Dale Earnhardt Jr. wasn’t supposed to be at Daytona International Speedway when Tom Cruise arrived.
NASCAR changed that.
Earnhardt revealed on the “Dale Jr. Download” that he had initially planned to leave Daytona after the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race. Instead, NASCAR asked him to spend another night in town for a reason that didn’t require much convincing: Cruise wanted to meet him.
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The two eventually spent about 20 minutes together Saturday morning after Cruise flew himself into Daytona.
But the meeting wasn’t simply a chance encounter between one of NASCAR’s biggest names and one of Hollywood’s biggest stars.
Earnhardt has also been talking with Will Staples, the screenwriter...
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