing intersection, one car narrowly averting collision. TLSs badly battered cars taking turn. TLSs stock car #161 approaching intersection, stopping, stalling; car with heavily sustained damage passes slowly in BG. Panning LSs tow truck hauling battered stock car #224 through dusky. largely empty parking lot, setting sun in BG.
Demolition Derby Figure 8
Panning TLS/LSs late 1950s & early-mid 1960s model American cars driving, competing in Figure 8 demolition stock race, Ascot Raceway Park; nice dusky, late afternoon natural light. LSs stock cars passing white man wearing yellow jacket waving green or red flags as cars pass. MS caravan of battered, beaten, damaged stock cars passing slowly by camera. TLS white man wearing yellow jacket standing at head of cars, twirling & waving red flag, restarting Figure 8 race.