The 1990 Tom Cruise feature film, Days of Thunder, was loosely based on actual NASCAR personalities primarily Tim Richmond, Harry Hyde, Dale Earnhardt, and Rick Hendrick. The cars used as those of Cole Trickle, Rowdy Burns and Russ Wheeler were provided by Hendrick Motorsports, with racers Greg Sacks, Bobby Hamilton and Hut Stricklin as the stunt drivers. These cars actually raced during the 1990 Winston Cup season at Daytona, Darlington and Phoenix, but were not officially scored. Cole's…