Talk:Days of Thunder

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"bump-and-grind"??? NASCAR as strip-tease, I guess. The terms are "rubbing"--as used in the movie--and "bump-drafting", which was not in the movie. --Buckboard 04:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Days of Thunder: The Ride

Paramount's Great America (California) had a Days of Thunder ride in their "Paramount Action FX Theater" for a while (it was fun to ride). That might be worth mentioning. I believe later they changed it to a James Bond film and it probably changed after that (I moved eventually and I haven't been there since 2000). --CCFreak2K 03:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Paramount Carowinds had the same ride. This should definitely be notated. FSUNolez06 (talk) 01:05, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

1. Indian Film Ta Ra Rum Pum was copied from this film ---------- uuuhh, no it doesn't.

Real life comparisons Section Removal

This whole section is uncited and smack of Original Research - the only external reference is to a blog, which is hardly sufficient citation. I have removed it from the article and pasted it in its entirety below ... if anyone can find sufficient references, please cite and re-add to the article David Humphreys (talk) 01:30, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

#46 City Chevrolet used by Cole Trickle.

A similar event to Trickle's intentional wrecking of Russ Wheeler happened later that season in the running of the 1990 Southern 500 at Darlington Internation Speedway, South Carolina. Morgan Shepherd and Ken Schrader made contact, sending Schrader into the wall. An angry Schrader returned to the race, and rammed Shepherd into the wall, knocking both drivers out of the race.

In another part of the movie, Trickle is told he can not pit because the team is too busy eating ice cream. This incident took place with Harry Hyde as crew chief and Benny Parsons as driver in the 1973 Southern 500.

The scene where Big John (Fred Thompson) tells Cole and Rowdy they'll drive to dinner together is similar to a time in the 1980's when Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine had a feud on the track and Bill France Jr. told them to drive to dinner together.

The Last Name "Trickle" after Dick Trickle "Multi Winner of Many Races in almost any Race Sport of the 1980s, Particularly Stock Car"

Harry Hogg (Robert Duvall) Crew Chief for Cole Trickle Based on Tim Richmonds Crew Chief Harry Hyde

Tim Diland (Randy Quaid) Typical Car Owner or Multi Race owners for Cole Trickle and Russ Wheeler Based on Rick Hendrick

Dr. Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman) possibly named after Alan Kulwicki, Rowdy & Cole's Doctor after the Big Daytona Crash.

Aldo Bennedetti (Don Simpson) in the Multi-colored Goody's Headache Powder # Chevrolet Lumina is most likely a reference to (Aldo Andretti).

Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker) Possibly based on Dale Earnhardt. The Black Exxon #51 Chevy Lumina with Red Stripe and White Letters/Numbers is pretty close to the famous Goodwrench #3 car.

Russ Wheeler (Cary Elwes) Possibly based on Rusty Wallace "Same initials & Redish Hair" or any rookie of that era. Although the Orange and Blue #18 Hardees Lumina wouldn't suggest that. Not to mention Rusty Wallace was in the movie both racewise and interviewwise.

The scene where Cole and Rowdy destroy a pair of rental cars by racing them through the city was based on actual events in which Joe Weatherly and Curtis Turner would rent cars, race them and destroy them, to the point that both received lifetime bans from rental car companies.

The Main Movie Car was a 1990 Model Chevrolet Lumina (2 Door).

The other background cars in the races were Ford Thunderbirds, Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and Pontiac Grand Prix's.

Restore

A couple of these references actually are noteworthy...most of the above is poorly-written fluff and/or speculation (a total no-no on Wiki), but a couple are well-known stories that can be cited. I think a couple can be added. Doctorindy (talk) 13:48, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

References

Trivia Section

Much of the trivia seems to fall into three categories: unsourced celebrity gossip, production-related information, and pop culture facts. I cut out much of the first, and perhaps the other two could get sections of their own rather than be stuck in a trivia section? Feeeshboy (talk) 13:46, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

There are a few spots in the trivia that supposidly need citation that i can confirm true. If you want to speak of the obvious about the helmet rule in 1989. Look at Dale Earnhardt. I dont ever remember seeing him wear the full face helmet.

I cant cite it, but the fact about Hendrick Motorsports supplying the cars for the movie is true. And next time Kyle Busch is in a truck race, id like to look for the 51 scheme, that is very interesting.--RICKY 06:29, 29 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricky2009 (talk • contribs)

Buddy breverton?

This article would have been more interesting to me if there was information on the charactor Buddy Breverton. He is dead before the movie starts. What I wanted to know is if this incident was based on actual events.

That section of the article where the topic of if the movie is based on actual events has been criticized for being OR, but my thinking is that some of this material is very interesting and probably there are good sources out there.

So was buddy based on an actual historical figure? If this article explained that I would likebit better. 2601:204:F000:A00:109B:76F3:636:493B (talk) 08:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 29 August 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved back. Undiscussed move was self-reverted. No implication about a future RM if the next movie is released with this title. (non-admin closure) Skynxnex (talk) 03:21, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

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Days of Thunder (1990 film) → Days of Thunder – Not sure why this got moved. This appears to be way WP:TOOSOON. The sequel sharing the title of the original movie appears to be nothing more than speculation. A simple Google search shows most of the sources either calling the sequel Days of Thunder 2 or not commenting on what it will be called at all. And even if they really do go with Days of Thunder, the original movie is much more likely to be the primary topic with higher long-term value. Inpops (talk) 22:14, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

The release today and pressers from Cruise & Paramount all state its title will be Days of Thunder, not 2 or anything similar to that like Top Gun: Maverick. The only ones reporting different are outside independent sources, with no info direct from the producers. If you want I can move the page back fairly easily but not sure why when every official document on the film so far shows it’ll share the exact same title as its predecessor. Zacnascarguy 88 fan (talk) 23:07, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

Where did you get that press release? I couldn't find any on Paramount's websites, with the link to "Paramount Press Express" being blocked for those in other countries like me. Also Paramount was officially referring to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One as Mission: Impossible 7 before they confirmed the new title. It's possible this isn't the final title. Inpops (talk) 23:18, 29 August 2026 (UTC)

I saw a presser earlier but it appears that it's now disappeared, so that doesn’t help much. In any case the branding on the movie so far has been only Days of Thunder. All media and social media surrounding the movie that have came out only list it at Days of Thunder.

I believe as such at least until anything is confirmed further it should absolutely be treated as the working title. I agree with your point on the example of Mission Impossible.

Their earnings call earlier this month also list as only Days of Thunder, still with no official title at the time:

• https://ir.paramount.com/static-files/e106bd49-40af-4d2b-9818-3a45deb9b36f?

I believe I’m gonna agree with you here and this page name should change back, at the very least for the time being, but the draft space page Draft:Days of Thunder (2028 film) should keep its current title. ~2026-47043-34 (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

accidentally replied logged out, this was me replying just for clarification. Zacnascarguy 88 fan (talk) 00:31, 30 August 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.