May 27th marked the 30th anniversary of the release of the Burt Reynolds' film, Smokey and the Bandit.
To commemorate the anniversary of the movie, a driving event called the Bandit Run 2007 was held from May 15 to May 17, with about 200 participants in 85 cars traveling the 660 miles from Texarkana, Tex., to Atlanta, the route traveled in the movie. The event was open to anyone - owning a black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with gold striping and a thunder chicken on the hood was not required. ;)
Dave Kinney of The New York Times tells us about the whole weird, wacky, wild goose chase.
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