If you missed the Nationwide race at Nashville this past weekend, you didn't miss anything spectacular in the race itself. But you did miss one heck of a prayer at the beginning of the race. While most of the people that do a pre-race invocation are solemn and convey some sense of piety during their prayer, Pastor Joe Nelms took a very different approach. You can see it here.
Pastor Joe seemed to be trying to channel Ricky Bobby during his prayer, thanking every car manufacturer, Sunoco fuel, Goodyear tires, even Roush-Yates engines. He even thanked God for his "smokin' hot wife" and his two kids "Eli and Emma or as we like to call them, the little E's." All that was missing were mentions of Taco Bell, KFC and Powerade and it would have been just like having dinner at the Bobby household. You can judge for yourself and watch Ricky Bobby saying grace here.
But the best part was definitely the end of the prayer. Nelms invoked his inner Darrell Waltrip, closing with a simple "Boogity, boogity, boogity! Amen!" The perfect ending to the ultimate Nascar prayer. As the cameras panned the drivers, heads still bowed in reverence, almost all of them were having trouble keeping a straight face. Every fan in the stands was fired up and cheering like crazy. I don't even think Ned Flander's could be offended by something like this. It was definitely an invocation to remember.
The prayer has been all over sports reports on TV news, the Internet and, or course, YouTube. Somebody even took it a step further and set it to music, making one of the catchiest, most awesome country songs ever. You can check it out here. It's definitely a must see. You will need some help getting "Boogity boogity boogity. Amen." out of your head. You can also catch Pastor Joe on Trackside on Speed channel at 6pm eastern time.
Hopefully Pastor Joe makes a return to a race soon to lead a prayer. He is a man of God who is also, apparently, a big fan of the sport as well. His prayer was a nice little break from tradition and was a great fit for the racetrack. Whoever leads the prayer at Indy this weekend will have their work cut out trying to follow that. Can I get a "Boogity, boogity, boogity! Amen!"?
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