The 1990 release of the film ‘Days of Thunder’ starred Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Robert Duvall. This the film where Cruise met his future wife, Australian actress Kidman. The entire film centers around NASCAR racing. Cruise plays, Cole Trickle, an experienced young race car driver. Trickle is heavily recruited by a man that owns car dealerships, to be part of his NASCAR racing team. The character, Tim Daland in the film. The Robert Duvall character, Harry Hogge, is convinced to come back to the sport, after being retired, for years. Hogge, is placed in charge of Trickle’s racing team. After many twists and turns on the race track, ranging from personality issues, to mechanical issues with the cars he’s racing, Trickle has many meltdowns, in the beginning of the plot. After some very vigorous training that Trickle goes through at Hogge’s directions, Trickle finally wins a race, and is thought of as a hopeful for upcoming competitions. Trickle has an accident at a race in Daytona, and while recuperating from his injuries in the hospital becomes romantically involved with Kidman’s character, Dr. Claire Lewicki. The film features over 90 of filmed scenes on race tracks, with nail biting race sequences.