Inspired by two TV series, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1985-1987) and Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959-1964).
Drunk driving is the number one cause of death on roadways, according to Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.
Separate panels of judges at Access Sacramento and Nevada County Television selected the screenplay The Wrecking Yard as a winning entry in two film festivals in 2014, A Place Called Sacramento and Here in Nevada County.
Jack Connelly is a composite character based on an ex-girlfriend, an aunt's four husbands, a cousin who was a Vietnam veteran, and an ex-wife. The name Jack Connelly is derived from the names Jack Doerr and Ben Connelly, the aunt's second and third husbands.
The Wrecking Yard is autobiographical only in the sense that Steve Dakota is divorced, is a U.S. Army veteran, did restore his dark blue 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS, and did dance at The Yellow Rose country music nightclub in the mid-1980s.