Smokey and the Bandit original film. The updated version of the film features sounds inaccurate for what would be produced by the Trans Am or the numerous other Pontiac vehicles in the film. The original film had correct sounds that were usually recorded live as the action took place. A series of four made-for-TV spin-off films ("Bandit Goes Country", "Bandit Bandit", "Beauty and the Bandit" and "Bandit's Silver Angel") were produced in 1994 for Universal Television's Action Pack with actor Brian Bloom playing a younger version of Bandit. The three original films introduced two generations of the Pontiac Trans Am, and the Dodge Stealth
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