K&F Show #356: Dallas Race Week, Florida Speed, and Daytona Fever // NASCAR Movie Review + Days of Thunder

About this episode

The episode covers Dallas's racing season kickoff in Florida and includes a review of the movie Days of Thunder in the context of Daytona week.

Rob is in Florida this week with Dallas kicking off his 2026 racing season at Auburndale Speedway in Winter Haven. It’s a five-day national Legends tournament — practice, qualifying, and racing every single day — with Dallas running the Semi-Pro class in the white #13. The goal this season is simple: run the biggest Legends events possible, graduate up and out of the class, and take the next step forward in his racing career. While that action unfolds in real time, we’re setting the stage for Daytona week the best way we know how. To celebrate the Daytona 500, we’re revisiting our full review of Days of Thunder — still the greatest racing movie ever made. Yes, it’s “Top Gun in a stock car,” and that’s exactly why it works. We break down the racing roots of Cole Trickle, the Harry Hogge mentorship arc, the real NASCAR influences behind the film, and why quotes like “Rubbin’, son, is racin’” still live rent-free in every race fan’s brain. Released in 1990, directed by Tony Scott, and starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Nicole Kidman, and Michael Rooker, the film earned nearly $158 million worldwide and remains a cornerstone of modern racing pop culture. If it’s Daytona week, it’s…

People in this episode

Hosts: Robert Kibbe, Justin Cornette

Topics covered

• NASCAR
• Days of Thunder
• racing
• Florida Speed
• Dallas Race Week
• Daytona Fever

Keywords

• NASCAR
• Days of Thunder
• racing movie
• Florida racing
• Daytona 500
• Legends tournament
• Cole Trickle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tony Scott

Books & works: Days of Thunder

Places: Florida, Auburndale Speedway

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