Go-Cart Terror
| Go-Cart Terror | |
| Episode # | 401 |
| Air Date | September 21, 1980 |
| Briefing | Off-ramp closure/Price Bros. robbery. |
Brief Plot
The team are on the lookout for a green and white truck robbing stores when they're closed. Jon and Ponch coach some young go-cart drivers for a race against the fire department.
Plot
On patrol, Ponch and Jon help a girl who fell off her bike. As they see if she's OK, some teenagers ride by on go-carts. One stops to apologize. After the other go-cart gets away, Ponch returns to find Jon.
At the briefing, Ponch realizes he saw the thieves leaving the Price Bros store. After the briefing, everyone's wondering if the go-cart driver was a member of the CHP's go-cart team.
Later, the "Special Guest Stars" are stealing office equipment. Baricza's the first in pursuit and Bonnie soon joins in. After the commercial, Ponch and Jon join the chase. Not far down the highway, Mike's truck loaded with all the office equipment rolls down a hill. He runs off before Ponch and Jon arrive.
That afternoon, Ponch takes charge of the go-cart club meeting. As he and Jon leave, Ponch notices Wayne's helmet...the same one the reckless driver was wearing.
The next day, on duty, Ponch goes to talk to Wayne but spots him on his go-cart in the street. Wayne ends up making a van splash into a lake so Ponch stops to help. Wayne turns around and comes back to call it in for Ponch. Ponch dives in and pulls the woman out. After everything turns out fine, Wayne admits he just wants his parents to come home.
At the go-cart track, Ponch and a fireman challenge each other to a race. Ponch goes off the track and loses. To raise money, the go-cart kids hold a car wash. All the CHP officers show up and end up having a water fight. At the go-cart race, the CHP is behind the fire department up until the last race where the CHP wins 14 to 12.
The next day, Baricza checks out a closed warehouse claiming to be having a sale. After looking in the window, he drives out back and spots the truck. After calling it in, he chases them. Ponch and Jon join in, dodge some thrown furniture, and stop the truck on an unfinished part of the highway.
Guest Stars
- Moosie Drier as Wayne
- Gamy L. Taylor as Norma
- Adam Silbar as Duffy
- Lou Wagner as Harlan
- Brodie Greer as Baricza
Special Guest Stars
- Larry Storch as Chub
- Sonny Bono as Mike
Co-Starring
- Michael Dorn as Turner
- Paul Tuerpe as Caspar
- Jerry Ayres as Wells
- Terri Lynn Wood as Pam
- Kevin King Cooper as Fritz
- Jack Heller as Ozzie
- Gloria Delaney as Carol
Featuring
- Juanita Merritt as Debbie
- Debbie Kaine as Julie
- Ingrid Greer as Marie
- Debrah Kelly as Elizabeth
- George Whiteman as Bob
- Randi Oakes as Bonnie Clark
Crew
- Produced by: Cy Chermak
- Written by: James Schmerer
- Directed by: John Florea
- Executive Consultant: Rick Rosner
- Story Editors: William D. Gordon & James Doherty
- Associate Producer: Paul Rabwin
- Developed for television by: Paul Playdon
- Music by: Alan Silvestri
- Theme by: John Parker
- Music Supervisor: Harry V. Lojewski
- Director of Photography: Robert F. Sparks
- Art Director: Les Gobruegge
- Editor: Albert P. Wilson A.C.E.
- Unit Production Manager: Ron Grow
- First Assistant Director: Denny Salvaryn
- Second Assistant Director: Forrest Futrell
- Script Supervisor: Jack Gannon
- Set Decorator: W. Joseph Kroesser
- Production Consultant: Dave McDannel
- Stunt Co-ordinator: Paul Nuckles
- Assistant to the Producer: Randy Torno
- Recorded at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
- Sound: Harlan Riggs, M. Curtis Price C.A.S.
- Wardrobe Supervisor: Shelly Levine
- Makeup: Richard Cobos S.M.A, Walter Schenck
- Hairdresser: Don Lynch
- Casting: Cathy Henderson
- Locations by: Cinemobile Systems
- With Appreciation to Glen B. Craig, Commissioner California Highway Patrol
- Motorcycles Furnished by: Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A.
- Automobiles furnished by: Ford Motor Company
- Filmed in METROCOLOR / Titles and Opticals MGM
- Rosner Television in association with MGM Television
Fun Facts
- The brown van crashes into Echo Park Lake. View in Google Maps
- Terri Lynn Wood, who plays Pam, previously appeared as T.C. in Second Chance.
Mistakes
- During the final chase, a station wagon runs over a piece of furniture and skids in front of one of the bikes. When the camera angle changes, the station wagon is heading the other way.
| Preceded by: "Dynamite Alley" |
Go-Cart Terror 401 |
Followed by: "Sick Leave" |