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- In 1990, the year the movie hit the theaters, the Chevrolet Lumina hit the road. A front-wheel-drive (FWD) replacement for the Chevrolet Celebrity, the Lumina starred in “Days of Thunder” alongside Tom Cruise.
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Plot. Young racer Cole Trickle, from Eagle Rock, California, has years of experience in open-wheel racing, winning championships with the World of Outlaws. Originally setting his sights on the Indianapolis 500, Cole realizes that "to win in Indy I'd need a great car, but stock cars are all the same".
- June 27, 1990
- TOM CRUISE'S CHARACTER, COLE TRICKLE, WAS LOOSELY INSPIRED BY A REAL NASCAR DRIVER—AND IT WASN'T DICK TRICKLE. It was Tim Richmond, a fiery, hard-partying, ladies' man of a NASCAR driver who died of AIDS in 1989.
- THIS IS WHERE TOM CRUISE AND NICOLE KIDMAN MET. It was the Aussie actress’ first American film. She and Cruise started dating while the movie was being shot, and were married on Christmas Eve 1990, six months after the film's release.
- IT'S ALSO WHERE DIRECTOR TONY SCOTT MET HIS WIFE, A "PIT GIRL" ORIGINALLY PICKED UP BY PRODUCER DON SIMPSON. Among Simpson's many excesses was making screenwriter Robert Towne write in a small role for Simpson's new girlfriend, an actress named Donna Wilson.
- THE FILM DIDN'T FINISH SHOOTING UNTIL ABOUT SIX WEEKS BEFORE IT HIT THEATERS. That's an unusually short post-production schedule for such a big-budget, tech-heavy film, but shooting delays left Paramount with little choice.
Jun 27, 1990 · Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a very cocky and smooth indy car driver that lost his ride and decided to head to NASCAR with team owner Tim Daland, (Randy Quaid), and be coached by legendary crew chief Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall).
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- 1990-06-27
Dec 22, 2020 · The famed NASCAR stock car that Tom Cruise drove in "Days of Thunder" is an automotive celebrity with the best of them. So, what happened to the Chevrolet Lumina? by Erik Sherman. Updated on August 12, 2023 for freshness. Published on December 22, 2020 7:43 pm. 2 min read. Share: Follow Us.
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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...
The racing scenes were filmed at the 1989 Autoworks 500 at Phoenix, the 1990 Daytona 500, and the 1990 TransSouth 500 at Darlington. In the latter two races, the movie cars were not scored. Corkeyandpals. 2022-08-28 05:08.
Feb 12, 2024 · According to Coors Bandit, the two cars he located were stunt cars from the movie, specifically the Mello Yello-sponsored car Cruise's Trickle drove and the Hardee's-branded car operated by...
