Police car chases are as much a part of American cinema as the sappy love story and the life-like animated robot movie. With so many directors having tackled the police chase it has become a bountiful field from which to pluck perfectly formed flowers of destruction and tire smoke. As we continue our Jalopnik…

You'd probably never think to relegate the dual between Steve McQueen and the Dodge Charger—driving hoods in "Bullitt" beneath any other car chase put to film. But then you remember — with help from Entertainment Weekly — why it's rightfully in second position. Two words: Popeye Doyle. [Thanks to pas Montreal for the…