<P> The Burdettes find legendary trucker Bo `` Bandit '' Darville competing in a truck rodeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta ; they offer him $80,000 to haul 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana , Texas back to Atlanta in 28 hours ; Big Enos has sponsored a driver running in the Southern Classic stockcar race and `` when he wins I want to celebrate in style . '' Bandit accepts the bet and recruits his partner Cledus `` Snowman '' Snow to drive the truck , while Bandit drives the `` blocker '' , a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes , to divert attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo . </P>
<P> The Burdettes find legendary trucker Bo `` Bandit '' Darville competing in a truck rodeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta ; they offer him $80,000 to haul 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana , Texas back to Atlanta in 28 hours ; Big Enos has sponsored a driver running in the Southern Classic stockcar race and `` when he wins I want to celebrate in style . '' Bandit accepts the bet and recruits his partner Cledus `` Snowman '' Snow to drive the truck , while Bandit drives the `` blocker '' , a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes , to divert attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo . </P>
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