Tom Cruise Addresses 40 NASCAR Drivers on Days of Thunder 2 at Daytona
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 29
Tom Cruise Addresses 40 NASCAR Drivers on Days of Thunder 2 at Daytona
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 29
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Daytona International Speedway hosted Tom Cruise on Saturday as he spoke to the full NASCAR driver field about “Days of Thunder 2,” calling it an honor to return and share the sequel with the racing community.
Cruise said the new film will again focus not just on speed and danger but on NASCAR as a team culture, telling drivers that is “basically what we’re gonna go for with this one.”
Recalling the 1990 original, Cruise described filming at roughly 180 mph on Daytona’s backstraight when a car hood came off and the vehicle caught fire as the sun was setting.
Jerry Bruckheimer also attended the meeting, and Cruise later went to the grid for pre-race ceremonies, underscoring the production’s effort to root the sequel in NASCAR’s current atmosphere.