“Race For Glory: Audi vs. Lancia” (** out of four) was a studiously solemn biography set in the 1983 World Championships showing the intense rivalry between Audi from Germany (Volker Bruch) and Lancia from Italy (Gabriele Portoghese) and this drove both men and their respective countries into fierce competition with one another. Reverent but never revelatory and never shifts into high-gear. In the last year, there have been perhaps too many biographical and historical race-car movies and the genre is starting to run on exhaust fumes. Decent car-race footage is film’s main virtue.

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