Smokey and the Bandit sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and wants to celebrate in style when he wins. They find local legend Bo "Bandit" Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta and offer him $80,000 to pick up 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time), and bring it back to Atlanta in 28 hours. Bandit takes the bet and recruits his partner Cledus "Snowman" Snow to drive the truck, while Bandit drives a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention
Carey Loftin also considered one of the most impressive car chases in film history. Loftin has also mentioned before that the hardest stunts to do during his whole was during the final scene in "White Line Fever" (1975) with the main characters truck, Loftin was the only hired stuntman for main characters truck in "White Line Fever" and also did some driving scenes in "White Line Fever" which later got him more iconic stuntman role for the main characters trucks in "The Great Smokey Roadblock" (1977), "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "Steel Cowboy" (1978), "High Ballin"' (1978), "Smokey and the Bandit II"