Sound & Speed to feature Junior, Montgomery Gentry

For the fourth consecutive year, the worlds of NASCAR and country music will collide in Music City for Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrust on Jan. 9-10, 2009. Award-winning country duo Montgomery Gentry will headline the kick-off concert to be held at the Sommet Center at 8 p.m. on Jan. 9.


Montgomery GentryOn Jan. 10 at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium fans will have the opportunity to meet drivers, team owners and top-name musicians for autographs, story-telling and question-and-answer sessions. Among the NASCAR stars scheduled to appear at the festival are Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Michael Waltrip.

Other drivers scheduled to appear are Reed Sorensen, Jamie McMurray and David Stremme.

Country music celebrities scheduled to participate in autograph and question-answer sessions include Josh Turner, Jason Michael Carroll, members of Diamond Rio and newcomer Rick Huckaby.

Additional drivers and artists will be announced in the coming weeks.

The event also will feature show car and sponsor displays, as well as a charitable auction with memorabilia from the racing and entertainment industries.

Tickets for Sound & Speed will go on sale Dec. 12, and will be available through TicketMaster (www.ticketmaster.com) and on the Web site www.soundandspeed.org.

Tickets for the Saturday festival at Municipal Auditorium are on sale now. Tickets for the Jan. 9 concert at the Sommet Center range from $17.50 to $35. Tickets for the Jan. 10 Sound & Speed Festival at Municipal Auditorium are $20 for adults and $15 for children. Combo tickets, good for the concert and the festival, range from $40 to $50.

Charitable beneficiaries of Sound & Speed are Victory Junction Gang Camp and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.