CHiPs/Speedway Fever

Speedway Fever
Season 6, Episode 5
Airdate	November 7, 1982
Written by	Gerald Sanford, Paul Mason
Directed by	Chuck Bail
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CHiPs — Season Six

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Speedway Fever is the fifth episode of the sixth season of CHiPs, and the one hundred twenty-second episode overall.

Several plots are intertwined: Bobby's younger brother, Bruce, enters the CHP academy; motorcycle bandits who are involved in a scheme to defraud couriers working for a former CHP officer; and a trio of hitchhiking Valley girls who rob their unwitting victims.

Guest Stars: Barney Martin (Ed Parson), Katherine Moffat (Jean), George Murdock (Ernie), Robert Romanus (Ray)

Co-Starring: Lawrence Cook (Sgt. Murdoch), Pepper Martin (Gus)

Featuring: Daniel Currie (Captain Doyle), Genie Keep (Mandi), Kerrigan Mahan (Mechanic), Tony Rush (Mel), Kimberly Sedgwick (Jill), Viola Kates Stimpson (Mrs. Cooper), Chet Walker (Simmons), Moon Zappa (Tami)

Plot Overview

Bobby's younger brother Bruce enters the CHP Academy and tries to balance his duties as a cadet with his ambition to be a star motorcycle racer, which leads to a slump in his ratings at the Academy and run-ins with his demanding Sergeant. When he quits the Academy, Ponch and Bobby appear before the Sergeant and a Captain to speak on Bruce's behalf.

Ponch and Bobby also deal with a trio of hitch-hiking Valley girls who use their good looks to get rides from middle-aged and older men, and then rob them. Getrater is able to get information about the Valley girls from one of their earlier victims, and he and another officer realize they may be continuing to hitch rides and thus put themselves in danger.

In the end, that almost happens when they get a ride from a man who – thanks to media coverage – is on to their scheme immediately, shows them a real gun and decides to take them on a ride. Ponch and Bobby spot the man's car and quickly stop him. While they see that man had no mal-intent and that all he wanted to do was scare them and teach them a lesson about what could happen if you hitchhike, Ponch and Bobby are still none too pleased that the man took the law into his own hands and tell him that he can explain himself to the judge. The Valley girls are also booked on charges related to their scheme.

The CHP officers also have their hands full with a pair of motorcycle bandits who are ripping off couriers working for a former CHP officer's delivery service.

Trivia

The Show

First appearance of Bruce Penhall as Bruce Nelson. Near the end of the series, he would be utilized as Ponch's partner, due to Tom Reilly's legal troubles.

Katherine Moffat is billed here as Kitty Moffat.

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