text: When Fauss breaks his leg in a desert race, Halsy, who has been barred from racing due to drinking at the track, proposes that they form a partnership in which Halsy would race under Fauss's name with Fauss serving as the mechanic. Fauss joins Halsy on the motorcycle racing circuit despite his parents' disapproval. Fauss is constantly confronted with his inferiority to Halsy, both on and off the racetrack.
  Their partnership is finally broken when Rita Nebraska, a drop-out from a wealthy background, arrives at the racetrack and immediately attaches herself to Halsy, despite the attention Fauss pays her. Fauss returns home to his parents to find his father has died. Several months later, Halsy visits him and attempts to ditch Rita, who is now pregnant. Fauss, however, refuses to take her. He informs Halsy that he plans to reenter the racing circuit.
  The two men race against each other a short time later at the Sears Point International Raceway, where Fauss tells Halsy that he has been drafted. Halsy's motorcycle breaks down. As he leaves the track, he hears the announcement that Fauss has taken the lead.
  Cast
  Robert Redford - Halsy Knox
  Michael J. Pollard - Little Fauss
  Lauren Hutton - Rita Nebraska
  Noah Beery, Jr. - Seally Fauss (billed as Noah Beery)
  Lucille Benson - Mom Fauss
  Ray Ballard - Photographer
  Linda Gaye Scott - Moneth
  Erin O'Reilly - Sylvene McFall