''Fast Track'' is an

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drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

television series created by Gary Markowitz, and executive produced by Larry Gelbart and Markowitz, which starred

Keith Carradine Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's ''Nashville'', E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's ''Pretty Baby'', and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's '' Choose Me.'' ...

. It aired on

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between August 1997 and March 1998, and was cancelled after one season.

Plot

Set in the world of NASCAR stock car racing, the show follows orthopedic surgeon and former racing driver Richard Beckett (Keith Carradine) who is hired to be the track doctor of Eagle Ridge Speedway by its owner, Christian Chandler Jr. (Duncan Regehr). Chandler's unhappy wife Nicole (Guylaine St. Onge) is Beckett's former lover, while Chandler's younger sister Mimi (Brandy Ledford), a lawyer, would like to be Beckett's current lover.

Cast

as Dr. Richard Beckett *

Duncan Regehr Duncan Peter Regehr (born October 5, 1952) is a Canadian multimedia artist and actor. He was also a figure skater and a classically trained Shakespearean stage actor in his native Canada, before heading to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in 19 ...

as Christian Chandler Jr. *

Brandy Ledford Brandy Lee Ledford (born February 4, 1969) is an American actress, model and '' Penthouse'' magazine's 1992 "Pet of the Year". She played the role of Desiree on '' Modern Family,'' starred as Dawn Masterton on '' Baywatch Hawaii'', and as Doyl ...

as Mimi Chandler * Guylaine St. Onge as Nicole Chandler *

Tristan Rogers Tristan Rogers (born 3 June 1946) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' '' The Rescuers Down Under''. He is currently starri ...

as Harry * Randy J. Goodwin as Kennedy Winslow *

Jenny Cooper Jenny Cooper (born 1975, formerly credited as Jenny Levine) is a Canadian actress. She made her professional debut in 1995 as series star Molly in the Canadian TV series ''Jake and the Kid'' as the series regular Molly, went on to star in the Sho ...

as Wendy Servine * Michael Copeman as Darrel Butts * Marc Daniel as Nando *

Sebastian Spence Sebastian Spence (born December 9, 1969) is a Canadian actor. He played the lead role of Cade Foster in the Space Channel science fiction television series '' First Wave'' (1998–2001).Science Fiction Television Series, 1990–2004: Histories, ...

as Stevie Servine *

Fred Williamson Frederick Robert Williamson (born March 5, 1938), nicknamed "the Hammer", is an American actor, filmmaker, and former American football player, a defensive back who played mainly in the American Football League (AFL) during the 1960s. He was a ...

as Lowell Carter * Paul Condon as uncredited extra

Episodes

Production

The series was filmed in

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, Canada, and many of the show's actors, and all of the show's episode directors, were Canadian.

Reception

Caryn James of ''The New York Times'' was unimpressed with the series, stating "There's not much Mr. Carradine can do with such silliness except ratchet his acting up a few notches."

References

External links

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