| y hail from Australia, but country crooner Keith Urban | | | | Urban himself. To get in on the exciting Daytona 500 |
| is no stranger to America’s favorite pastime. | | | | action, get Daytona 500 tickets and head down to |
| The Grammy Award-winning Nashville idol has been | | | | the racetrack! |
| wowing crowds with his mad guitar skills and dashing | | | | The Daytona 500 is one if not the most celebrated |
| looks for the last decade, and now he’s | | | | event on the NASCAR calendar every year, as the |
| taking his stylish contemporary country act to the | | | | 200-lap, 500-mile race signals the start of the |
| racetrack as he prepares to perform at the Daytona | | | | NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. The race is held |
| 500 Pre-Race Show at the Daytona International | | | | at Daytona Beach, Florida’s Daytona |
| Speedway in February. Urban is set to perform three | | | | International Speedway, and the stock car race |
| of his number one hit singles prior to the 51st running | | | | draws in record crowds each year from across the |
| of the “Great American Race” the | | | | country. The “Super Bowl of Stock Car |
| Daytona 500, and NASCAR fans far and wide will get | | | | Racing” first ensued in 1959, a crowd of |
| to celebrate the prestigious stock car race in style as | | | | 41,000 fans witnessing history as Johnny Beauchamp |
| the tight tee-shirt-wearing Urban takes the stage to | | | | sped into Victory Lane and appeared to be the first |
| kick off the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. | | | | unofficial Daytona 500 winner. Days later, however, |
| On February 15, Keith Urban joins a long list of | | | | the race was replayed and Lee Petty clearly had the |
| country music stars to perform in the Daytona 500 | | | | edge over Beauchamp by a few feet, snagging the |
| Pre-Race show, and his name will sit below those of | | | | title from Beauchamp as the first-ever Daytona 500 |
| Brooks & Dunn, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson, LeAnn | | | | victor. Since then, NASCAR legends like Richard |
| Rimes and Mariah Carey, who have all pumped up the | | | | Petty, Mario Andretti, Cale Yarbrough, Bill Elliott, Dale |
| NASCAR crowd before a running of the Daytona | | | | Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt and Jimmie |
| 500. Urban will also spend time surrounding this | | | | Johnson have all took home the prize in annual |
| year’s Daytona festivities as part of a ticket | | | | runnings of the event. Penske’s Ryan |
| package, which includes Pre-Race and VIP access, a | | | | Newman is the most recent winner of the Daytona |
| Superstretch ticket and the chance for fans to meet | | | | 500, winning the gold in his No. 12 Dodge stock car. |