| rdfs:comment | - SPOILER ALERT: This page contains content of a movie, including the ending, Stroker Ace is a 1983 action comedy film, filmed in North Carolina and Georgia. It is about a race car driver named Stroker Ace, played by Burt Reynolds and directed by Hal Needham. Co stars include Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Ned Beatty, Bubba Smith, and Parker Stevenson. Guest NASCAR drivers include Dale Earnhardt, Kyle Petty, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Richard Petty, Terry Labonte, and guest commentators Ken Squier, David Hobbs, Chris Economaki, and Bill Dollar.
- The co-stars were Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Ned Beatty, Parker Stevenson, and Bubba Smith, with appearances by many NASCAR drivers, such as: Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Terry Labonte, Kyle Petty, Benny Parsons, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, and announcers Ken Squier, David Hobbs, and Chris Economaki. The movie was filmed on location at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Talladega Speedway and the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The theme song was performed by Charlie Daniels.
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| abstract | - SPOILER ALERT: This page contains content of a movie, including the ending, Stroker Ace is a 1983 action comedy film, filmed in North Carolina and Georgia. It is about a race car driver named Stroker Ace, played by Burt Reynolds and directed by Hal Needham. Co stars include Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Ned Beatty, Bubba Smith, and Parker Stevenson. Guest NASCAR drivers include Dale Earnhardt, Kyle Petty, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Tim Richmond, Benny Parsons, Richard Petty, Terry Labonte, and guest commentators Ken Squier, David Hobbs, Chris Economaki, and Bill Dollar. Plot NASCAR Driver Stroker Ace has just signed a contract with greed fried chicken magnate Clyde Torkle (Ned Beatty). However Torkle starts making him do ridiculous things such as dmaking him drive in a chicken. His attempts to get Torkle to fire him backfire, and it comes down to the championship race. Summary After tagging along with a moonshiner, Stroker Ace (Burt Reynolds) finds the need for speed. He is known for his late entries into races and quickly upsetting his sponsors. In the pit area, he quickly attracts the attention of Chicken Pit owner Clyde Torkle (Ned Beatty) and his tough looking chauffeur Arnold (Bubba Smith). After being being crashed out by his on and off track rival Aubrey James (Parker Stevenson) and filling his bosses car with cement, he loses his current sponsor, Zenon Oil. He eventually signs a three year contract with Chicken Pit, without reading the contract, even at the warning of his chief mechanic, Lugs Harvey (Jim Nabors). He is quickly the laughing stock of the field when Torkle puts the logo "Fastest Chicken in the South" on his car. He is also forced to be at every Chicken Pit opening. Later that day he meets his director of marketing and public relations Pembrook Feeny (Loni Anderson) and tries to get her to remove the logo from the car and to cut down on personal appearances, to no avail. It gets worse. He is forced to dress up as a chicken in television commercials. Even after talking to several lawyers, he cannot quit or else he will be unable to race anywhere for three years. So he decides he will have to be fired. So he tries several tactics to get Torkle to fire him, such as dressing up as a chicken to race. And they refuse to confront Torkle, for fear of his chauffer. Stroker and Pembrooks relationship soon becomes romantic, and Pembrook begins to see Torkle for who he really is, and tries to get him to release Stroker of his contract. He refuses, and even goes crazy trying to seduce Pembrook, and she quits and goes to work on the pit crew for Stroker. After Stroker's antics causes Torkle's car into a lake through a Law Enforcement picnic, he makes Stroker sit in a small car that flips over when a target is hit. As he sits through this, he reunites with the moonshiner, Dad Seegly (Frank Hill), and his childhood friend Doc Seegly (John Byner). Later on, Stroker tries to seduce a drunk Pembrook, but after she passes out, he thinks better of it. He soon enlists the help of Dad and Doc to get out of his contract. They will pretend to be Miller Brewing Co. associates and offer to buy Torkle's company. Torkle decides to let the upcoming championship race decide. If Stroker loses, he'll let him go, but if he wins, he'll expand the company and keep Stroker. But he must have an answer by 4:00. Stroker decides to try and lose on purpose, but when Aubrey tries to knock him out, he chooses to go for it. Later Aubrey causes a massive pileup which takes a while to clean up. This means the race will run past 4:00. And when the jack breaks on Strokers car, Arnold, also tired of Torkle, hops in to act as a jack. But it costs Stroker valuable time, and Torkle thinks he's out of it, and tells Dad he's selling the company. However Stroker makes up time fast, and it comes down to him and Aubrey. On the last turn, Aubrey turns Stroker. He hits the wall and flips over but crosses the line in first. In victory lane, Stroker makes peace with Aubrey and Torkle happily announces Strokers fired and he's sold the company. However, Doc and Dad hop in and announce the fake deal, and Stroker and Lugs get the approval of Arnold to punch the angered Torkle.
- The co-stars were Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Ned Beatty, Parker Stevenson, and Bubba Smith, with appearances by many NASCAR drivers, such as: Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Terry Labonte, Kyle Petty, Benny Parsons, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd, Cale Yarborough, and announcers Ken Squier, David Hobbs, and Chris Economaki. The movie was filmed on location at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Talladega Speedway and the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. The theme song was performed by Charlie Daniels. Burt Reynolds turned down the role of astronaut Garrett Breedlove in Terms of Endearment to do this film. The role went to Jack Nicholson, who went on to win an Academy Award. Reynolds said he made this decision because "I felt I owed Hal more than I owed Jim" but that it was a turning point in his career from which he never recovered. "That's where I lost them," he says of his fans. The movie was adapted from the 1971 novel Stand On It, an autobiography of fictional driver "Stroker Ace." The novel's joint authors, William Neely and Robert K. Ottum, based the book on actual events from the racing world but with their protagonist as the subject.
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