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The production’s NASCAR access, unpaid brand placement, the stars’ first race-car experience, cast ages, and improvisational filming
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- The movie used real NASCAR locations, drivers, commentators, and details. — Craig Horlbeck
- Sony reportedly did not charge Wonder Bread, Old Spice, Perrier, or other brands for product placement; the brands promoted the movie. — Craig Horlbeck
- Will Ferrell’s father Roy Lee Ferrell played with the Righteous Brothers and has a song in the film.
- Ferrell and John C. Reilly were frightened by their first short track runs but returned rather than leave early.
- Gary Cole and Jane Lynch were only eleven and seven years older than Will Ferrell.
- The dinner scene took a day and produced ruined takes because the camera operator laughed.