Just before the start of the street race between Maggie (Lindsay Lohan) and Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon) the camera pans in on Herbie's engine then exits thru the muffler just as the race begins. A possible nod to the street racing film The Fast and the Furious (2001).
Most of the scenes shot at California Speedway were during the pace laps of the Target House 300, a NASCAR Busch Series race; and the Pop Secret 500, an NASCAR Nextel Cup race.
The Speed Channel is a major part of the NASCAR weekend broadcast. However, they do not broadcast Nextel Cup races. That role goes to FOX, FX, TNT, and NBC and will include ESPN and ABC in 2007.
At the beginning of the film, when the junkyard men were trying to remove Herbie from the truck, there are skid marks on the truck bed prior to Herbie making them in while in reverse.
When Maggie disconnects the horn, Herbie squirts her with oil. You see the oil hit her on the right, yet when she walks up to Kevin, the oil spot is on the left.
One of many possible sets of chapter headings, based on the dvd times: * 01 = 00:00:00 - Herbie attains the scrapyard - Maggie graduates - * 02 = 00:08:30 - A graduation present from the scrapyard - * 03 = 00:14:38 - Herbie's way of introducing himself - * 04 = 00:20:38 - Herbie and revenge - Trip Murphy: Undefeated - * 05 = 00:29:06 - From falling in love to Trip's showdown - * 06 = 00:43:18 - Day one and the lure for pinks - * 07 = 00:52:37 - Herbie throws the race - * 08 = 00:59:50 - Jimmy D's smash and bash demolition derby - * 09 = 01:06:57 - How Herbie gets in the NASCAR race - * 10 = 01:18:00 - The race - part 1 - * 11 = 01:24:58 - Winning the race - winning the yellow bug - * 12 = 01:30:52 - end credits - * 13 = 01:36:45 - end -