Hurley
“It's not always about winning the race.”
2019•PG•1h 22m•4.2•Released
Documentary
In the world of 1970s car racing, Hurley Haywood was cool, calm and collected. A five-time 24 Hours of Daytona winner, three-time Le Mans winner and Trans-Am champion, Haywood was a Hollywood archetype: a strikingly handsome man brought up by a good Midwestern family. Yet Haywood was often overshadowed by racing partner and volatile mentor, Peter Gregg—the Batman to his Robin—whose abrupt suicide in 1980 shook the sport to its core. And yet Haywood had secrets of his own. Despite multiple encounters with women, some that included public appearances alongside Penthouse models, he remained elusive about his personal life. With deft use of archival footage and exclusive interviews featuring actor and fellow racer, Patrick Dempsey, Hurley reveals a greater insight into Haywood’s tightrope walk between career and sexuality, while posing the question—will motorsport ever be ready for openly LGBT racers?
Director
Derek Dodge
Languages
English
Cast
Hurley Haywood
Self
Patrick Dempsey
Self
Peter Gregg
Self (archive footage)
Frank Stella
Self
Sam Posey
Self
Patrick Long
Self
Jim Busby
Self
JC France
Self
Bill Warner
Self
Production
Producer
Patrick Dempsey
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