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Stroker Ace (1983)

PG | | Action, Comedy, Romance | 1 July 1983 (USA)
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The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.

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Lugs Harvey
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Aubrey James
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Doc Seegle
Frank O. Hill ...
Dad Seegle
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Girl with Lugs
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Arnold
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Jim Catty
Alfie Wise ...
Charlie
James C. Lewis ...
Crew Chief
Neil Bonnett ...
NASCAR Driver
Dale Earnhardt ...
NASCAR Driver
Harry P. Gant ...
NASCAR Driver (as Harry Gant)
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Storyline

Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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sponsor | nascar | racing | chicken suit | blonde | See All (21) »

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Action | Comedy | Romance | Sport

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1 July 1983 (USA)  »

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Stand on It  »

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$13,000,000 (USA)
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This movie featured real NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) drivers as stock car rally drivers on the speedway. The real life drivers included Neil Bonnett, Dale Earnhardt, Harry P. Gant, Terry Labonte, Benny Parsons, Kyle Petty, Tim Richmond, Ricky Rudd and Cale Yarborough. See more »

Goofs

Numerous errors with the positioning of cars during races. See more »

Quotes

Man in Bar: Come on, damnit, we wanna hear a *cluck*!
Stroker Ace: Who gives a cluck?
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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: The Stinkers of 1983 (1983) See more »

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On The Road
Written and Performed by Al Capps
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Lazy, pointless NASCAR sendup
23 January 2001 | by (Pottstown, PA) – See all my reviews

Burt Reynolds goes through the motions as an absurdly-named stock car driver in this dull, deeply unfunny 'comedy' directed by long-time buddy Hal Needham. Nonsensical plot concerns Reynold's efforts to get out of a sponsorship contract (what, he doesn't want to be on a competitive team?) while trying to woo Loni Anderson's PR flack/Sunday school teacher, over the course of a seemingly endless racing season.

Big hair, cornpone accents and superficial performances abound, with particularly annoying turns from Jim Nabors (as Reynolds' crew chief) and Ned Beatty (as a fried chicken magnate). Only potential points of interest are the period racing scenes (including some of the top NASCAR drivers), and the vast cleavage displayed in the few female roles: Anderson, Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson, Debbie Casperson and the legendary Linda Vaughn.
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