Cruise, NASCAR and Days of Thunder
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It's definitely a long time coming. This past weekend, Tom Cruise announced that Days of Thunder 2 is officially in production and coming in 2028, and he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle.
NASCAR convinced Dale Earnhardt Jr. to change his Daytona plans because Tom Cruise wanted to meet him. But Junior's connection to the new Days of Thunder movie actually began well before Cruise arrived.