Charles Emmett Mack died in a car crash on his way to the studio four months prior to the release of this completed film, though he was not on his way to shoot a car chase to this film as has been often reported. Because of this unfortunate occurrence, when the film eventually was released, cast credits were rearranged, placing Barney Oldfield in top position, even though he only had a relatively short appearance in the film, and Mack was quietly placed in the bottom position, even though he was the star. [The credits for the version shown on TCM lists "Chas. E. Mack" third from the bottom with Oldfield listed last.]
This movie has been preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Script clerk Helen Howard, who had a minor uncredited role, died after suffering a severed cervical vertebrae in an auto accident in which two other members of the cast were hurt. The three were en route to the set at the Riverside fairgrounds in a vehicle driven by William Demarest when another vehicle, containing seven newsboys and being driven by the circulation manager of a Sawtelle newspaper, collided with them near Beaudry Avenue and 2nd Street in downtown Los Angeles, overturning both cars. Demarest suffered minor lacerations and contusions, while Loretta Rush, another uncredited actress, suffered a skull fracture and scalp wounds but recovered.
Mr. Stebbins' car is a 1906 Holsman Runabout. This Chicago company was in business from 1901 to 1910.
Barney Oldfield is shown driving a 1901 Ford 999 and is depicted as breaking the 60 miles-per-hour record on a closed course in 1903.