Unlike the much longer eastcoast to westcoast Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash of the 1970s, run tongue in cheek for real in the 1970s and then turned into movies, the Bandit run was movie first, and first re-enactment decades later, on May 15, 2007.
The re-enactment was the brainchild of David Hershey and Dave Hall who wanted to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the classic film.
Following the same route that the characters Bo "the Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "the Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) made in the 1977 movie, a group of about 30 Trans Ams started out in Texarkana on May 15, 2007.
There was a stop at the Talladega Superspeedway, where the Bandit Runners were given a tour of the museum, a group photo and lunch.
Local and national media was there to cover the event, and the Bandit Run was featured on Hot Rod TV and the DIY Network.