BRISTOL, Tenn. -- NASCAR Cup Series drivers have fascinating tastes in music, something that their choices of walkout songs showed Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.
A longstanding tradition at the Tennessee short track has featured the top drivers in NASCAR picking specific songs for driver introductions. This is something done exclusively before the Bass Pro Shops Night Race, which serves as an elimination event during the playoffs.
This year's race featured a wide variety of songs covering hip hop, rock, metal, EDM, and other genres. The interesting thing is that Christopher Bell, Bubba Wallace, Todd Gilliland, Denny Hamlin, and Austin Cindric all chose the same songs they used ahead of last season's playoff race at Bristol.
The Walkout Songs
- 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 -- "Honkey 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