Amen, indeed
WGN has posted on YouTube the “Talladega Nights”-inspired, prerace prayer by Pastor Joe Nelms at NASCAR’s Federated Auto Parts 300 at the Nashville Superspeedway on July 23. Nelms, pastor of Family Baptist Church in Gladeville, Tenn., later said he wanted to offer a prayer that would be remembered.
Mission accomplished.
Here’s the transcript, though the cadence of the preacher’s voice is lost in the printed word. The crowd began cheering near the “smokin’ hot wife” reference.
“Heavenly Father, we thank you tonight for all your blessings. You said, ‘In all things give thanks,’ so we want to thank you tonight for these mighty machines that you’ve brought before us.