Chase Elliott has backed the Days of Thunder sequel and hopes Hendrick Motorsports get an element in it. The NASCAR star met Tom Cruise at Daytona forward of the announcement.
Cruise confirmed the follow-up to the 1990 basic on the speedway, waving the inexperienced flag hours earlier than the Cup Sequence regular-season finale. He’ll return as Cole Trickle, with Anne Hathaway becoming a member of as a staff proprietor and engineer.
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The movie is scheduled for launch on June 2, 2028, with manufacturing anticipated to start early subsequent yr.
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Elliott on assembly Tom Cruise and the Hendrick hyperlink
Elliott met Cruise throughout a drivers’ assembly at Daytona Worldwide Speedway final weekend, alongside the remainder of the Cup subject. He was requested whether or not he knew something about Rick Hendrick’s involvement.
‘I do not know what the boss has deliberate on that,’ Elliott stated.
‘I hope that he is the primary one they name to wish to assist try this once more. A few of the tales behind all that was actually neat. They really needed to qualify within the races and stuff again within the day. So I believe it might be actually enjoyable.’
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There’s historical past there. Hendrick Motorsports helped construct and restore the inventory vehicles for the unique filming, and Cole Trickle’s major automobile carried the Metropolis Chevrolet dealership sponsorship.
‘Metropolis Chevrolet and the colours on his automobile and all of the issues I believed had been simply actually iconic and iconic for the boss and seeing a few of these issues in his museum and whatnot,’ Elliott stated.
Cruise met the drivers, posed for photos and shook arms with army personnel earlier than being whisked away for the race itself.
4-time champion Jeff Gordon, now vice chairman at Hendrick, has overtly lobbied for the sequel over time. Cruise even confirmed up at a 2015 banquet to honour Gordon when he retired.
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The unique was panned by critics however grew to become a cult favorite in NASCAR circles, and its traces nonetheless dwell on immediately.
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For Elliott, it’s another piece of a busy week. He enters the brand new 10-race Chase because the eighth seed, 60 factors behind chief Denny Hamlin, with the title run starting at Darlington on Sunday.
The film can wait till manufacturing begins subsequent yr. The Cup title is the job proper now, and Elliott is totally targeted on it.
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