On location during the filming of Speedway MOVIE TRAILER SPEEDWAY CONTINUES SPEEDWAY LOCATION "SPEEDWAY" is a 1968 American musical comedy starring Elvis Presley as a racecar driver and Nancy Sinatra as an I.R.S. agent. The film has an eerie coincidence between the characters. Steve Grayson's generosity in the film oddly coincided with Elvis’s real-life generosity, in which Elvis would give cars, homes, and other expensive items to family members, friends, the Memphis Mafia, and strangers. Another strange coincidence is Kenny Doford the manager who has a problem with gambling and drawing money from Steve just like Elvis’s manager, Tom Parker in real life. PREVIOUS Elvis Presley in the role of Steve Grayson. SPEEDWAY BOX OFFICE PREVIOUS LOCATION Scenes were shot at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, and MGM studios in California. In a scene with Nancy Sinatra. SPEEDWAY CAST LOCATION BOX OFFICE MGM released "SPEEDWAY" on Wednesday, June 12, 1968, in the United States. It placed at #40 on the Variety weekly national box office list. With an estimated Box Office budget of $1,500,000, it grossed $3,000,000. Elvis was paid $850,000 plus 50% of the profits. SPEEDWAY BOX OFFICE PLOT NEXT Elvis Presley as Steve Grayson Nancy Sinatra as Susan Jacks Bill Bixby as Kenny Donford Gale Gordon as R. W. Hepworth Victoria Paige Meyerink as Ellie Esterlake William Schallert as Abel Esterlake Ross Hagen as Paul Dado Carl Ballantine as Birdie Kebner Sandy Reed as Speedway Announcer Charlotte Considine as Lori CAST SPEEDWAY PLOT The film features guest appearances by several of the top stock-car (presently known as NASCAR) drivers of the day including Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, Cale Yarborough, Tiny Lund, and more. They were shown individually with their names in the film's opening credits. CAST CAST (CONTINUED) SPEEDWAY PLOT CAST SOUNDTRACK Steve Grayson (played by Elvis Presley) is a stock-car driver who feels compelled to bail friends and acquaintances out of financial hardship. However, Steve's manager, Kenny Donford (played by Bill Bixby), is a compulsive gambler and has been mismanaging Steve's winnings to support his gambling addiction. Steve lands in big trouble with the I.R.S. when his tax return is audited. A $150,000 debt is owed in back taxes. Susan Jacks (played by Nancy Sinatra), is the I.R.S. agent assigned to keep tabs on Steve and apply his future prize money toward his $150,000 tax debt. MOVIE RENTAL OR PURCHASE Released on June 25, 1968, "Speedway" is the seventeenth and last traditional soundtrack album by Elvis Presley for his MGM movie of the same name. It reached a disappointing #82 on the Billboard 200, setting a new low for Elvis in terms of sales, with fewer than 100,000 copies sold. However, it also marked the end of his contract to create standard soundtrack albums. SOUNDTRACK MOVIE POSTER BACK TO MOVIE DIRECTORY PREVIOUS