Anecdotes

Stock footage was removed temporarily from this film to be used in the remake, Le vainqueur (1939). When it was placed back into this film's negative, some of the "Indianapolis Speedway" footage got mixed in with it, so that one now sees 1939 footage in a 1932 film, including shots of a late-1930s ambulance and automobiles, as well as racing announcers Wendell Niles, John Conte, and Reid Kilpatrick, who did not appear in the film as it originally was released.

Famous racing car designer August Duesenberg designed a customized tow-bar for use in the racing stunt sequences that allowed cars to be released from tow and lose a wheel at high speed.

Frank McHugh plays the same character in the remake, Le vainqueur (1939). The remake even uses footage of McHugh from the first film to save on production expenses.

This film originally was one hour and twenty-five minutes but all available copies are only one hour and ten minutes.

The principal driver for the racing scenes was Indianapolis 500 veteran Harry Hartz. He entered the race each year from 1922-27, finishing second three times and fourth twice during that six-year span. He appears as himself in the film as well.