Days of Thunder

Harry Hogge: What do you know about stock car racing? Cole Trickle: Well... watched it on television, of course. Harry Hogge: You've seen it on television? Cole Trickle: ESPN. The coverage is excellent, you'd be surprised at how much you can pick up. Harry Hogge: I'm sure I would.

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Harry Hogge: Cole, you're wandering all over the track! Cole Trickle: Well, this son of a bitch just slammed into me! Harry Hogge: No, no, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you, he didn't slam into you, he RUBBED you. And rubbin', son, is racin'. [Cole slams into the wall side-ways] Oh, there goes a fender. [Cole slams into another car] There goes a quarter-panel. [Cole slams into other cars and causes a multi-car crash; Harry just shakes his head in disbelief and face-palms]

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Harry Hogge: All right. While we're still under a caution, I want you to go back out on that track and hit the pace car. Cole Trickle: Hit the pace car? Harry Hogge: Hit the pace car! Cole Trickle: What for? Harry Hogge: Because you've hit every other goddamned thing out there, I want you to be perfect!

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Tim Daland: [Walks to tractor] See you're enjoying the good life, Harry? Harry Hogge: Yeah. Well I don't mind spreadin' a little fertilizer round now and then. There's worse things. Tim Daland: How's the truck runnin'? Harry Hogge: Runs good. Tim Daland: [pause] I... uh... I want you to build me a car. Harry Hogge: [stops tractor] Now, Tim, everyone knows some downtown car dealer can't afford a race team. And no driver worth a damn is gonna sign with you. Cause they wreck one car, you can't afford to build them another, and their out of the deal, you know. And no car's gonna win without a driver, not even mine. Tim Daland: [points to Harry] If you built the car, I'd get a damn driver. Harry Hogge: [starts driving tractor] What kinda driver you gonna find after the season's started? Some ole' boy that's washed up, and wasn't worth a shit to begin with. Tim Daland: You can work with him. You can build a driver like you build a car, Harry. Harry Hogge: [points to dog] Tim, take a look at

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Tim Daland: What's wrong with him? Harry Hogge: I'll tell you what wrong with this deal is you, Tim. You're a victim of your own god-damn creation! Two race teams? That's one too many roosters in the henhouse. Tim Daland: It doesn't seem to bother Russ Wheeler. Harry Hogge: Oh, no, no, ever since that Daytona crash Cole's been called a troublemaker. Wheeler figures he can bump and bam Cole all he wants. Tim Daland: I don't see Russ doing anything like that. NASCAR doesn't see Russ doing anything like that. Harry Hogge: Oh I guess it ain't happening then under the watchful eyes of experts like you and NASCAR! Tim Daland: I'll tell you what is happening—Cole's not running good, he's not looking good and now he's got sponsor trouble! Harry Hogge: But you don't, is that it? Tim Daland: As far is that goes, no, I don't, but I want to keep the sponsor and Cole, he's the one that made this happen and I haven't forgotten that, Harry. Harry Hogge: Right, right.

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Harry Gant: Daytona is a tough racetrack. And I'm sure, myself and everyone, are going to keep an eye on Cole to see if he's there, you know, all his reflexes and everything. Neil Bonnett: He's plenty capable of running that racecar good and I don't think he has any kind of effects from the accident that would be a factor in the way he performs. Aldo Bennedetti: I'm glad he's well enough to come back and I hope to beat him at the same time. Rusty Wallace: You know a lot of guys don't like him. And it's just a situation where the guy's got a lot of talant. He's wide open, he doesn't think about anything else, he just wants to win. I like that. Russ Wheeler: Since the crash, he's been a danger to himself and the other drivers. But if he comes near me, I'm going to put him in the wall. Simple as that. I don't expect I'll see too much of him. Except in my rearview mirror.

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