{"id":275122,"date":"2025-04-28T19:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/cleetus-mcfarland-denny-hamlin-brad-keselowski-share-their-favorite-talladega-nights-quotes\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:43","slug":"cleetus-mcfarland-denny-hamlin-brad-keselowski-share-their-favorite-talladega-nights-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/cleetus-mcfarland-denny-hamlin-brad-keselowski-share-their-favorite-talladega-nights-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleetus McFarland, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski share their favorite Talladega Nights quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4895736\" data-slug-id=\"2495725\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the recently concluded NASCAR Cup Series race weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, several drivers, including Cleetus McFarland, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, among others, shared their favorite quotes or famous lines from the iconic movie <em>Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Talladega Nights\u2019 iconic lines have undeniably permeated NASCAR culture and are often referenced by drivers and fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Sunday\u2019s Jack Link\u2019s 500, <em>Chat Us Up<\/em>, an Instagram page, shared a video where it asked several drivers, like Chase Elliott, Bubba Wallace, Cleetus McFarland, NASCAR veterans Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski, and others about their most loved quotes from Talladega Nights, a movie based on the life of a fictional stock car driver named Ricky Bobby.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Sharing his favorite quote, McFarland, a popular automotive YouTuber and part-time ARCA Series driver, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you ain&#8217;t first, you&#8217;re last is just such a classic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin at Talladega said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI wake up in the morning and I piss excellence.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>RFK Racing\/co-owner Brad Keselowski, known for his success at Talladega, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPlease be 18.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Spire Motorsports driver Michael McDowell said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI like it. I can&#8217;t quote it, but I like when he&#8217;s like, you got me twisted up like a pretzel when he&#8217;s telling him that he was sorry. I like when Cal&#8217;s like, was he messing with me?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whereas NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver Chase Elliott said he\u2019s more a fan of Tom Cruise\u2019s starrer \u201cDays of Thunder\u201d.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><strong>Cleetus McFarland reflects on his career first top-10 finish at Talladega<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>YouTuber Cleetus McFarland clinched his first career top-10 finish in the ARCA Menards Series at Talladega Superspeedway last Saturday despite facing engine problems. He finished 10th in the 38-driver field.<\/p>\n<p>McFarland, who drives the #30 Ford for Rette Jones Racing, had a valve spring break in his engine, but he managed to secure the P10 results in his second ARCA appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his top-10 Talladega outing, here\u2019s what Cleetus McFarland said (via Chat Us Up):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt was hectic, man, honestly. Like I told everyone else, we dropped a cylinder, and then we came back and found a broken valve spring, but like, just had a lot of fun reading the air and knowing that if I was out of the draft, I&#8217;m done and we just fought and fought and fought to stay right up in the draft. It took us like two laps to get up to speed, and I&#8217;m thankful for some drivers out here who pushed me back into the draft, and we just got a top ten finish. We got lucky.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 30-year-old Omaha, Nebraska, native has an automotive YouTube channel with more than four million subscribers and is currently competing part-time in the ARCA Series.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nThank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-author-info-parent\">\n<span class=\"about-the-author\">About the author<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-info-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-pic-holder\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"author-pic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,&lt;svg width=\" height=\"100\"\/><rect width=\"100\" height=\"100\" style=\"fill:rgb(128, 128, 128);\"\/>&#8221; data-lazy=&#8221;https:\/\/keedag.sportskeeda.com\/user-pic\/643212-1644502075-200.jpg?w=200&#8243;<br \/>\nalt=&#8221;Yash Soni&#8221; height=&#8221;72&#8243; width=&#8221;72&#8243;&gt;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author-bio-detail-holder\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\" id=\"author-bio-text\">\nYash Soni is a journalist who covers NASCAR at Sportskeeda, drawn to racing action and the rich history of the sport. 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