Carl Edwards, driver of the #60 Fastenal Ford, races down the fronstretch during the NASCAR Nationwide Series Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway on July 23, 2011 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images for NASCAR)
One thing is clear about Pastor Joe Nelms, who delivered the invocation before NASCAR’s Nationwide Series Auto Parts 300 in New Hampshire this weekend.
He knows his movies.
Joe Nelms delivered an unusual prayer inspired by the comedic film about NASCAR “Talladega Nights,” starring Saturday Night Live alum Will Ferrell. Nelms thanked God for his “smoking hot wife” and concluded the prayer with the words from the popular comedy “boogity, boogity, boogity amen.”
Fans, of course, laughed at the ridiculous prayer. But it might not have been a laughing matter for everyone.
NASCAR reporter Dustin Long raised an interesting question to fans asking if that type of prayer was appropriate or should it have been more reverent.
It’s clear the prayer was meant to be taken as a joke, but it is unusual for a pastor to joke about prayer. So what do you think about Nelms’ prayer?
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