Track of Thunder is a 1967 action drama film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Tommy Kirk.

[2][3] The film also stars Ray Stricklyn, H. M. Wynant, Brenda Benet, Faith Domergue, and Majel Barrett.

[6] However he did not remember the movie fondly: James Dobson was the other big star and he was a complete jerk... as far as I'm concerned, one of the most obtuse and insensitive people I've ever known in my life.

[7]Variety wrote "characterizations are defiantly implausible, plot is predictable and dialog draws unintended laughs.

"[8] Film critic Renata Adler of The New York Times called it a "tired, cliché-ridden little movie" which should "discourage any similar projects about stock-car racing for some time to come" and "probably will dampen the hopes of any youngsters intending to make a career of slamming around a speedway in a churning mass of autos.