Trivia / Stroker Ace

• Box Office Bomb: Budget, $16.5 million. Box office, $13 million.
• California Doubling: Talladega stands in for Daytona at the beginning of the movie while the Atlanta Motor Speedway is the shooting location for Charlotte Motor Speedway, both revealed by signage in the background
• Creator Backlash: Burt Reynolds regretted doing this movie, saying he mostly did it as a favor to Hal Needham and ended up giving up some better roles to make this happen.
• Star-Derailing Role: Burt Reynolds was reported to have said, regarding the way his huge fanbase recoiled from this film, "that's where I lost them" in that he never returned to his peak of movie superstardom after it was a total bomb.

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