It was the fifteenth Australian Grand Prix and featured a handicap start which saw the slowest cars starting ahead of the faster cars at timed intervals.
There was no restriction on the numbers of expatriate Australians competing in the event, but a handicap system was put in places whereby sides received a 2 point handicap for each local national and 1 point for each other non-Australian in their squads.
He wants nothing more than to be a writer, but when his mother’s health takes a turn for the worse, Jake is sent to Miami to live with his father, “Zowie” (Harvey Keitel), a small-time “handicapper” who gives horse racing tips for a living.