390 Days of Thunder (1990)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
390 Days of Thunder (1990)
- Many real-life NASCAR drivers (including Rusty Wallace) appear in the film.
- NASCAR driver 'Greg Sacks' (qv) did most of 'Tom Cruise' (qv)'s stunt driving.
Cruise wanted to do his own stunt driving, but wasn't allowed to for
insurance reasons. The Chevrolets were prepared by 'Rick Hendrick' (qv)'s
racing team, which later used some of the movie cars in real races. 35 cars
were wrecked during filming.
- The scene where Tim approaches Harry on a tractor was filmed on NASCAR
legend 'Junior Johnson' (qv)'s farm.
- The scene where Cole and Rowdy race rental cars on the beach shows birds
scattering out of the way. The birds were lured onto the beach by birdseed,
and in the first take most of them were run over.
- All cars used in the movie for the races had to pass inspection and qualify.
'Bobby Hamilton' (qv) qualified one of the movie cars in the top ten; they
removed the cameras and he was allowed to enter the race.
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