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Stewart-Haas Will Run "Talladega Nights" Schemes For This Weekend's Superspeedway Race

The two movie tribute liveries being revealed at the Stewart-Haas team shop
The two movie tribute liveries being revealed at the Stewart-Haas team shop

Stewart-Haas Racing has announced that two of its cars will race at Talladega this weekend in the Wonder Bread and Old Spice paint schemes made famous in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” Love it or hate it, it’s impossible to deny the impact that the 2006 sports comedy had on NASCAR. While there have been a few tribute liveries, a team has never gone all-in and rebranded as the fictional Dennit Racing team in all but name.

Ryan Preece will be doing his best Ricky Bobby impression while driving the No. 41 Wonder Bread Ford Mustang. His teammate Chase Briscoe will be behind the wheel of the No. 14 Old Spice Ford Mustang playing Cal Naughton Jr. at the superspeedway. As a sign of how much time has passed, Ryan Preece would have been 16 years old when the Will Ferrell-led movie hit theaters. Preece said in a statement:

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