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[[Image:S3Ep19Title.jpg|thumb|Title screen]]
==Brief Plot==
==Brief Plot==
[[Jon]] and [[Ponch]] enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of syndicate thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.
[[Jon]] and [[Ponch]] enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of syndicate thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.
==Plot==


==Guest Stars==
==Guest Stars==
*Ramon Bieri (as Larson)
*[[Ramon Bieri]] as Larson
*Michael Baseleon (as Mesker)
*[[Michael Baseleon]] as Mesker
*Meredith MacRae (as Beth)
*[[Meredith MacRae]] as Beth
*Edd Byrnes (from ''77 Sunset Strip'' as Andy)
*[[Edd Byrnes]] as Andy
 
==Co-starring==
*[[Lou Wagner]] as [[Harlan]]
*[[Brodie Greer]] as [[Baricza]]
*[[Linda Rose]] as Pam
*[[Jill Kelly]] as Nattie
*[[Stafford Morgan]] as Captain Meadows
*[[Randi Oakes]] as [[Bonnie Clark]]


==Crew==
==Crew==
*Produced by: [[Cy Chermak]]
*Written by: [[George Geiger]]
*Written by: [[George Geiger]]
*Directed by: [[William Paul Nuckles]]
*Directed by: [[William Paul Nuckles]]
*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]]
*Editors: [[Albert P. Wilson, A.C.E]]
*Unit Production Manager: [[Ron Grow]]
*Assistant Director: [[Lindsley Parsons III]]
*2nd Assistant Director: [[John Peter Kousakis]]
*Script Supervisor: [[Jack Gannon]]
*Set Decorator: [[W. Joseph Kroesser]]
*Production Consultant: [[Dave McDannel]]
*Technical Advisor: [[Bill Kuethen]]
*Sound: [[Harlan Riggs]], [[M. Curtis Price, C.A.S.]]
*Stunt Co-ordinator: [[Bud George Davis]]
*Assistant to the Producer: [[Randy Torno]]
*Wardrobe Supervisor: [[Shelly Levine]]
*Makeup: [[Richard Cobos, S.M.A]], [[Walter Schenck]]
*Hairdresser: [[Don Lynch]]
*Casting: [[Michael O. Hanks]]
*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==
* At least some of the race action takes place at Indian Dunes, which was previously used in [[Ride the Whirlwind]].


==Mistakes==
==Mistakes==
* When Jon jumps his truck during the race, it appears the entire truck falls apart when it lands. The beauty rings on his wheels go flying and the wheels appear to go through the fenders. Not only does the truck seem to run fine, but later in the episode the beauty rings are back on!
* When Jon jumps his truck during the race, it appears the entire truck falls apart when it lands. The beauty rings on his wheels go flying and the wheels appear to go through the fenders. Not only does the truck seem to run fine, but later in the episode the beauty rings are back on!
* When the bad guys first spot the CHP officers at the traffic stop during the pre-titles sequence, they are only about 100 yards away, yet they don't pass for 40 seconds. Even at 30 mph they would have traveled nearly 600 yards in that time.
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preceded =Kidnap|
number =319|
followed =Tow Truck Lady}}

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Off Road
Episode # 319
Air Date Feb 2, 1980
Briefing none
Title screen

Brief Plot

Jon and Ponch enter a desert off-road race, unaware that a pair of syndicate thugs are using the race as a cover to retrieve a cache of stolen coins.

Plot

Guest Stars

Co-starring

Crew

Fun Facts

  • At least some of the race action takes place at Indian Dunes, which was previously used in Ride the Whirlwind.

Mistakes

  • When Jon jumps his truck during the race, it appears the entire truck falls apart when it lands. The beauty rings on his wheels go flying and the wheels appear to go through the fenders. Not only does the truck seem to run fine, but later in the episode the beauty rings are back on!
  • When the bad guys first spot the CHP officers at the traffic stop during the pre-titles sequence, they are only about 100 yards away, yet they don't pass for 40 seconds. Even at 30 mph they would have traveled nearly 600 yards in that time.



Preceded by:
"Kidnap"
Off Road
319
Followed by:
"Tow Truck Lady"