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Dec 26, 2016 this is the story of irishman tommy byrne, the greatest racing driver youve never seen. A documentary that balances between life choices and life prerogatives. The motor racing equivalent of george best and muhammad ali all rolled into one, tommy byrne went from driving a mini cooper in stockcar racing to the bigtime in formula one in a little over four years and was a serious rival of ayrton sennas. Crash and burn puts vivid flesh on the storys bones with a plentiful stash of archive footage, a colourful bunch of talking heads, and plenty of opinionated input from byrne himself. I have bought all of these films and have to say crash and burn is the worst of the lot. The story of irishman tommy byrne, the greatest racing driver you never saw.
With erik palladino, michael madsen, david moscow, heather marie marsden. Tommy byrne not only had the impeccable talent that got him to the pinnacle of motor racing, but it got him there despite of his cocky attitude. Crash and burn 2016 stream and watch online moviefone. Crash and burn documentary, a 2016 documentary about motor racing driver tommy byrne crash and burn 1990 film, a 1990 low budget scifi movie crash and burn 2008 film. Crash and burn is an engaging, and at times moving account of an. Official website of award winning driver and author tommy byrne. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use.
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