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Tunes from the Speedway: Top NASCAR Drivers Give Their Favorite Jams

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From Elvis to Eminem, Sprint Cup contenders have heard it all

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 23, 2010 – Throughout the NASCAR season – and especially during the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup – NASCAR’s top drivers learn a lot about their competitors while they battle each other on the track nearly every weekend from February to November. On the track, they know their competition inside and out – off the track may be a different story, especially when it comes to their taste in music.

After being on the road 38 weeks each year traveling the NASCAR circuit, each driver has had plenty of time to fine-tune the playlists on their iPods even if they can’t listen to their favorite songs while racing at 180 mph around NASCAR tracks across the country each weekend.

Taking favorite songs personally submitted by this year’s championship contenders, here is the ultimate Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup playlist. From Elvis to Eminem, this 12-song compilation may surprise some of their most avid fans.

1. “Not Afraid” – Eminem (Denny Hamlin)
2. “Nothing Else Matters” – Metallica (Jimmie Johnson)
3. “Walk the Line” – Johnny Cash (Kevin Harvick)
4. “CC Rider” – Elvis (Clint Bowyer)
5. “Jukebox Hero” – Foreigner (Carl Edwards)
6. “Everything” – Buck Cherry (Greg Biffle)
7. “Another Way to Die” – Disturbed (Matt Kenseth)
8. “Love The Way You Lie” – Eminem (Denny Hamlin)
9. “It’s Now Or Never” – Elvis (Clint Bowyer)
10. “Say It Ain’t So” – Weezer (Kevin Harvick)
11. “Enter Sandman” – Metallica (Greg Biffle)
12. “Miracle” – Nonpoint (Matt Kenseth)

Bonus Track: “Wired to the T” – Dorrough (Mark Martin)

From selections like these, it’s easy to see these drivers know “It’s Now or Never,” and won’t be waiting on a “Miracle” as they put “Everything” on the line in order to hoist the NASCAR Sprint Cup trophy on Nov. 21.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for one of North America’s     premier sports.  NASCAR is the No. 1 spectator sport – with more of the top 20 highest attended sporting events in the U.S. than any other sport, and is the No. 2 rated regular-season sport on television. NASCAR races are broadcast in more than 150 countries and in 20 languages. NASCAR fans are the most brand loyal in all of sports, and as a result more Fortune 500 companies participate in NASCAR than any other sport.

NASCAR consists of three national series (the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR Nationwide Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series), four regional series, and one local grassroots series, as well as two international series.  Also part of NASCAR is Grand-Am Road Racing, known for its competition on road courses with multiple classes of cars. NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races at 100 tracks in more than 30 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico. Based in Daytona Beach (Fla.), NASCAR has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte (N.C.), Concord (N.C.), Conover (N.C.), Bentonville (Ark.), Mexico City, and Toronto.

- Catalyst Public Relations, Press Release