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
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