简介：StrokerAceisapopularracecardriverfromWaycross,Georgia,and(accordingtodialogue),athree-timechampion,ontheNASCARcircuit.Anall-or-nothingman,hewinsifhedoesnotcrash.Heisarrogantandpompous,withnoregardforthebusinesssideofhisracingteam.Healsohasanon-track,season-longrivalrywithambitiousyoungdriverAubreyJames(ParkerStevenson). Whenherunsafoulofhiscurrentsponsor,JimCatty(WarrenStevens)ofZenonOil,bydumpingaloadofwetconcreteonhim,hehastofindanewone.Fried-chickenmogulClydeTorkel,alongwithhischauffeur,Arnold(BubbaSmith),andnewlyappointeddirectorofmarketingandpublicrelations,PembrookFeeny(LoniAnderson,adiscoveryandprotegeofproducerHughWilson),convinceStrokerandhischiefmechanic,LugsHarvey,tosignupwithhim. Overlookinghiscontractbynotreadingitsspecifics,StrokerbeginsanewlifeasthecommercialfacefortheChickenPitfast-foodrestaurants.(ThesloganonStroker'scarreads:"TheFastestChickenintheSouth.")Hiscontractprovestostipulatethathemustdopersonalappearances,whichincludedressingupinachickensuit—feetincluded. Realizingthatheislockedintoabaddeal,StrokerdevisesaplanwithLugstogetoutofit.TorkelisontoStroker,though,andallowshisanticsbecauseheseestheracerashisbigtickettoregionalfamebypromotingtheChickenPitfranchise. Aladies'man,StrokertriestoseducethebeautifulPembrook,whoisaSundaySchoolteacher,doesnotdrink,andisavirgin.Shespurnsallofhisadvancesuntilhelearnstorespectherviews.Onenight,aftergettingherdrunkonchampagne,heremovesherclothingandhasachancetotakeadvantageofher,butdecidesagainstit. StrokeriswinningracesundertheChickenPitsponsorshipandisintherunningfortheseason-endingchampionship.Atthebeginningofthefinalrace,Torkelisofferedadealtosellhisfranchiseforahugeprofit,aspartofanelaborateschemethatStrokerandhisfriendshaveconcocted.ThecatchisthatifhewinsthechampionshipStrokerhastosellchickenforthenexttwoyears;ifhelosesisheoutofthecontract. DuringtheraceStrokerisatoddswithhimself.Hedropsbackintheraceinanefforttolose,buthisegowon'tlethimsohequicklybeginsmovingbackthroughthepack.Torkel,realizingthatStrokerwouldratherlosethanbeboundbythecontract,makesapublicannouncementthatheisreleasingStrokerimmediately.HeisunawarethatStrokerismovingupthroughthefieldinanefforttowin. Withthenewsthatheisfreefromthecontract,Strokerwinsthechampionshipinspectacularfashionbyflippinghiscaroverashecrossesthefinishline.Torkelthenfindsthatthelucrativeofferforhischickenfranchiseisafake,cookedupbyStrokerandhisfriends.…