Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion team owner Joe Gibbs will serve as the honorary pace car driver for Saturday's 57th annual Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, joining a diverse list of dignitaries set to take the stage during the action-packed weekend.
Gibbs - whose cars won the 1994, 2000 and '03 Bank of America 500s - will help lead the field to green for the only Saturday night race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Accomplished country music singer-songwriter Danielle Peck, a Jacksonville, North Carolina, native, will sing the national anthem for Saturday's race.
Below is a list of all dignitaries for the Bank of America 500 race weekend:
Thursday, Oct. 6 - Bojangles' Pole Night
God Bless America: Tammie Davis
Presentation of Colors: UNC-Charlotte Air Force ROTC Detachment Color Guard
Invocation: Monty Self
National Anthem: Jaiden Huffman
Bad Boy Off Road Southern Slam 150 Grand Marshal: Jerry Cook
Friday, Oct. 7 - Drive for The Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Honorary Starter: Lisa Cade, Chief Service Operations Officer BCBS of NC & Breast Cancer Survivor
Grand Marshals: Fara Palumbo, BCBS of NC Employee and Breast Cancer Survivor
Jackie Carter, BCBS of NC Employee and Breast Cancer Survivor
Liz Taylor, BCBS of NC Employee and Breast Cancer Survivor
Robin Hill, BCBS of NC Employee and Breast Cancer Survivor
Presentation of Colors: UNC-Charlotte Air Force ROTC Detachment Color Guard
Invocation: Nick Terry, Motor Racing Outreach
National Anthem: Star Swain
Saturday, Oct. 8 - Bank of America 500
Honorary Starter: Blayne Smith, Executive Director, Team Red, White & Blue
Grand Marshals: The USO of North Carolina
Pace car driver: NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs
Presentation of Colors: UNC-Charlotte Air Force ROTC Detachment Color Guard
Invocation: Billy Mauldin, President and CEO, Motor Racing Outreach
God Bless America: Bronson Hadder
National Anthem: Danielle Peck
TICKETS:
Fans can buy tickets to the Oct. 6-8 Bank of America 500 race weekend by calling 1-800-455-FANS (3267), or visiting http://www.charlottemotorspeedway.com/tickets/. Tickets are also available at the speedway ticket office. Weekend passes start at just $99 and Chase University passes for college students cost just $24. Children 13 and under get in FREE to Bojangles' Pole Night on Oct. 6 and the Oct. 7 Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Kids' tickets start at only $10 for the Bank of America 500.
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