Speedway Junky
Here TV Original
Johnny, a young high school dropout with aspirations of joining the NASCAR racing circuit, travels to Las Vegas in order to strike it rich and see his dreams realized. Reality sets in, however, as he is robbed, propositioned and beaten soon after his arrival. After a kind-hearted hustler takes him in and cares for him, the two teenagers develop a close friendship which transcends their troubled lives.
🏆 Recognition
Festival selections
- Berlin International Film Festival — Panorama (1999)
Cast
- Jesse BradfordJohnny
- Jordan BrowerEric
- Jonathan Taylor ThomasSteven
- Daryl HannahVeronica
- Tiffani-Amber ThiessenWilma Price
- Patsy KensitDonna
- Justin UrichScooby
- Adrienne FrantzKelley
- Patrick RennaBud
- Erik Alexander GavicaJason 'J.T.' Torres
- Timothy McNeilRussel
- Brian StarkPez Boy
- Tiffani Thiessen
- Milo Ventimiglia
- Warren G
- Directed by
- Nickolas Perry
- Written by
- Nickolas Perry
- Produced by
- Randall Emmett, George Furla, Rodney Omanoff, Jeff Rice, Rafi Stephan, Gus Van Sant
- Country
- IL, US