Dennis Quaid is a Big NASCAR & Racing Fan!

Published: Aug 23, 2024 Duration: 00:02:16 Category: Sports

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actor Dennis Quaid is at Daytona promoting his new movie Reagan the Texas native is a huge NASCAR and racing fan man that's something else cuz I just love to drive I did the experience today in fact it was just uh 155 if you want to know what good but uh I I just love to drive always have you know and I grew up at a time like AJ fo who was another Texan too and you know o and Dre he was you know back in those days that those guys I loved it when they used to get you know AJ FY would get really pissed and just get out of the car on the track and throw his helmet at somebody going by and you know those are fantastic days and it's gotten down to where I don't know if they if those guys keep up with these guys or not just a muscle but uh you know Richard Petty too who probably did more for for NASCAR than anybody including I guess inventing it in a way he was uh I was going to play Richard Petty actually it uh in 2003 uh Disney uh offered me the chance to do that and um Richard Petty came down we were shooting a we were shooting a movie out here in Florida and Richard came down and met him and uh so I got a bunch of time at the homestead track and that's what I love about what I do man you get to go through all these doors and say authorized personnel only you know and it's like a like a a dream bucket list I don't need a bucket list I already I'm I'm on my fourth bucket but right now and uh but Richard was such a great guy and uh you know genuine authentic and that's you know that's what he also brought to everything he that was authenticity and that transferred onto NASCAR as well you know and uh it's uh we wound up not doing the movie because I think Disney realized that they were going to have to get some vintage cars and then wreck them and it was going to be uh I think it you know the budget probably doubled on on that so it never got off the ground damn it really wanted uh to do that

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