Wilson headlines pre-race festivities before NASCAR Cup Series regular season finale
Daytona International Speedway announced today that GRAMMY award winning country music singer and songwriter Gretchen Wilson will perform prior to the Coke Zero Sugar 400 this August. Wilson adds to pre-race festivities as NASCAR Cup Series drivers prepare to battle under the lights at DAYTONA.
“There’s nothing like the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at DAYTONA – it’s high-stakes, under the lights, and one of the most electric nights in all of NASCAR,” said Frank Kelleher, President of Daytona International Speedway. “We’re fired up to have Gretchen Wilson join us and bring her powerhouse voice to our pre-race stage. Her energy, her hits, and her presence are the perfect way to fire up the crowd before the green flag drops on the regular season finale. It’s going to be an unforgettable night at The World Center of Racing.”
Last August, Harrison Burton shuffled up the Playoff picture as he earned his first career Cup Series victory and the historic Wood Brothers Racing team’s 100th career Cup Series victory. Burton’s victory came by a margin of just .047 seconds over Kyle Busch in his 98th Cup Series start. This also served as the first win for Wood Brothers Racing since Ryan Blaney’s win at Pocono in 2017. With the final playoff spots up for grabs and the unpredictability of superspeedway racing, drivers are looking for their “win and you’re in” moment as anything can happen at DAYTONA.
Harrison Burton’s upset last year at Daytona to make the playoffs pic.twitter.com/zuGzKy4KI8
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“I’ve been a NASCAR fan ever since I was a kid pulling mud out of the wheel well of my uncle’s dirt track racer with a two-by-four,” said Wilson. “There’s nothing more exciting than feeling all of that horsepower at the start of the race, and there’s no better place for that than Daytona.”
Wilson’s debuted in the country music scene in 2004 with “Redneck Woman” which would go on to win a GRAMMY and serve as a No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts. The song was also the first number one country hit by a female in two years. The success of the song prompted an earlier release for the album Here for the Party which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart.
In 2005, Wilson released her second studio album, All Jacked Up which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and country charts and sold 1 million copies. The title track would debut at No. 21 on the Hot Country Songs charts which set a record for the highest debut ever made by a female artist. Wilson has released five other albums over the years including One of the Boys, I Got Your Country Right Here, Right on Time, Under the Covers and Ready to Get Rowdy. Wilson’s first Christmas album, Christmas in My Heart, in 2013.
Wilson has accumulated numerous awards throughout her career. She received awards in 2004 for the ACM Top Female Vocalist, ACM Top New Artist and CMA Horizon Award. This was followed by her 2005 CMA Female Vocalist of the Year win. Wilson has been nominated for an astonishing 11 GRAMMY awards throughout her career.
The Coke Zero Sugar 400 race weekend returns Aug. 22-23, where those in attendance can witness all the intensity of superspeedway racing at DAYTONA. On Friday, the NASCAR Xfinity Series will take on the high banks of DAYTONA in the Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola. The NASCAR Cup Series stars will have their last chance to fight for a playoff spot in the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on Saturday in the regular season finale.
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