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Bristol "News" and Notes: The Theme Songs



Bristol Motor Speedway combines door-to-door action with high-energy theatrics and Bruton Smith's massive ego.  A big part of pre-race activities are the driver introductions, which feature driver-selected theme songs for their walk to their cars.  We don't really know what songs each driver will pick, but here's some suggestions:

Jamie McMurray:  "One" by Metallica, as interpreted by The Hamburglar

Brad Keselowski:  "You Talk Too Much" by George Thorogood

Kasey Khane:  Farmers Insurance theme, nightclub megamix

"There is none more black"
Dave Blaney:  anything from Spinal Tap's "Black Album"

Marcos Ambrose:  "TNT" by AC/DC, re-imagined as "ABC"

Danica Patrick:  "Suffragette City" by David Bowie ("Wham, Bam, Thank you ma'am!")

Denny Hamlin:  "Pretty Fly (for a white guy)" by The Offspring

Casey Mears:  anything by Jim Morrison, The Lizard King

Mark Martin:  "Substitute" by The Ramones

Clint Bowyer:  "Fifteen" by Taylor Swift

Greg Biffle:  "Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.:  Zest bodywash theme song

Kyle Busch:  "18 to Life" by Sebastian Bach

Mike Bliss:  "White and Nerdy" by Weird Al Yankovic

Matt Kenseth:  "Theme from The Jeffersons" (since he's been Movin' on up since he left Roush)

Joey Logano:  "This is the Time" by Billy Joel

Jeff Gordon:  "Old Man" by Neil Young

Paul Menard:  "Yellow" by Coldplay

Kevin Harvick:  "Not Now (Jimmy) John" by Pink Floyd

David Stremme:  something from "The Black Swan"'s soundtrack

Jeff Burton:  "18th Avenue" by CAT Stevens

Ken Schrader:  "Why am I Still Racing?"  by Ken Schrader

Landon Cassill:  "London Calling" by The Clash

"Mwah mwah mwah mwahhhh"
David Ragan:  any music from a "Peanuts" special

Josh Wise:  "Short People" by Randy (Carson-) Newman

JJ Yeley:  some spoken word verse from JJ Dillon

David Gilliland:  "Dock(side) of the Bay" by Otis Redding

Ryan Newman:  "Brick House" by The Commodores

Tony Raines:  "Blame it on the Rain" by Milli Vanilli

Juan Pablo Montoya:  "A Million to (Juan)" by Jimmy Charles

Aric Almirola:  that dumb AAMCO song

Bobby Labonte:  "No, why am *I* still racing" by Bobby Labonte

Jimmie Johnson:  "Get Low(es)" by Lil Jon

Ryan Truex:  "Fortunate Son" by CCR

Brian Vickers:  "Dreams" by Van Halen

Martin Truex Jr.:  Theme from "Martin"

Kurt Busch:  the old Busch beer theme (head for the mountains)

David Reutimann:  "Saved by Zero" by The Fixx

Joe Nemechek:  "We're in the Money" (traditional)

Dale Earnhardt Jr.:  "(Unintelligible mumbling)" by The Dale Jr. Band

Travis Kvapil:  "Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground (one time I got busy in a Burger King bathroom!)

Scott Speed:  Theme to "Speed Racer"

Michael McDowell:  "Its a Small World" by The Mike Curb Congregation

Carl Edwards:  "Johnny 99" by Bruce Springsteen