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Worst Supporting Actor | 1984 | Jim
Worst Picture | 1984 | Hank
Worst Actress | 1984 | Loni
Worst Director | 1984 | Hal
Worst New Star | 1984 | Loni
Budget 14,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 11,400,000 USD
Burt Reynolds famously turned down a role in the feature film, Terms of Endearment (1983) for this film, saying it was the biggest regret of his career. He had made a verbal commitment to Hal Needham to do this by the time he was offered the role Garrett Breedlove role in that film, but said in hindsight Needham could have waited, since "the world was not clamoring for another Reynolds car chase picture".
When Stroker Ace was first introduced as "Fastest Chicken in the South", a black truck can be seen in the background with the lettering "Burt Reynolds & Hal Needham's Grand National Stock Car"
This is the only real live action movie that Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson made together though they both did do voice work for the animated pic All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). Reynolds and Anderson formed a relationship which lead to a five year marriage between 1988 and 1993, a marriage that began five years after this movie was made. Reportedly, their messy divorce drew much publicity from the media. The two first met on the set of The Merv Griffin Show (1962) in 1981 but did not start dating until 1982. This movie was made and released in 1983.
The Charlotte race at the end of the season was filmed on 30 May 1982 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The word stroker, in racing jargon, refers to an after-market crankshaft that increases the engine's stroke, or length of piston travel, which will increase the engine's displacement and therefore the horsepower. Stroker also refers to a driver who intentionally does not try to "charge to the front" and is content to "ride around" (during the race) and post a "safe" finishing position. Front running race drivers do not like "strokers" for a variety of reasons.
"Charlie: What's so bad about second? Stroker Ace, Lugs Harvey: Screw Second!"
"Announcer: Just once, JUST ONCE, I wish you guys would TELL US THE REAL STORY!"
