STATESVILLE, N.C.
(July 3, 2007) –
When Kasey Kahne
takes the green flag
at Daytona on
Saturday night, he
might be hearing
wedding bells along
with the sounds of
the revving engines.
Kahne will be
running a special
paint scheme on his
Evernham Motorsports
Dodge to promote the
new Universal
Pictures’ comedy
starring Adam
Sandler, Kevin James
and Jessica Biel, “I
Now Pronounce You
Chuck & Larry.” The
film will be
released in theaters
on July 20.
In “I Now Pronounce
You Chuck & Larry”,
Sandler and James
team as two straight
firefighters who
stumble down the
aisle with the best
of intentions.
Through one comic
mishap after
another, the duo is
forced to answer the
question, “How far
would you go for a
friend?”
“It’s is always
exciting to run a
special paint
scheme, especially
at Daytona under the
lights,” said Kahne.
“We’ve run some cars
with Sandler movies
on them in the past,
and they’ve always
been a big hit. The
last movie scheme we
ran was in Michigan
last year. We were
fortunate enough to
take that car to
victory lane, and
hopefully we’ll be
able to have the
same success this
weekend. We had a
great run at the
Daytona 500 when we
finished seventh.
Hopefully, we’ll
have that same kind
of success this time
around.”
This is the third
time that Evernham
Motorsports has
partnered with Happy
Madison Productions,
Sandler and producer
Jack Giarraputo .
Previously, Kahne
ran special graphics
wraps to promote the
“The Longest Yard”
and “Click”.
“Evernham
Motorsports and
NASCAR are the
perfect partners for
promoting a film,”
said Giarraputo,
producer, Happy
Madison
Productions. “Not
only does Kasey
Kahne’s car provide
visibility for the
movie among fans in
the stands and those
watching on
television, the
involvement with
Kasey and Evernham
Motorsports attracts
new attention for
the film. And, it’s
great to go to the
races to see the car
in action.”
Kahne has seven
career starts and
one top 10 at
Daytona Int’l
Speedway, along with
an average finish of
21st. His
best finish of the
season came in the
Daytona 500 when he
drove his way to a
seventh place
finish.
About “I Now
Pronounce You Chuck
& Larry”: Adam
Sandler and Kevin
James team as two
straight guys who
stumble down the
aisle with the best
of intentions in “I
Now Pronounce You
Chuck & Larry”.
Chuck Levine (Sandler)
and Larry Valentine
(James) are the
pride of their fire
station: two guy’s
guys always
side-by-side and
willing to do
anything for each
other.
Salt-of-the-earth
widower Larry wants
just one thing: to
protect his family.
His buddy Chuck also
wants one thing: to
enjoy the single
life.
Grateful Chuck owes
Larry for saving his
life in a fire, and
Larry calls in that
favor big time when
civic red tape
prevents him from
naming his own two
kids as his life
insurance
beneficiaries. All
that Chuck has to do
is claim to be
Larry’s domestic
partner on some city
forms. Easy. Nobody
will ever know.
But when an
overzealous,
spot-checking
bureaucrat becomes
suspicious, the new
couple’s arrangement
becomes a citywide
issue and goes from
confidential to
front-page news.
Forced to improvise
as love struck
newlyweds, Chuck and
Larry must now
fumble through a
hilarious charade of
domestic bliss under
one roof. After
surviving their
mandatory honeymoon
and dodging the
threat of exposure,
the well-intentioned
con men discover
that sticking
together in your
time of need is what
truly makes a
family.
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