Girard not only taunts Ricky, but outperforms him and becomes the team's top driver. Ricky's newfound arrogance, however, aggravates Dennit's alienated son, who retaliates by adding talented, openly gay French Formula One driver Jean Girard to the team. Ricky persuades Dennit to field a second team for his best friend, Cal Naughton Jr., and they become an unstoppable duo using their "Shake and Bake" slingshot technique on the track. He meets his future wife Carley when she flashes her breasts after one of his wins. gives Ricky a permanent seat and he quickly rises to be one of NASCAR's most successful drivers. When last-placed Cheveaux decides to take a bathroom break, Ricky replaces him and finishes third. Fifteen years later, Ricky works on the pit crew of Dennit Racing driver Terry Cheveaux. During this encounter, Reese tells Ricky, "If you ain't first, you’re last", advice which Ricky takes to heart. Ricky sees his father only once after that, at age 10, at school. In rural North Carolina, Ricky Bobby is born in the backseat of a speeding car when his father, Reese, accidentally misses the turnoff for the hospital. The film was released theatrically on August 4, 2006, through Sony Pictures to critical and commercial success, grossing $163.4 million worldwide on a $72 million budget. ![]() appear in cameos, as do broadcasting teams from NASCAR on Fox ( Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip, and Dick Berggren) and NASCAR on NBC ( Bill Weber, Wally Dallenbach Jr., and Benny Parsons). NASCAR drivers Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gary Cole, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Jane Lynch, and Amy Adams in supporting roles. It features Ferrell as the titular Ricky Bobby, an immature yet successful NASCAR driver. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a 2006 American sports comedy film directed by Adam McKay who co-wrote the film with Will Ferrell.
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