This movie & Top Gun had 3 things in common, they were directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer & Don Simpson, & Tom Cruise played the lead characters.
I remember the first time I ever saw this I laughed so hard i kept replaying it over and over, how the big boss guy was so angry and meanwhile these two were goofing off.
As somebody who lived in Daytona Beach this movie makes me feel nostalgic. I was there (before we moved there in 93) in Daytona when they were shooting this in fact we stayed a few motels way from the Hilton (where they had the white car vs taxi scene) and the Sophie Kay's restaurant. but what made this scene funny is in one scene at 1:37 they are racing down Seabreeze away from AIA (where the motels and that restaurant was located at) and later on going over one of the many bridges that crossed Halifax river (which separated the main land from beach side).
I am a cart attendant at a shopping store, and I can honestly say these guys are safer drivers than some of the customers in my parking lot. Notice how they moved out of the semi's way at the last second. Now that simple act of kindness just wouldn't happen at my store.
Days of Thunder came on the TV one day on the CMT Channel. I was really happy to see the movie but then they cut this scene out. That was the last time I watch the CMT Channel lol
And if you close your eyes; you can imagine downtown Auckland, or Christchurch, with a commodore and falcon screaming head to head down queen street or along Brighton beach haha
"I ain't never liked him and probably never will," Dale Earnhardt said about Bodine after the 1987 Winston. Earnhardt, Bodine, and Bill Elliott were placed on probation after the All-Star Race. Just four days after Earnhardt made those comments, Bodine wrecked him in the Busch race at Charlotte. He was given a $15,000 fine later overturned upon appeal. After another flare-up at Charlotte in 1988, NASCAR called both drivers and car owners down to Daytona Beach to set things straight over dinner. An event directly emulated in "Days of Thunder."
The Beach was pretty empty for July, not to mention the speed limit on there is 10mph, this scene is totally unrealistic!!! *sarcasm* for those who can't tell!
Did you hear the song being played on the piano? It was Moon River, the same song that was played in the movie Born on the 4th of July during the prom scene.....
I rewrote this scene for a fanfic! The Super Group F A1150 Racers. When Dr. Nick Patrick has an argument with Ivo Traubergs during Trophee Andros races they cause an accident that almost kills Frédéric Romeyer and are heavily reprimanded. Before meeting with promoters Gervoson and Mamers the quarreling racers gave the "common car" to the fiancee of Dr. Nick, resolving their issue racing on ice road with... Autocross ZAZ TAVRIAS! Sliding, crashing, just like days of thunder... With a note of Ronin (De Niro) car chases... When they arrive to "Maitre de la Tartiflette" the ZAZ are almost totaled... Max Mamers: Pourquoi ce retard? Dr. Nick Patrick: La voiture avait un petit probleme avec le radiateur... N'est-ce pas, Mr. Traubergs? Ivo Traubergs: Da, da. A bit of overheating...
One thing I didn't understand, Big John told Tim " if you cant control your race drivers any better than this..." Rowdy wasn't Tims' race car driver, just Cole. Now later in the movie when Cole and Russ Wheeler were going at it, than that would have made sense.
Thing is Tim was prolly the one taking most the hit. Usually that's the way it is. One is always further up sh*ts Creek than anyone else, both parties included.
Never did understand something, at 1:20 when Big John asked Tim about "controlling your race car drivers any better than this", but Rowdy isnt one of Tims drivers.
Realistically, you can't race on the beach. It's all broken up with no-traffic zones and the parts that do allow cars are jammed up with vehicle and foot traffic. I remember back in the day as a kid Daytona was like Mecca. As an adult it just seems a tedious tourist trap, made for drunk teenagers and over-the-hill bikers. If you want peace, beautiful beaches and good food go to the Gulf coast around Destin in the north and the Clearwater-St. Petersburg stretch in the south.
