NASCAR wary, but willing to laugh at itself (SportingNews.com)

Print this | E-mail this | Font size: Posted: August 3, 2006 Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver. That was the simple pitch for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby that won over executives in boardrooms stretching from NASCAR's Florida headquarters all the way to Hollywood. Wide-eyed from box office receipts of more than $300 million for three of Ferrell's more recent films, everyone agreed the concept could be a smashing success. "When we pitched the idea ...