Knight Rider: Knight Racer

"Knight Racer" is the ninth episode of season four of the TV action series Knight Rider and is the seventy-third episode of the series overall. It was directed by Charles Watson Sanford with a script written by Paul Diamond. It first aired on NBC on Friday, November 29th, 1985 at 9:00 pm. In this episode, a woman named Elena Thomas, who works as a mechanic on a race track, gets into some trouble when it appears as if a racecar driver is killed due to her faulty work. Elena contacts her friend Bonnie Barstow, who enlists Michael Knight's aid in solving the mystery. It's off to the races for K.I.T.T. and Michael.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc three of the Knight Rider: Season Four DVD collection by Universal Studios and disc twenty-one of the Knight Rider: The Complete Collection DVD set.


 * This episode is production code number: 60222.


 * Production on this episode began on September 18th, 1985]]. Principal filming concluded on September 26th.


 * This episode was re-broadcast on July 4th, 1986.


 * Actor Richard Basehart is uncredited in this episode as the voice of the opening narrator.


 * Actor William Daniels is uncredited as the voice of K.I.T.T. in this episode.


 * This is the seventy-third appearance of actor David Hasselhoff in the role of Michael Knight.


 * This is the seventy-third appearance of actor Edward Mulhare in the role of Devon Miles.


 * Actress Pamela Bach, who plays the role of Betty in this episode, later becomes the wife of series star David Hasselhoff. They are married on December 9th, 1989. Pamela later goes on to co-star with her more infamous husband on fourteen episodes of the TV series Baywatch, where she plays Kaye Morgan, Bree Hanford and a character named Carly.

Allusions

 * In this episode, Michael Knight is seen viewing the music video for "Go For It" by Kim Wilde on K.I.T.T.'s viewscreen.

Quotes

 * K.I.T.T.: If I keep feeling that beat, I won't just loosen up, I'll fall apart.
 * Michael Knight: No way, you're uni-welded. You can take it.
 * K.I.T.T.: But I don't want it.

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 * Michael Knight: Going through life with your foot to the floor, you blow right past the stuff that counts.

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 * K.I.T.T.: [indicating a private yacht] Very seaworthy, Michael.
 * Michael Knight: [referring to a bikini clad blonde] Hmm, good on land too!
 * K.I.T.T.: The boat, Michael.