Iowa Speedway Announces 2006 Pre-Race Concert Schedule

NEWTON, IA (May 26, 2006) - Racing fans will see exciting racing this year at Iowa Speedway - and also have an opportunity to watch major entertainers perform their best music. Iowa Speedway officials today announced a 2006 Pre-Race Concert Schedule that includes performing artists Neal McCoy, Josh Turner, Tracy Lawrence and Trick Pony - tentatively slated to perform, respectively, on the weekends of September 15-16 and October 14-15, 2006.

Iowa Speedway General Manager Todd Melfi says he's pleased with the concert lineup and thinks racing fans will share his opinion, "Many who come to Iowa Speedway simply to see racing will get more than they expected. Iowa Speedway designed the track as a major entertainment venue and our concert schedule, tied in with racing events, will provide our fans with a value-added experience that will keep them wanting to come back".


Neal McCoy
Main Stage, 6:00pm, Friday, September 15, 2006

Neal McCoy, two-time "Entertainer of the Year" (TNN/Music City News), has three platinum albums and one gold album on his wall, and is now head of 903 Music. His latest release - That's Life - is a collection of honky-tonk anthems, tender ballads, and good old American music. Songs like, "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On," and "Head South," will bring McCoy a step closer to his many fans, speaking to them through songs that will mean as much to them as they do to him.


Josh Turner
Main Stage, 1:00pm, Sunday, September 17, 2006

New artists dream about the kind of results Josh Turner achieved with his 2003 debut, "Long Black Train". Spurred by its haunting, gospel-inflected title track, the album sold a million copies and brought Turner a pair of nominations from the influential Country Music Association, plus a Top New Artist nomination from the Academy of Country Music. That debut, however, was merely a prelude. Turner's sophomore project, "Your Man," demonstrates an increased maturity, a better-honed sense of his strengths and a more specific portrait of the singer as both an artist and a man.


Tracy Lawrence
Main Stage, 6:00pm, Saturday, October 14, 2006

Tracy Lawrence is one of the premier voices of his generation, a sensitive and intelligent singer who continues to stretch both as an artist and as a person. Lawrence's honesty and respect for tradition have enabled him to build one of the most respected careers in recent country history. Tracy has posted more No. 1 Billboard country singles than greats like Glen Campbell, Keith Whitley, Ernest Tubb, Wynonna or Barbara Mandrell, to name just a few; more Top 5's than Shania Twain, Faith Hill or The Judds; and more Top 10's than Ricky Skaggs, Charlie Rich, John Michael Montgomery or Dwight Yoakam.


Trick Pony
Main Stage, 12:00pm, Sunday, October 15, 2006

Trick Pony, America's most energetic, hard working, hard-core honky-tonk band, will look fans straight in the eye with songs from their new album, "R.I.D.E." Drawn together in ways that only the tightest of bands can understand, nobody puts on a show like Trick Pony. With two albums under their belt they have earned Awards from both Academy of Country Music and the American Music Awards. Judging by the passion, pain, celebration and flat-out, honest-to-God country soul of "R.I.D.E." and other music, they'll be doing it for a long, long time.

Ticket Information
Pre-Race Concert Admittance is permitted only with the purchase of a race day ticket. Season Tickets can be purchased by any of the following convenient methods. Individual Event Tickets will not go on sale until July:


Iowa Speedway Ticket Office at 109 W. 2nd St. South in Downtown Newton.
By calling Ticketmaster at 515-243-1888
Log onto www.ticketmaster.com 

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