Checkered Flag is a 1990 made-for-television sports film directed by John Glen and Michael Levine.
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Plot
Race car driver Mike Reardon and mechanic Tommy Trehearn are the best of friends whose friendship is damaged when Reardon's girlfriend Chris Baird ends up falling for Trehearn. Years later, Trehearn and Chris are married with children and move to Arizona when Trehearn is selected to be a mechanic for a new racing team, of which Reardon also happens to be a part.
Cast
Billy Campbell as Tommy Trehearn
Rob Estes as Mike Reardon
Amanda Wyss as Chris Baird Trehearn
Adam Philipson as Sal
Christian Bocher as Alan Bondell
Robert Forster as Jack Cotton
Pernell Roberts as Andrew Valiant
Carrie Hamilton as Alex Cross
Leilani Sarelle as Jerri Simpson
Guy Boyd as J.D. Nelson
Production and release
The film was produced as a TV pilot but was not picked up for a series. Sometime after its TV premiere, it was released on videocassette in Canada by Malofilm and in 1993 in the United States by Rhino Home Video.