NASCAR Star Says Talladega Nights 'Did Not Do the Sport Any Good'

NASCAR’s Kyle Larson says ‘Talladega Nights’ made ‘our sport into a joke’

NASCAR driver Kyle Larson is a fan of racing movies — but has mixed feelings about one comedy. Earlier this week, he revealed some of his favorite racing movies on Julian Edelman’s podcast "Games With Names," a list that included the comedy "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby."

Talladega Nights 'Turned Our Sport Into A Joke,' Kyle Larson Claims, As If No One Made NASCAR Jokes Before The Movie Came Out

Imagine being a NASCAR driver listening to fan after fan repeat the same "Talladega Nights" lines they've heard ten million times before.

NASCAR star says Talladega Nights 'did not do the sport any good'

The 2021 champion says he personally enjoyed the movie but it's more nuanced than that.

NASCAR Phenom Kyle Larson Says 'Talladega Nights' Turned the Sport 'Into a Joke': 'Did Not Do Anything Good'

Kyle Larson is arguably the best all-around driver currently behind any wheel, and is a first-place contender every time he competes in the NASCAR Cup Series – just don’t compare him to Ricky Bobby. The series champ appeared on Tuesday’s episode of the “Games With Names” podcast, hosted by New England Patriots Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman. Mid-conversation he was asked whether he liked “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” the 2006 hit…

Kyle Larson claims Talladega Nights made NASCAR “a joke” - but he’s

2006 comedy film about NASCAR is popular among fans

Kyle Larson has surprising thoughts about Talladega Nights

When it comes to the best sports movies of all time, Talladega Nights isn’t necessarily in the realm of Hoosiers or Bull Durham. But there’s no doubt that it is one of the funniest sports movies of all time and a vintage Will Ferrell comedy from the prime years of his career. As for its impact on NASCAR… that’s where Kyle Larson takes issue. The former NASCAR Cup series champion appeared on the Games with Names podcast where he discussed the gre…