FAQ

His father named him that because he put him into a depression throughout his childhood because of his carefree behavior.

An orange 1967 and 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS (it has the round driver's side mirror from 1967 in some shots and square-ish driver's side mirror from 1968). So there appears to be at least two cars filmed. At least one would have been totaled from the scene where the car drives over a shack and would have landed on the front end in real life which would total the car. The film was played in reverse to simulate reversing the car which is not possible in real life. The duct tape on the roll cage isn't quite in the same places in different scenes which should also prove there was more than one car used for filming. The movie trailer indicates the car has 700 horse power. A shot of the interior shows a silver gas tank behind the back seat. The back seat is missing. The passenger seat is missing. It has a manual transmission with a Hurst t-handle, a center console and round gauges in front of the shifter. It has no radio or fan controls. It has the rear spoiler from 1968.

No. She only used him because of the race car that he stole.

One owned by the family of one of Darlene's friends whose family was away on vacation in Honolulu.

Hoover, with Big Bubba Jones in the passenger seat, does laps around the race track in Mabel, Jones' race car.

Yes. His brother Clint plays one of Hoover's friends and his father Rance plays one of the deputies.

It was set in the fictional town of Puckerbush, which it is assumed to be located somewhere in Indiana.