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Trucking History
'Bandit' lives on as a classic trucking movie
As the movie debuted, the May 1977 Overdrive highlighted the magazine’s involvement in 'Smokey and the Bandit,' notably the inclusion of a truck race banner bearing its name.
May 24, 2021
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Burt, Sally and a W900A
Trucking came to the foreground in the classic “Smokey and the Bandit,” and real truckers played no small part in racing their rigs; and the engine brake of today is developed.
January 4, 2011
In its May 1977 story on the making of “Smokey,” Overdrive noted that Director Hal Needham filmed the opening race at Atlanta’s Lakewood Speedway. This 1974 Kenworth W900A (top) is one of three used in the 1977 film. The trailer with the horse mural was made by Hobbs Trailers in Texas.
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