I gotta say I like Dirty Mary Crazy Larry a little more than Vanishing Point.
Top favorite car chases/race/crash movies (no part order):
French Connection
Bullitt
Vanishing Point
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
The Seven Ups
Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)
Death Race 2000
To Live and Die in LA
Ronin
Death Proof
The Blues Brothers
Freebie and the Bean
