The numbers on the motorcycles as well as the colors of the rider's outfits change between close-ups and race footage due to actual race footage from another race being used.
The same brown Datsun 200SX is behind Poncherello and Nelson on several occasions as they are pursuing the truck. This same car was often used in Season 6.
Bean looks over and see the truck on a downtown street devoid of any landscaping. At that point the truck was being pursued by the CHP, yet in the following scene the truck is on a tree lined street away from downtown. About a minute later, Bean is still able to see the truck approaching even though it would have been well past where it had been even at a slower speed.
When the little girl goes to the storeroom it is broad daylight, yet a few minutes later when her mom goes there it is nighttime.
Since the Grand Prix was an invitational race where only highly rated racers would be invited, a motorcycle gang member such as Bean would not be able to enter it a few hours before the start of the race.
Linahan hands Getraer a lengthy list of stolen military items from the theft that morning. The truck depicted was nowhere near full and was too small to carry everything listed.
The announcer welcomes people to the first annual Motorcycle Grand Prix in Long Beach. No such race took place in 1982 or 1983. Beginning in 1976, or 7 years earlier, the American Motorcycle Association sanctioned an invitational race, the Long Beach Motorcycle Grand Prix, which was a 76-mile race using city streets. Another race was held in 1977, however the course was deemed unsafe for this type of racing and 1977 was the last year. Aside from some sidecar races, the only other motorcycle race there was a 1981 250cc exhibition race.
Some footage used for the motorcycle race was spliced in from actual races at a racetrack, as there were no guardrails on the streets of Long Beach.
The fuel tank of the CHP car that flips over was missing. This is a safety practice to avoid an actual explosion.
When Angela and big crazy or in the truck she keeps looking down at the keys. They are clearly General Motors keys but when the truck crashes into the water it's a Ford.
When the bad guys are negotiating the price for the explosives out in the remote field, motorcycles can be heard revving in the background. There wouldn't have been anyone else there for this secret meeting.
Bean's position in the race is inconsistent with the announcer's comments- such as when he is supposed to be in third and along with Nelson and Monahan apart from the pack, there are at one time 4 motorcycles in front of him, then another time there are over 6 motorcycles in front of him.
Weasel says you owe me three and only holds up two fingers.
During the actual race, a banked racetrack is visible in the background- no such track existed in Long Beach.
Angela tells Ponch at the bar to meet her the next day at Mar Vista Park, but they actually meet at Canal Park (aka Linnie Canal Park), located at 2401 Dell Avenue in Venice.
CHP patrol officers do not perform undercover work, especially in an area they patrol since the odds of someone recognizing them would be too great. This is proved true when the waitress recognizes Poncherello and calls him by name. Additionally, while working undercover, officers would not go back and forth from being in uniform to their undercover appearance as this would increase the likelihood of them being recognized..
The owner of the company said the amount of RNI stolen could level a city block. Even though some had leaked at the store room and somehow not exploded, the final explosion underwater was far too small based upon the owner's description.
The waitress is fighting being taken and is put in the truck but fails to open the passenger door and escape.
At the CHP car crash, Bobby Nelson again fails to use the proper CHP 11-codes for paramedics and fire-rescue.
When Getraer lists the agencies working on the military arms case, he omits the ATF or Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Since there was a bombing involved- the CHP car- that would place it in ATF jurisdiction as created in 1970.