Midweek Movie - Heart Like a Wheel (1983)

Heart Like a Wheel ( The Shirley Muldowney Story )

Released: 1983

Runtime:  113 min

Director: Jonathan Kaplan

Writer: Ken Friedman.

Starring: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow

Storyline...

Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.