When Specks circles the name 'Crabtree' in the racing form, the camera and two crew members are seen clearly reflected in a mirror.
When Arthur Honeycutt enters Specks' dorm room, Specks offers him a Coors beer. The film takes place in 1979, when it was released. Prior to 1981, Coors beer was available only in eleven Western states. Virginia, where the film is set, was not one of them. Thus indicating that the movie was filmed elsewhere.