NASCAR driver Neil Bonnett's final film role before his death in Daytona 500 practice one month after the film aired.
Co-stars Christopher Atkins and Brian Krause both played similar characters named 'Richard' in "The Blue Lagoon" and "Return To The Blue Lagoon." In the sequel, Krause' character was the son of Atkins' from the original film.
Instead of the iconic black Pontiac Trans Am featured in the original Smokey and the Bandit, Bandit drives a black 1993 Dodge Stealth (same platform as the Mitsubishi 3000GT or GTO in the rear of the world) The stealth appears to be stock with a white interior.