Bandit Run Muscles up

Hall: About 250 people making trip from Texarkana to Georgia

By: lareign Ward - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis The Trans Ams displayed in Sunday’s Bandit Run are more than just cars, they’re a lifestyle, as evidenced by the Firebird symbol tattooed on one man’s arm. Motorheads spent the day swapping stories and tips during the annual event in Texarkana. ...

Staff photo by Evan Lewis David Betz, aka Buford T. Justice, of St. Joseph, Mo., stands beside his 1977 Pontiac LeMans on Sunday, a replica of the patrol car used in “Smokey and the Bandit.” Fans of the movie came from all over America, and a few other countries are represented in...

Dave Hall, co-founder and organizer of the Bandit Run, said about 250 people are making this year’s trip from Texarkana to Georgia. That’s the same route taken in the original Bandit Run in 2007. Hall said different routes were chosen from 2008 to 2011 to change things up and le...

Published: 05/14/2012