Dirty Driving Thundercars Of Indiana (2008)

Auto racing is an obsession in Anderson Indiana Even with local auto factories closing down and jobs being lost the towns residents continue to flock to the local speedway every Friday nightand its drivers continue to pour their dwindling resources into their Thundercars EmmyRwinning filmmaker Jon Alpert presents this look at this passion for racing in rustbelt America Since the closing of a GM plant and the loss of 33000 jobs the oncethriving town of Anderson now stands witness to empty factories shuttered stores and abandoned homebut also to packed houses at Anderson Speedway where people put their troubles on hold to watch the cacophony of screeching tires and crashing metal as drivers vie for Thundercar supremacy