Press Release

NASCAR on FOX talent to host Emerson Drive benefit concert on Saturday, May 31 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Release date: May 28, 2008
Contact: Public Relations dept.

DOVER, Del. — Race fans get to see them every weekend on television with FOX’s live coverage of NASCAR events, and this Saturday night fans will get to see the on-air stars from NASCAR on FOX live in person at the Emerson Drive benefit concert on Saturday, May 31 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino.

Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip in the broadcast booth.

The broadcast team of Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds and Mike Joy will be joined by fellow reporters Jeff Hammond, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda, Steve Byrnes, Dick Berggren and Chris Myers to kickoff the benefit concert, presented by Heluva Good!®. Mark Roithmayr, president of Autism Speaks, the nation’s leading autism advocacy organization, will introduce the Grammy-nominated band as they take the stage. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of Delaware.

Tickets are now on sale for the concert and can be purchased by calling 800-711-5882, or online by clicking here. Tickets are priced from $ 25 to $ 35. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert begins at 8 p.m.

Emerson Drive’s current album, Countrified (Midas Records, Fall 2006), garnered their first No. 1 hit song, the Grammy-nominated “Moments.” Emerson Drive was also nominated for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) Top Vocal Group of the Year and Song of the Year (also for “Moments”). 

The band will also perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the "Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks" NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, June 1, 2008.

Tickets are still available for the June 1 “Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, the May 31 “Heluva Good!® 200” NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the May 30 “AAA Insurance 200” NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway.

To purchase tickets, or for more information, call 800-441-RACE or click here.

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