NASCAR’s Little League: Interview with Oscar Nominee Director of ‘Racing Dreams’

Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, amongst many others, did not just jump in a 900-horsepower stock car one day and decide to make it a career.Rather, they started racing go-karts at a young age. Gordon's family even moved from California to Indiana to pursue his future endeavors as a youth.The environment today is quite similar, and perhaps even more intense than before NASCAR exploded into the American mainstream. The World Karting Association is serious business, and these kids know it.It is Little League for youngsters who dream of driving stock cars for a living.Marshall Curry's documentary Racing Dreams, executive produced by Duane "The Rock" Johnson, follows three aspiring youngsters as they attempt to pursue racing as a profession, rathe...

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