Is there another Ricky Bobby in the future?”
In homage to Talladega Nights, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards climbed out of his wrecked automobile and ran across the finish line at the final lap of the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 (at Talladega) to a standing ovation from the crowd. The NASCAR on Fox reporters commented how it was “shades of Ricky Bobby”. Edwards was later asked about this on Larry King Live; he responded, “I’m a big Will Ferrell fan. He did that at the end of Talladega Nights.” Carl Edwards is one of NASCAR’s biggest names, with Talladega one of its biggest tracks, and most vulnerable to crashes and wrecks. All of that came together as Edwards went from a possible win at Talladega, to getting into one of NASCAR’s biggest wrecks. At the very end of the Aaron’s Carl Edwards’ Talladega Crash Scares, Injures NASCAR Fans 499 in Talladega, Edwards was nudged just enough to lose the lead, then almost looked like he would lose something else when the wrecked car crashed into the grandstand fences. NASCAR fans have seen
