DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jeff Gordon says he’s making an attempt to persuade buddy Tom Cruise to do a sequel to “Days of Thunder.”
that Cruise, additionally the star of the “Mission Unimaginable” motion pictures, was exploring a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR movie.
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Joey Logano defended his transfer and mentioned a late block from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. trigged the incident.
Cruise performed “Cole Trickle” within the film. HIs function was loosely based mostly on NASCAR driver Tim Richmond.
“I’ve completely talked to Tom about (a sequel) as a result of I would like him to do the mission, and we wish to be part of it if it had been to occur,” mentioned Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, after William Byron’s Daytona 500 win.
“(Cruise) appears to love to tease it, so I do not know. We’ll see what occurs. If that does not occur, I really feel fairly assured there is a mission on the market that can get NASCAR again on the large display, if not only a actually cool docuseries or one thing past even what we’re already seeing proper now.”
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He dodges a last-lap crash to develop into the youngest driver with a number of wins in The Nice American Race.
The “Days of Thunder” film was a seminal second for the game, giving it a big-screen presence as NASCAR’s recognition started to rocket.
Different motion pictures adopted.
They included the “Automobiles” film franchise, which debuted in 2006 — the premiere was at Charlotte Motor Speedway — and had sequels in 2011 and ’17. Will Ferrell starred in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” in 2006.
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Justin Allgaier completed ninth within the Daytona 500.
Even when Cruise doesn’t do one other “Days of Thunder” film, future coming sights may embrace a NASCAR-themed mission.
“I’m seeing simply much more momentum in tasks like coming by means of NASCAR and coming to Hendrick Motorsports and simply extra curiosity,” Gordon mentioned. “In order that’s good, proper? It talks so much about the place the game is at, the place it is heading, the wonderful crowd that was right here all weekend, not simply (Sunday), new TV companions.
“So I do assume that there is this type of resurgence, which is superior, and there is additionally an entire new panorama of alternatives with streaming providers and docuseries and likewise the large display, which I feel it will be wonderful to do.”
