Tom Cruise Skips Oscars for NASCAR

By Jefferson Reid Feb 25, 2008 10:51 PMTags
Tom Cruise, Connor CruisePhoto by Jeff Gross/Getty Images

Apparently, he really does have a need for speed. Tom Cruise and his son, Connor, swapped the glitz and glamour of the Oscars for the grit and grunge of NASCAR’s Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California.

Wisely avoiding any Days of Thunder-style spinouts, Tom and Connor (seen above with NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick) chucked a football around with crew members in Jimmie Johnson’s pit box.  

How very manly! Here’s hoping our favorite A-list NASCAR dad bought a round of jerky for the house.