Days of Thunder Revisited 

The score is actually one of my favorites from Hans Zimmer. It’s grossly underrated as far as I’m concerned.

"GET OUT THERE AND HIT THE PACE CAR" the greatest line of all time

I love the fact that John C. Reilly has been in both a serious and a comedic NASCAR movie. I really liked Days of Thunder. I haven't watched it in a while though, maybe it's time.

Cole : can you walk? Harry : where? Cole : to victory lane Harry : can i walk ? hell i'll race you there *rock sinth music starts blasting* *cole and harry starts running* *image stops* *credits* best 1990 movie ending ever

Whether or not Zimmer hates his own work, here, this is an awesome damned soundtrack. He captured the atmosphere of NASCAR and their fans at the time pretty well. And yes, I'm one of the old GenX guys who saw this and Red October and Dances With Wolves in the theater...

"He didn't slam you he didn't bump you HE RUBBED YOU. And RUBBIN SON IS RACIN' "

"i need to pit" "we cant do that we're a, eating ice cream" "ice cream!?" "yeah id let you come on in and get one but i dont think nascar would like you trying to eat an ice cream cone out there, your having enough trouble riding around the track as it is."

"While we're under caution I want you to go out there and hit the pace car." "Hit the pace car?" "HIT THE PACE CAR!"

This movie is the reason why i got into NASCAR. I love this movie so much!

I’ve seen it, and I think it’s awesome. And honestly, I think it’s one of the reasons NASCAR became No. 1 in the 1990s

My parents worked for Dale Sr and were used as extras for the crowd scenes at Daytona.

Living in a Foreign country where things like NASCAR,Dale Sr are unknown: "NASCAR are the cars from that movie where acts Tom Cruise?"

This was my favorite movie as a kid. I remember getting all the cars at Hardee’s for the kids meal and getting the matchbox cars as well. I can still quote this movie to this day.

Saw it in theaters as a 6 year old in 1990. Yes, my parents were perfectly willing to let me watch this despite its PG-13 rating. I remember getting the little 1/64 cars that were released at Hardee's at the time. Over the years, I learned a lot of the real-world parallels to the movie. Namely who the characters were meant to be based on as well as the way some of the scenes in the movie played out in real life. I've always heard Cole was about 85% Tim Richmond with a little Geoff Bodine thrown in especially given the rivalry with Rowdy Burns mirroring the rivalry of Bodine and Dale Sr. just a few years prior to the movie. It's actually a fun little challenge looking at parts of the movie and learning about the real life incidents that inspired them such as the "Big John" meeting after their Daytona crash. It's almost a shot for shot retelling of a meeting Dale Sr. and Geoff Bodine had with Bill France in the late 80's.

My favorite line in any movie ever made: “lemme outta thah cah.” “lemme outta tha cahh, Cole!” “Cole, let. me. out. of. thah. cahhhh!!!” I don’t even call it Days of Thunder anymore, I just ask everyone if they want to watch Lemme Outta Thah Cahh.

“You can drive through it!” Famous last words.

To this day, Cole Trickle is still hitting the pace car.

My favorite scene is when Cole wrecks Russ after the checkered flag, especially Russ’ facial expression right before it happens!

I think the funniest part is when he's coming in the pits bounces of a wall then noses it into the pit wall and is like uh oh, this is gonna hurt. Cracks me up every time

Harry: "Those tires are matched!"

As UrinatingTree said about this movie: Top Gun on wheels. I honestly have to say he is dead on. Also, can you or one of the podcast members make a Lolcow video on a NASCAR team, driver or even a broadcaster?

I actually enjoy the score, nostalgia is a big bias however

"Hey look something we dont have to fix!" Crew Chief Kicks and dents quarter panel "I dont want you to get spoiled"

It seemed a little cheesy that Cole's face was always covered with grime after the race, like he was driving a vintage open-cockpit race car.

Watched it. Usually watch it during the off-season of NASCAR or the day before daytona 500

I was coming out of high school that Summer of ‘90. I have enjoyed that movie over the decades. I never get tired of watching brings back a lot of memories. I was rocking the Monte Carlo SS!!

I was 13 when this came out... living in the UK, it was all I wanted to watch! “I’m dropping the hammer”!

I love the soundtrack!! I can’t imagine any other music playing during the closing scene!

Love it, cheese and all. Love the soundtrack too, it has become iconic. Best part is when Tim tells Wheeler's guys to push Cole's car, the official tells him he can't, and Tim responds with, "it's my engine in that car, I gave him that engine, and that's what my boys are pushin!" and somehow the official just nods and is ok with this. So Hollywood but so good.

I saw this movie a few years back and I don’t remember really loving it. Last year I re watched it and I have to say I really liked it, it was a pretty good film. Not the best but a really good one for sure.

And rubbing, son, is racing.

Back when Nascar was southern, and that was ok!

This is one of a few movies that I can recite most of the lines from start to finish.

As a frenchman I watched Days of Thunder for the first time around 2007 or 2008 and it was my childhood even though I didn't really care about NASCAR at the time but I always had fun watching it.

Cole: I'm going to drop the hammer. Harry: NO YOUR NOT.

I used to have "rubbin' is racing" on the back of my dirt track car back in the 90s. Man I miss those days!

Cole: I need to pit Harry: we’re a little busy at the moment... we’re uhh, eating ice cream

This was the movie, when I learned about SURROUND SOUND, the most awesome experience ever!!

Love it or hate the soundtrack, it was literally iconic for Nascar at the time. I actually think that, as much as Talledega Nights was super great, I wonder how much nascar would've been better off if there was a more serious modern Days of Thunder type movie. Call it what you will but Days of Thunder simply helped add excitement and a sort of legitimacy for nascar at the time and actually made nascar fans. I just hate that nascar has been in a bad decline for a while now and can only wonder what a much better movie for nascar in the mid 00's would've looked like.

All time classic.

I saw days of thunder in 2015 on Netflix after the southern 500.because kyle larson drove a kyle petty throwback.my dad said it looked like car from days of thunder.

Awesome movie, I had just gotten out of the Marines and started working for a Winston west race car team. Best years of my life. Love Racing.

By far one of my favorite movies! I watched it when I was a kid on VHS, never gets old. Something that sticks with me in my racing career "When your loose you're fast and on the edge of out of control!"

I’m 17 and just watched days of thunder for the first time today with my dad it was a great movie and I got a huge kick out of it

The best line in the movie rowdy Burns just before he goes into surgery" I'm not a battery I don't need charging" when they put the heart rate monitors on his chest I used in hospital once myself all the nurses just looked at me strange I had to explain it then got laughter

This is what got me into watching NASCAR as a kid. Been a fan ever since.

Back in 1990 my dad(Mike Trivette) worked for Hendrick. The shop was at the Hendrick compound, kind of in the back. It was called the R&D Department. And it run by a guy named Gary Dehart. I was 15, and would go there every day after school, and try to help work on race cars. But mostly, I did a lot of sweeping, picking up tools, making drink & snack runs to the vending machines in the main building. This wasn't a official team, so I got to spend lots of time there. One day I got to to the shop and there were a lot more people than usual. Turned out to be the Director & producers for Day of Thunder. From that day, the work at the R&D shop was crazy. It was an epic undertaking. I was hired immediately for $5/hr. And would get 50-60hrs. a week. I got to go to Daytona and meet Tom Cruise and Micheal Rucker. It was awesome. Those 4 cars that actually ran in the Daytona 500 were built and prepared by the R&D department . And we were also the pit crew. The cars had to come in and have the film switched in the cameras mounted inside the front and rear bumpers. When the movie was done shooting, those 4 cars became the ultra slim fast team car #18 with Greg Sacks driving. If you want to see a great under dog story, go back and watch Talladega in 1990. Dale Sr. & Greg Sacks went at it all day. It was pretty even on the track, but when they came down pit road, the flying aces were fastest in nascar. And the ultra slim fast crew (with mostly over weight old guys my dad included) wasn't ultra slim or fast. That team eventually became the 5 car driven to a championship by Texas Terry Labonte. That was a great experience, but I have to say. The entire time we worked on the movie, everybody was talking about, this is going to be the real racers movie, not some cheezy, fake, unrealistic film. My dad and Dehart went to Hollywood for 2-3 weeks to help them edit, and try to keep some of the authenticity. But when he got back, he told me that the best racing movie ever was on the floor in the editing room. I still love the Days of Thunder but Rush is my favorite racing movie.

I love the heck out of Days of Thunder. It's such a great snapshot of the sport as it moved toward its commercial and cultural peak. The cinematography is awesome and that late 80s score drives it home. One of my favorite movies ever.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE ITS AMAZING AND THE LEGENDARY QUOTE RUBBEN IS RACING

Only nascar movie that paid respect to the sport. I agree. I HATED Talladega nights. They were making fun of us.

Days of Thunder is probably one of my all time favorite movies

I love the opening scene with the guitars and the race track. It captures the feel of it all. My fav racing movie ever. Would rather have a sequel to this than i would Top Gun.

I've watched this movie 722 times now. Hans Zimmer soundtrack is unbelievable. Listen to it while driving

I saw it when it first come out and I was 23 in 1990 and I seem this movie at least 50 times or more in the last few decadesAnd I thoroughly enjoy it still to this day

I loved the ice cream and pace car parts , lol !!!!! My first movie I bought after I got my big screen tv and surround sound back in the 90's . It sounded like the cars were going around the room !!!!!

I’ve seen it countless times . Recently acquired a leather varsity style jacket only certain crew members were given . This movie has lasted the test of time and I still enjoy it . Still gives off the feeling from when NASCAR was in its prime

This is the show that introduced me into Nascar. A friend and I went to see the movie Gremlins 2 during the previews we saw the trailer to Days of Thunder. We ran out of the Gremlins movie and went into the Day's of Thunder movie. I was a Nascar fan from then till Dale Jr. retired. Sadly, today Nascar is just not the same as what it was.

While we’re still under caution I want you to go out and hit the pace car! Hit the pace car? Hit the pace car! Why? You hit every other god damn thing out there I want you to be perfect! OMG lol This is definitely my favorite movie. My oldest brother which he’s gone now bought me the movie the one year for Christmas. We would watch this movie together and site every word. I watch it now for the memories of my brother. Definitely makes me think of him. Tom Cruise has always been my favorite actor. Thanks for the revisit of this movie. Definitely took me back sitting with my brother and watching it. Thank you!!!!

I went to the opening night of DOT. Was in Daytona for almost all the race scenes and helicopter scenes. Got to meet Michael Rooker at a race a few years back and nobody knew who he was except fro me. We talked for over a half hour just talking NASCAR,and he truly is a huge fan.

growing up as a kid i raced in QMA and was the 3rd generation of my family to do so. this movie was on our television all the time because of this and i loved it, still do. yes, parts of it are cheesy, but i remember dreaming about being Cole Trickle and racing in Nascar at its highest level. as a kid who loved racing and watched every race with my dad in the late 90s and early 2000s, this was a perfect movie to me. watching old races i wasnt alive for like the 89 Darlington race and seeing that #46 city chevy car always puts a smile on my face. at one point i could almost quote the whole movie to you i had seen it so many times. Nicole Kidman's "let me out of the car!" always made me laugh and i didnt understand why, and now having an Australian partner i totally get why. i wish i could speak to Hans Zimmer about this movie because he never brings it up and ive never found even one interview about it, because as a musician i love the music in this movie. that main theme in the opening shots of Daytona still makes me instantly think of those great days of 90s Nascar and days hanging out at the local track waiting for my race to be called. i wish he didnt hate it, because it was a huge part of my childhood. i would love to see a movie made like this today set in that era with a proper marvel sized budget. make it about a real driver and really try to recreate that era in modern clarity. i think it would be awesome

I absolutely love Days of Thunder, it's my favorite NASCAR movie, I watched it for the first time in 7th grade, and would sneak and put ear buds in and watch during class and still do now as junior in high school.

I have seen the movie like 100+ times. It one of my favorite all time movies

No dislikes 😌😌 keep up the great work !

I’m 15 I’m a huge nascar fan I have watched every race for as long as I can remember and I watched this movie last year for the first time and I absolutely loved it

The making of these movie was something. Hendrick made an entire field of replica cars and raced and crashed them for the scence. No CGI garbage. All real.

My gateway to not only NASCAR but auto racing at large when I was 4.

My favorite theme park had a ride best on this movie in early and to mid 90’s . I remember going to park one time with my family and all we did was ride Day Of Thunder all day long. I take turns ride with my cousins because I was to young to ride myself at the time .

I've loved the soundtrack since i was a kid. When ever its raceday I cant get the tune out of my head. Its weird it came out on my first birthday but I only found that out last year.

Thanks for mentioning Tim Richmond. The vast majority of the the stories in this movie are based on real events, but the main plot arc is a happy ending version of Tim Richmond's story.

My dad, uncle and I went to the theaters and saw it, we were all huge nascar fans and were excited to finally have a movie about it, albeit a cheesy one lol , still 30 yrs later when it’s on I still watch.... I’m sure my dad and uncle in Heaven still watch it too!!!

I'm a huge NASCAR fan and I still love this movie today. Of course, my favorite quote of the movie "I'm Droppin' the hammer"...."No you're not!"

Are you kidding? LOVE this movie, A LOT. Seen it 11 times in the theater when it came out. First owned it on VHS, then bought it on DVD. Watch it often, like at least twice a month. It is without a single doubt(in my opinion) a FANTASTIC Nascar movie! Nothing else of this sort can touch it... "I think I'll go watch it now?"

Whether it's this movie or Talladega Nights, I can always tell when they randomly change tracks in the middle of a racing scene or are at a different track than what they're supposed to be at.

I first watched this in 1991 on VHS. My dad was and still is a big nascar fan, my mom saw this in the store, and though it would be something he would like to watch. I liked it then and I still like it.

Days of Thunder was really one of the biggest reasons why I love racing all around today. I watched it when I was a kid in the the mid 90's and still love it today.

It’s my favourite movie of all time, I seen it as soon as it was on VHS and I’ve got it memorized now.

One of the most classic NASCAR movies ever. 30? Really? Man. That’s crazy. Cannot believe this movie is 30 years old already. It’s timeless.

Favorite movie of ALL TIME! First movie I remember watching as a kid. I had a vhs tape recorded from the tv, then I had an actual vhs. Then went DVD, Blu Ray and now 4k. I love this movie so much so, I even won an auction for an autographed photo of tom and Robert on a still from the ending scene (where they're talking after he wins Daytona) it's BEAUTIFUL. I love everything about this movie 😍

Favorite movie of all time

I've grown up a racing fan days of thunder was one of the coolest movies I had ever seen

I remember my friend was like, let's go see Days of Thunder! I was like, why would I want to see a movie about racecars. I loved it

such a great 90s movie. it really brought me back when i watched it.

Great movie have been a nascar fan for 35 years and still love this movie ❤️

My favorite movie of all time. I know all the lines word by word by heart. I've watched this movie more than anyone. I've been trying to collect any Days of Thunder merchandise I can find.

I was 10 at the time when this movie came out. I didnt start watching nascar and its entire race schedule till '92. What got me the most was the sounds, the speed, and the colors that made this movie so awesome to me as a kid. I didnt care for the storyboard though as I couldnt follow the romance and adults talking. However, as I got older those one liners like 'dropping the hammer Harry!' And 'perfect spec tires' made my freinds who weren't into racing a fan of the movie as well. I still remember days after the movie was released my mom bought me a a Days of Thunder white tshirt that had the #46 superflo car in neon green outline with the Hendrick Motorsports logo on it and I thought how cool is that, I'm a official race fan!

I was born in 97' and still grew up with it childhood favorite

Also thanks so much FOR REAL for making this video.

literally just finished watching days of thunder 🤯

I loved this as a kid and could probably still recite every line i've watched it so many times, and i'm not even American.

I actually got to see these cars in my tour of the garage area Daytona International Speedway when I was just a kid. That was when filming was going on. The vivid colors of the cars, the tropical heat, the seagulls and the smell of sea air and a massive outdoor colosseum with banks as high as three-story houses, it's what got me interested to check out the sport. When the movie came out, it captured that same essence.

I replayed it over and over as a kid in my top three for sure

OMG 😍😍 this movie! I fell in love with it instantly. My mum regretted getting me this for my birthday when it was released. It was on a constant playback in our house. I couldn’t sleep unless this movie was on! I’d have been 5 years old when I got it, from then until I was around 8 I watched it at least 4 times a week. I was already captivated by motor racing and cars. But this movie introduced me to NASCAR, I’m 33 now and I still watch it at least once a month. More in the off season. I’ll have it playing in the background while tidying the house or something. It’s kind of like my security blanket. The release of this movie gave NASCAR in Australia a bit of a boost as well. The series were almost dead after Bob Jane’s huge investment into the oval at Calder Park thunder dome but this sparked interest and kept it alive for a few more years, it was kinda dead before the inception of V8 Supercars but with that series getting proper marketing and sponsors it killed NASCAR in Australia. We have 2 paved ovals, one replicating Milwaukee in Adelaide in a state of disrepair and Calder which replicated Charlotte also almost unusable.

I watch it every year from the in-field camping at Charlotte Motor Speedway during race weekends.

John C. Reilly was in Days of thunder and later co-starred in another NASCAR movie Talladega Nights. This my favourite racing film. Talladega Nights is my favourite racing comedy.

This movie is a classic. He uses a name based off Dick Trickle while playing a driver loosely based off of Tim Richmond. It was like watching Tim Richmond and Harry Hyde on the big screen

Could be the best NASCAR film ever

Nice job on that doc. Really enjoyed it. I am a HUGE DOT fan. I was at one of the first races that they filmed at. The 1989 Checker 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. The Exxon and City Chevrolet Luminas were there. That was when I fell in love with what it still my favorite stock car. The City Chevy Lumina. As a model car builder. Well of course I have built the model. And I still have a promo poster of the Exxon car that I one day hope to go to a convention just to meet Micheal Rooker and to have him sign it AS Rowdy Burns. And yes of course. I was there on opening day. I cannot believe it has been 30 years

I saw this a few years after I got into NASCAR. It was this movie that introduced me to North Wilkesboro... at first I thought it was a made up track.

Days Of Thunder is a great film. I first Watch this when I was 10 years old in 2010 that was time I watched Days of thunder Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall were my favorite in Days of thunder. Mellow Yellow I remember drinking that to it was good drink other that days of thunder was a great movie and Nascar should more Movies like this.

Just finished this film. Loved the cinematography, sound design and sound track.