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Roger Ebert lists some of the year's car crash movies, including this one.

The nick-name of McCall (David Hayward) was "Cannonball". The film's leading male actor, David Carradine, had recently starred in a movie called Cannonball (1976). Roger Corman was a producer on both pictures.

Title Reference. "Cannonball" is a lyric in the title song.

Title Reference.

The end of the race finishes at the Santa Monica Pier.