 | Tom Cruise als Cole Trickle |
 | Robert Duvall als Harry Hogge |
 | Nicole Kidman als Dr. Claire Lewicki |
 | Randy Quaid als Tim Dalander |
 | Cary Elwes als Russ Wheeler |
 | Michael Rooker als Rowdy Burns |
 | Fred Thompson als Big John |
 | John C. Reilly als Buck Bretherton |
 | J.C. Quinn als Waddle |
 | Don Simpson als Aldo Bennedetti |
 | Caroline Williams als Jennie Burns |
 | Margo Martindale als Racetrack timer |
 | Michael Burgess als Young Doctor |
 | Gerald R. Molen als Dr. Wilhaire |
 | Donna W. Scott als Darlene |
 | Leilani Sarelle als Female Highway Patrol Officer |
 | Chris Ellis als Harlem Hoogerhyde |
 | Peter Appel als Cole's Crew |
 | Stephen Michael Ayers als Cole's Crew |
 | Mike Slattery als Cole's Crew |
| John Griesemer als Len Dortort |
 | Barbara Garrick als Lauren Daland |
 | Tania Coleridge als Russ Wheeler's Girlfriend |
 | Alexandra Balahoutis als Autograph Fan |
| Steve Boyd als NASCAR Official |
| Daniel D. Greenwood als ESPN Announcer |
 | Jim Grimshaw als Hardee's Pit Crew Chief |
| James Martin Jr. als Field Doctor |
| Margo Martindale als Donna |
| Jim Crowther als Dr. Crowther |
| James D. Henson als Doctor |
| Cyndi Vicino als Nurse |
| Shari Ellis als Nurse |
 | Xavier Coronel als Orderly |
 | Nick Searcy als Highway Patrol Officer |
| Jerry Punch als Himself |
| Neil Bonnett als Himself |
| Harry P. Gant als Himself |
 | Rusty Wallace als Himself |
| Lori Randolph als Racing Fan (uncredited) |
| Ward Russell | Director of Photography |
| Robert Towne | Screenplay |
| Thomas E. Sanders | Art Direction |
| Billy Weber | Editor |
| Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Don Simpson | Producer |
| Robert C. Jones | Editor |
| Bert Lovitt | Editor |
| David Rubin | Casting |
| Susan Becker | Costume Design |
| Stuart Waks | Editor |
| Michael Tronick | Editor |
| Chris Lebenzon | Editor |
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas L. Roysden | Set Decoration |
| Benjamín Fernández | Art Direction |
| Tony Scott | Director |
| Rick Hendrick | Technical Advisor |
| Gerald R. Molen | Executive Producer |
| Gary McLarty | Stunt Coordinator |
| Gerald R. Molen | Unit Production Manager |
| James W. Skotchdopole | First Assistant Director |
| Scott Metcalfe | Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Neumann | Second Assistant Director |
| Robert Ulland | Steadicam Operator |
| Mark Wade | Property Master |
| Ronald C. Jacobs | Leadman |
| Rick Sharp | Makeup Supervisor |
| Ellen Wong | Key Makeup Artist |
| Virginia G. Hadfield | Key Hair Stylist |
| Gabriel Borgo | Hairstylist |
| Larry K. Johnson | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Murphey | Video Assist Operator |
| Kenneth Schwarz | Boom Operator |
| Charles M. Wilborn | Production Sound Mixer |
| George Watters II | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Cecelia Hall | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Juno J. Ellis | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Christopher Kennedy | Music Editor |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| R.J. Palmer | Sound Effects Editor |
| F. Hudson Miller | Sound Effects Editor |
| Beth Sterner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Howell Gibbens | Sound Effects Editor |
| Frank Howard | Sound Effects Editor |
| John Benson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Ed Callahan | Sound Effects Editor |
| Pamela Bentkowski | Sound Effects Editor |
| Midge Costin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Tom Cruise | Writer |
| Ronnie Rondell Jr. | Stunts |
| Glenn R. Wilder | Stunts |
| David R. Ellis | Stunts |
| Richard M. Ellis | Stunts |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Ric Roman Waugh | Stunts |
| Bob Orrison | Stunts |
| Steve M. Davison | Stunts |
| John C. Meier | Stunts |
| Eddy Donno | Stunts |
| Richard Epper | Stunts |
| Clarke Coleman | Stunts |
| Chick Bernhard | Stunt Double |
| Bob Bragg | Stunts |
| Thomas J. Larsen | Stunts |
| J.N. Roberts | Stunts |
| R.A. Rondell | Stunts |
| Rhonda Waymire | Stunts |
| Danny Rogers | Stunts |
| Tony Kahana | Stunts |
| Chad Randall | Stunts |
| Norman Howell | Stunts |
| Gary Hymes | Stunts |
| Carey Loftin | Stunts |
| Alex Edlin | Stunts |
| Tom Elliott | Stunt Double |
| Billy Hank Hooker | Stunts |
| William H. Burton Jr. | Stunts |
| Steven Chambers | Stunts |
| Tom Bahr | Stunts |
| Steve Boyum | Stunts |
| Pat McGroarty | Stunts |
| Allan Padelford | Stunt Driver |
| Scott Wilder | Stunt Double |
