Dirt (1979 film)

Dirt is a 1979 documentary film about off-road racing directed by Eric Karson and Cal Naylor.

Premise
A man, Fred Cordon follows the off road racing circuit.

Cast

 * Clarke Gordon as Fred Gordon
 * Curtis Credel as Tommy Robertson
 * Kenny Griswold as Randy Gardner
 * Debbie Gunn as Dee Williams
 * Sunshine Parker as Swamp Rat Pickering
 * Lisa Lindgren as Janice Hoffer
 * Robert Hackman as Bob Holmes
 * Parnelli Jones as Himself
 * Rick Mears as Himself
 * Mickey Thompson as Himself
 * Malcolm Smith

Production
The film was modeled on the motorcycle documentary On Any Sunday (1971), which had featured an executive producer of Dirt, Roger Riddell. The film was made over three and a half years. Parnelli Jones, who appears in the film, was an investor.

The film involved over 13 cameraman and two helicopters covering thousands of miles to shoot the footage.

Reception
The film had was first released in Columbia and Albuquerque, then was rolled out throughout the country throughout 1979.

The Los Angeles Times called it a "friendly but boring docudrama about off-road racing without focus... like watching an interminable home movie."

However, it was a box office hit, earning rentals in the US and Canada of $7.9 million.