Eat My Dust

In the Midwestern town of Puckerbush on Halloween, mischievous teenager Hoover Neibold, the son of cantankerous sheriff Harry Niebold, and his friends go to the race track to see Big Bubba Jones compete in a race. Since Darlene and her parents are also in attendance, he thinks it would be a good idea to see her. When Jones’ pit crew pulls him away for an emergency, Hoover jumps at the chance to impress Darlene by stealing Jones’ car, nicknamed Mabel, and offers Darlene a ride. She and the rest of Hoover’s friends get in and roar away, with a deputy already in pursuit, but winds up crashing past the front paneling of a nearby restaurant, disabling his car. At the sheriff’s office, an exasperated Harry is overwhelmed with the outrage from concerned parents, as well as Jones. He orders them to wait inside the drunk tank and only will see one set of parents at a time.Soon after, the gang pulls onto a farm to pick up another one of Hoover’s pals, Junior Hale, laid up with a broken leg. Soon, another deputy pulls in to block Hoover’s path, causing both cars to obliterate the property and the deputy crashes into a mud bath, sinking his car. They later offer to give elderly Mr. Lewis a ride, only to get chased by another deputy onto a field and having Lewis’ alarmed wife notify Harry accusing the kids of kidnapping her husband.