The race scene takes place in Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma State Fair Raceway. You can almost make out the Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling facility on May Ave that stands to this day. The grandstands were torn down in August of 2010.
This was Ann-Margret's very first feature film; it was shot before Pocketful of Miracles (1961). The latter is now considered her first film because it was released before State Fair.