Paul Walker and Matt Schulze carefully choreographed the fight scene outside the grocery store, but when it came time to shoot, it didn't feel right. In the end they just improvised.

The movie that Dom's gang is watching after the BBQ is Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), also directed by Rob Cohen.

Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had driver's licenses or even learner's permits before production of the film.

The Volkswagen Jetta that Jesse drives in the movie was later purchased by Frankie Muniz.

The guy in the black Ferrari, credited as 'Ferrari guy', is Neal H. Moritz, one of the producers (and also producer of another movie featuring Vin Diesel, XXX (2002)).

Director Cameo: [Ron Cohen] as the old pizza delivery man who is blocked by the first race.

Much of the film parallels the storyline and plot twists of Point Break, only surfing and skydiving is substituted for street racing.

Working titles for the movie included "Redline" and "Race Wars" before it was to be finally called "The Fast and the Furious."

At the end, a car driven by Vin Diesel hits a diesel truck.

After the credits, Dom is seen driving through Baja, Mexico

Dominic's RX-7 originally had a roll cage. It was removed to accommodate Vin Diesel's physique.

The title rights, not the story rights, to the film Fast and the Furious, The (1954), were purchased so that the title could be used on this project, another film about racing. The original film was shown in a theatre owned by the grandfather of producer Neal H. Moritz.

Most of the cars in the movie were rented from private owners.  This saved Universal loads of cash, but also meant that they couldn't keep hold of the cars after the film was released.  Following the massive success of the film, many of the owners sold these cars to collectors and they're now scattered all over the world.

After the release of the film, sales of Nitrous Oxide Systems went up by 1300%

Michelle Rodriguez originally did not have a part, as there was no part written for Letty, so they had to adapt the story to put her in.

When Dom gets out of his car at the first race scene, the guy that he shakes hands with is an extra in Gone In Sixty Seconds that a cop is arresting when Kip speeds past in the Porsche 911.

The girl with Ja in the race scene was not actually an actress, she was just in his trailer and wanted to give it a go.

The guy in the white car in the race scene was R.J. de Vera playing Danny Yamato was one of the technical advisors in the film was actually a street racing champion that the police are still after.