 Cars designed specifically for the movie officially raced at Phoenix  and Darlington, with Greg Sacks (I) (qv) driving Cole Trickles  City Chevrolet car in both races. Bobby Hamilton drove Rowdy Burns  Exxon car at Phoenix, while Hut Stricklin drove it at Darlington.  None of the cars finished their races, but Hamilton did lead 5 laps  in his before an engine failure.