The racing footage is actual footage from when Bruce Penhall won the 1982 Individual Speedway World Championship, which was held on August 28, 1982 in Los Angeles.
First credited appearance for Moon Unit Zappa in TV or film. Her appearance was to capitalize on the popularity of the single "Valley Girl", which she and her father Frank Zappa had recorded and had been a Top 40 hit at the time of filming, and which turned a regional California clique into a national phenomenon.
CHP cadet Bruce Nelson, played by Bruce Penhall is introduced, and Jean is played by Katherine Moffat who played CHP dispatcher Kathie on 11-99: Officer Needs Help (1981). Moffat played a dispatcher both times. Poncherello had interactions with both characters played by Moffat.
Bruce Penhall plays the younger brother Bruce Nelson to Tom Reilly's Bobby Nelson. In real life, Penhall is over 2 years older than Reilly.