Drag racing scene has a connection with Say Anything.
I don't know how many times I've seen this movie and I just noticed something new.
When Lane is drag racing against the Korean guys while Ricky and Monique are in his car, he has to veer out of the way to avoid hitting a row of nuns in a crosswalk coming out of a church. If you look really quick (it's only for a second), you'll see that the nun at the end of the line is carrying, lo and behold, a boombox.
It made me wonder if Cameron Crowe saw this movie and that's what gave him the idea for the famous scene later on with Lloyd Dobler. Or maybe it's just a coincidence.