''Ten Laps to Go'' (''King of the Speedway'') is a 1938 American

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directed by

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. The film stars

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as a champion race car driver,

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as his rival, and

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as the romantic interest. Former silent film star

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has a small role in this film, which would prove to be her last; her death from self-inflicted malnutrition and alcoholism occurred less than six months later.

Production notes

''Ten Laps to Go'' was produced by the independent company Fanchon Royer Pictures and was distributed theatrically under the states-rights system. It has been released on television in the US under the title ''King of the Speedway''.

DVD release

''Ten Laps to Go'' is available under its original title from budget DVD companies; it is available from

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on a double-bill with ''

Go-Get-'Em, Haines ''Go-Get-'Em, Haines'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield. It was William Boyd (actor), William Boyd's last non-Hopalong Cassidy role. Plot Ace reporter Steve Haines is on the trail of Edward Baldwin, the former head of a p ...

''.

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