However, the Days of Thunder race car wasn’t simply used in the film. To capture footage for the movie featuring the Chevy Lumina, the Mello Yello #51 actively raced in Cup events during 1989.

A sequel to the hit racing movie Days of Thunder could happen, and NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick has some thoughts on it. On ...

I have been chasing race cars since the first Michigan 500 in ... there was no sport outside European sports on TV. “It was Days of Thunder that brought me to NASCAR. It was the first time ...

Cole Trickle may be back. Tom Cruise is circling a sequel to his NASCAR drama Days of Thunder. Hopefully this one happens.

Tom Cruise may have to learn all about rubbin' again, as word on the street is that he's planning to reprise his role as Cole ...

Days of Thunder had always been one of those oft-mentioned Tom Cruise movies that lingered on my radar for years before I ...

Tom Cruise is looking to potentially make a Days of Thunder 2. Days of Thunder was released in 1990. Directed by Tony Scott, ...

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Days of Thunder' chronicles the adventures of Cole Trickle, a race car driver who is hired by a new NASCAR team ...

Tom Cruise plays race car driver Cole Trickle, whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid), Cole is teamed with ...