Ricky Bobby (Will Ferrell) was born to go fast, and was raised solely by his strict Christian mother, Lucy (Jane Lynch), while his alcoholic father, Reese (Gary Cole) is absent. When Ricky was only ten years old, Reese shows up during Career Day at Ricky's school, but after giving his vulgar speech, Reese is thrown out of the school. Before leaving, Reese told Ricky: "If you ain't first, you're last!", a quote that Ricky commits to memory. Fifteen years later, while working on a pit crew as the jackman for his race team, Ricky replaces an uninterested driver and ends up finishing in third place, despite starting mid-race in last place. Ricky quickly soars to the top of NASCAR, achieving fame and fortune at Dennit Racing and meeting his future and beautiful wife, Carly (Leslie Bibb). He eventually arranges to get his best friend, Cal Naughton, Jr. (John C. Reilly), as the second driver of his team. While on top of the racing world, Ricky is challenged by his rival and French Formula One driver, Jean Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen), who outperforms Ricky on the track and becomes Dennit Racing's next top driver. Ricky, desperate to regain his dominance, pushes himself too hard and ends up in a spectacular wreck, during which Ricky runs around on the track in his helmet and underwear, thinking that he is on fire. While recovering from his injury, Ricky persists in the belief that he is paralyzed, which he certainly is not. Ricky realizes this, after a failed attempt to prove that he is paralyzed. Ricky's tests at Rockingham Speedway shows that he has lost his touch and fails to regain a spot on his team. Carly, yearning to be married to a top NASCAR driver, plans to marry Cal before Ricky returns home that night. Cal invites Ricky to his wedding to Carly, but his invitation was immediately refused by Ricky, who becomes angry and disappointed at Cal for ruining his life. Ricky takes his two sons, Walker and Texas Ranger (Houston Tumlin and Grayson Russell) to return home and takes a job as a pizza delivery boy, but is reduced to use a bicycle after losing his license for crashing his truck into a customer's shopping cart and the Sheriff wrote him the ticket for the previous incident. With Ricky's life at its lowest point, Reese suddenly re-enters Ricky's life and attempt to teach Ricky to drive by using the fear he experienced throughout his life. With his retraining and guidance of Reese, Ricky finally regains his confidence, but is unexpectedly taken back a few steps after Reese leaves him once again. Reese leaves Ricky with the knowledge that the quote based on Ricky's entire life around him was due in part to Reese's alcoholism. When Ricky runs into his assistant, Susan (Amy Adams) at a bar, she convinces Ricky to return to NASCAR not because of his desire to live up to the expectations of those around him, but because of his nature to drive fast. While heeding Susan's advice to race at the Talladega 500, Ricky and Susan fall in love with each other. The race ends when all cars being wrecked, leaving Ricky and Girard running on foot to the finish line. Although Ricky wins the foot race, he and Girard are disqualified for violating race procedures and Cal wins the race by default, despite finishing in third place before the wrecks. Ricky and Cal finally repair their friendship and family. The film ends when Lucy, Ricky, Susan, and Walker and Texas Ranger meet together with Reese in the parking lot to reunite for a dinner party during which they plan to get thrown out of Applebee's, referring to the earlier scene where Reese and Ricky leave each other again.
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