Smokey and the Bandit episodes of the series. Needham saw an advertisement for the soon-to-be-released 1977 Pontiac Trans Am and knew right away that would be the Bandit's car, or, as Needham referred to it, a character in the movie. He contacted Pontiac and an agreement was made that four 1977 Trans Ams and two Pontiac LeMans 4-door sedans would be provided for the movie. The Trans Ams were actually 1976-model cars with 1977 front ends. (From 1970 to 1976, both the Firebird/Trans Am and Chevrolet Camaro had two round headlights, and in 1977, the Firebird/Trans Am was changed to four rectangular headlights, while
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