Ccourtesy FB/BanditRunners Bandit Runners from Wisconsin at the Arkansas /Texas State line in Texarkana
The Bandit Run celebrates the 45th Anniversary of the infamous movie Smokey and The Bandit. It’s been forty-five years since “Snowman” Jerry Reed and “Bandit” Burt Reynolds had the infamous CB conversation. Forty-five years since a black and gold Pontiac Trans Am tore across the highways from Texarkana to Atlanta, running blocker for a big rig hauling a load of illegal Coors beer. Released in 1977 and starring Sally Field and the “Great One” Jackie Gleason, Smokey and the Bandit grossed a worldwide box office take of $300 million. Second only that year to a little sci-fi movie called Star Wars. And Burt’s role in Smokey and the Bandit and 1977 black and gold Pontiac Trans Am he was driving were the catalysts for a yearly event called The Bandit Run.
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