The tradition of NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) drivers choosing the song they walk out to during driver intros for the Bass Pro Shops Night Race continues Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS).
Race fans will get a taste of what song gets their favorite driver pumped up before he straps in for 500 laps around The Last Great Colosseum. This year’s playlist features a wide variety of genres ranging from classic rock and hip hop to country and EDM, and there’s even some dubstep and mariachi sprinkled in.
Drivers will enter the stadium to their song of choice and be welcomed by famed announcer Michael Buffer (via video) before they hop into the bed of a Chevy pickup to circle the high-banked oval and wave to fans. Drivers will say hello to the crowd with a brief announcement as they walk through the smoke-filled stage.
Polesitter Alex Bowman will walk out to “Seven Nation Army (The Glitch Mob Remix)” by The White Stripes while outside pole-sitter Kyle Larson chose “Whiskey, Whiskey” by Moneybagg Yo featuring Morgan Wallen.
Joey Logano, who leads the NCS Playoff standings headed into tonight’s cutoff race for the Round of 16, selected “Red” by Hardy featuring Morgan Wallen for his walkout tune, while Christopher Bell, second in the Playoff standings, will enter the track to “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor.
Four-time BMS winner Denny Hamlin, who’s in a tight battle for the final cutoff spot with Chase Briscoe and Ty Gibbs, went the progressive rock route with “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project. A win on Saturday night would mark three in a row at The Last Great Colosseum for Hamlin, who found himself in victory lane earlier this year after the Food City 500 and at last year’s Bass Pro Shops Night Race.
NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver, Chase Elliott, and winner of the 2020 NASCAR All-Star Race at Bristol, will start Saturday’s race seventh in the Playoff standings after walking out to “Daffodils” by country music duo Muscadine Bloodline.
Following is a full list of drivers and their song choices:
DRIVER SONG
AJ Allmendinger “The Bleeding” by Five Finger Death Punch
Christopher Bell “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor
Josh Berry “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Josh Bilicki “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf
Ryan Blaney “No One Else Like Me” by Red Clay Strays
Alex Bowman “Seven Nation Army” (The Glitch Mob Remix) by The White Stripes
Chase Briscoe “Nothin’ But A Good Time” by Poison
Chris Buescher “Dust 2 Dust” by Ole 60
Harrison Burton “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins
Kyle Busch “Tick Tick Boom” by Sage the Gemini
William Byron “Open the Gate” by Zach Bryan
Ross Chastain “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That No More” by Riley Green
Austin Cindric “Goofy Goober Rock” by Spongebob Squarepants
Austin Dillon “Move B***h” by Ludacris
Chase Elliott “Daffodils” by Muscadine Bloodline
Ty Gibbs “Cumberland Gap” by David Rawlings
Todd Gilliland “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1” by Kanye West
Noah Gragson “The Mockingbird & The Crow” by Hardy
Kaz Grala “La Grange” by ZZ Top
Justin Haley “American Nights” by Zach Bryan
Denny Hamlin “Sirius” by The Alan Parsons Project
Daniel Hemric “The Gummy Bear Song” by Gummibär
Carson Hocevar “Narco” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet
Erik Jones “How Do You Like Me Now” by Toby Keith
Brad Keselowski “I’m Different” by Randy Newman
Corey Lajoie “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC
Kyle Larson “Whiskey, Whiskey” by Moneybagg Yo featuring Morgan Wallen
Joey Logano “Red” by Hardy featuring Morgan Wallen
Michael McDowell “Respect My Team” by Tedashii, Trip Lee and Lecrae
John Hunter Nemechek “Honky Tonk Heartbreaker” by Dustin Lynch
Ryan Preece “Ride The Lightning (717 Tapes)” by Warren Zeiders
Tyler Reddick “Push It” by Static-X
Zane Smith “Superstar” by Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. “Finer Things” by Post Malone featuring Hank Williams Jr.
Daniel Suarez “El Mariachi Loco” by Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana
Martin Truex Jr. “Rednecker” by Hardy
Bubba Wallace “Long Violent History” by Tyler Childers
