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* ''[[The Great Race]]'', which served as the inspiration for the ''[[Wacky Races]]''.
** ''Every'' race in this movie counts as Wacky Racing, including the one at the end, of which we only see ten seconds, because [[Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat]].
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* ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' had the same basic concept, only with airplanes.
* ''Monte Carlo or Bust'' (a.k.a. ''Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies''), sequel to the above.
* The [[Real Life]] [[wikipedia:Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash|Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash]] was an illegal coast-to-coast road race specifically intended to protest the 55 mph speed limit of [[The Seventies]]. Other than the
** ''Cannonball'' (1976), a classic David Carradine B-Movie Action Flick.
** ''[[The Gumball Rally]]'' (1976), a slapstick comedy.
** ''[[The Cannonball Run]]'' (1981), an even ''more'' slapstick comedy starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise as the most "normal" team in a field of broad ethnic stereotypes. Includes an early US role for [[Jackie Chan]]—playing a ''Japanese'' driver, with Richard "Eegah, [[James Bond|Jaws]]" Kiel as his copilot in the sequel.
*** Its sequels, ''The Cannonball Run II'' (1985) and ''Speed Zone!'' (1989).
* Of course, [[the
* ''[[Silent Movie (film)|Silent Movie]]'' features a wheelchair race in a hospital that gets pretty crazy.
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