DOVER — One of the First State’s favorite sons is returning home for Dover Motor Speedway’s biggest NASCAR weekend ever.
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DOVER — One of the First State’s favorite sons is returning home for Dover Motor Speedway’s biggest NASCAR weekend ever.
Multi-platinum-selling, award-winning country music superstar Jimmie Allen will perform a pre-race concert at the Monster Mile before the DuraMAX Drydene 400 NASCAR Cup Series race.
The concert is scheduled May 1 at 12:45 p.m. on the Embrace Home Loans stage in Victory Plaza.
Mr. Allen, a Milton native, has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in a few short years, earning many accolades and top-tier nominations, releasing a string of chart-topping hits and appearing on numerous TV specials and celebrity contests.
Most recently, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards in April and co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards with Dolly Parton in March. His other 2022 nominations have included ACM Male Artist of the Year and Outstanding New Artist at the NAACP Image Awards.
He is the reigning Country Music Association New Artist of the Year and also won ACM New Male Artist of the Year in 2021. Additionally, he has appeared as a guest mentor on “American Idol,” a show for which he auditioned years before signing a record deal.
His third album, “Tulip Drive,” will be released June 24, and the record’s lead single, “Down Home,” is available now.
His first hit single, “Best Shot,” reached No. 1 on U.S. country charts in 2018. Mr. Allen’s other No. 1 hits include the singles, “Make Me Want To” in 2020 and “Freedom Was a Highway” in 2022. He has amassed more than 1 billion on-demand streams.
“We are so excited to have Jimmie come home to provide all of us such great entertainment. He is an outstanding individual, as well as a performer, and we’re so happy he is coming,” said Mike Tatoian, president and general manager of Dover Motor Speedway.
“Jimmie’s show is the centerpiece of all the fun, family events available for all our fans this year in Victory Plaza and the FanZone. This is shaping up to be one of the most memorable race weekends in quite some time, both on and off the track.”
The April 29-May 1 NASCAR tripleheader race weekend includes:
The DuraMAX Drydene 400 is the 104th NASCAR Cup Series race at Dover, one of only 10 venues in the country to host 100 or more Cup Series events.
Kids 12 and younger get in free with a paying adult to the Friday and Saturday races; admission starts at $10 Sunday. For tickets to the events, visit here or call 800-441-RACE.
