"Gentlemen, start your engines." So goes the traditional opening of the Indianapolis 500. Winning, a film shakily based on that classic competition, only misfires.
Fresh from Rachel, Rachel and stale from lack of motivation, Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward career through the movie looking for an opportunity to display their talents. They have to struggle with a plot as full of gimmicks as a garage. Race Driver Frank Capua (Newman) meets aging Avis girl (Woodward). She tries harder; he marries her. Alas, Capua suffers from autoeroticism. Night after night' he stays...
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