I'm an old school NASCAR fan. Tim Richmond was my favorite driver (and a personal family friend - so please keep the comments positive). The movie Days of Thunder was based on Tim Richmond and moreoverly, his crew chief Harry Hyde (played as Harry Hogg by Robert Duvall) and the Quaid brother played Rick Hendricks. I know a lot of things that happened in the movie happened in real life, but how many can you add to my list?
1. Tim showed up to Ponoco to test drive on his Harley
2. Tim and Harry fought a lot because Tim didn't know technical terms
3. Thanks to friends at HMS, I've learned that the state trooper pull over really did happen on the way home from Michigan
4. Tim was part of the first two car Hendricks team
5. Tim did race Indy cars and did have the tire problem that Harry worked with him on
6. The pass on the outside to win
7. The ice cream incident
8. Engaged to a doctor before he died
OK, How many more scenes were real that you can share?
2007-05-17
06:41:00
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