Smokey and the Bandit petroleum company Mobil 1 produced television commercials, featuring NASCAR star Tony Stewart, closely based on the film. Called "Smoke is the Bandit" playing on Stewart's nickname, the commercials featured him as the Bandit opposite Darrell Waltrip who played Snowman and Jeff Hammond as Buford T. Justice. The story replaced the Coors beer with Mobil 1 products. The adverts poked fun at the film and even featured a Pontiac Trans Am and a cover version of the song "East Bound and Down". The commercials were produced after Stewart mentioned that the movie was one of his favorites. When "Smokey and the
Lakewood Speedway Lakewood Speedway on April 20, 1952. His final race was at Lakewood in 1958. Lakewood Speedway was featured prominently in a few different movies. Scenes from the 1977 Burt Reynolds film, "Smokey and the Bandit" were staged at Lakewood. Results in the Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) Results in the NASCAR Convertible Division Results for the short-lived NASCAR Speedway Division (open-wheel) Lakewood Speedway Lakewood Speedway was a race track located south of Atlanta, Georgia, in Lakewood, just north of the eastern arm of Langford Parkway (formerly Lakewood Freeway). The track held many kinds of races between 1919