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Days of Thunder is a 1990 American auto racing film released by Paramount Pictures, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Tony Scott. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes and Michael Rooker. The film also features appearances by real life NASCAR racers, such as Rusty Wallace, Neil Bonnett, and Harry Gant. Commentator Dr. Jerry Punch, of ESPN, has a cameo appearance, as does co-producer Don Simpson.
This is the first of three films to star both Cruise and Kidman (the other two being Far and Away and Eyes Wide Shut).
Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) is a young racer with years of experience in open-wheel racing. He is recruited by car dealership tycoon Tim Daland (Randy Quaid) to race for his team in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Daland also convinces former crew chief and car builder Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) to come out of retirement and lead Cole's pit crew. During his first few races, Cole has difficulty adjusting to the larger NASCAR stock cars and communicating with his crew while being intimidated on the track by Winston Cup Champion Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker); this results in Cole not finishing the races, mostly due to crashes or engine blowouts. After discovering that Cole does not understand the common terminology used by NASCAR teams, Harry puts him in a series of rigorous training. This pays off at the Darlington race, when Cole uses a slingshot maneuver from the outside line to overtake Rowdy and win his first race.
Oh yeah! 2, 3, 4
Goodbye, Goodbye,
You're running away
A sign in red, a notice couldn't stay
And some clouds are rollin' by
Its sayes
Couldn't cry the tear
The Raining in my eyes is 'cos
You're breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder
You're breakin' my heart ...
In these days of thunder
Your breaking my heart
Goodbye Good Love, too late to break
Medicine man has no chance to make us stay, for me
Oooooooh
And the is passing by
What happened to you to die
Breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder
You're breakin' my heart
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you're breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder
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You're breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder
You're breakin' my heart
You're breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder
You're breakin' my heart
You're breakin' my heart
Days of Thunder
In these Days of Thunder
You're breakin' my heart
You're breakin' my heart
In these Days of Thunder