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Ooh La La! Here's What Talladega 'Big One' Sounds Like In French

Folks, this is what Ricky Bobby's nemesis Jean Girard wanted NASCAR to sound like. Except this isn't Talladega Nights – it's from a real broadcast.

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If you've ever wondered what "The Big One" sounds like in another language, here's your chance. As Ryan Newman flipped in this frightening 2009 wreck at 'Dega, the French broadcasters unleashed some commentary which ranked on the Gus Johnson scale of excitement.

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We can't translate it for you because we don't speak French, but I did understand the part where one of the broadcasters said "Ooh la la."

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Ooh la la indeed, friends. Ooh la la.

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