Did Jean Girard Of Talladega Nights Race In The 2005 U.S. Grand Prix? Jalopnik Investigates
On this day in 2006, one of motorsport’s finest movies hit the big screen. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby tells the story of a NASCAR driver fighting to save a career threatened by a French Formula 1 driver named Jean Girard. I recently introduced this classic of American cinema to some friends overseas,…