Curiosity got the better of me, so I googled ESPN, Motorsports, and I searched for "dierks." Here (in part) is what I found:
Sights and sounds from Daytona
Saturday, February 7, 2009 | Print Entry
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- A few sights and sounds from the Sprint Cup garage after a crazy night at Daytona International Speedway:
There's Tony Stewart talking to Hendrick Motorsports management about the engines they supply him at Stewart-Haas Racing, the ones that helped the two-time Cup champion to a third-place finish in the Budweiser Shootout.
There's fourth-place finisher Jeff Gordon giving advice to runner-up Jamie McMurray about the final two laps of the green-white-checkered finish, won by Kevin Harvick after a last-lap push from Denny Hamlin.
There's team owner Jack Roush walking past the NASCAR hauler, probably wondering whether there's something he could question officials about on the finish that saw McMurray's attempt to block Harvick fail.
There's country music star Dierks Bentley giving a postrace concert to the thin crowd that, for a cool winter night, forgot the tough economic times to watch the NASCAR season unfold.
And, ESPN.com blogger Marty Smith added a side note after his "A big Daytona Letdown?" blog: Song of the week: "Better Believer," Dierks Bentley. I feel like that a lot. Listen to it, you'll understand.
With all this dierksness in NASCAR, can't you just see Dierks singing, "...gonna

Wow - great find!! And even ESPN is recognizing Dierks. Although he told us at the GAC taping that "Sideways" would make a great "party cove"(boating) video. I think it would make a even better NASCAR video! And they are always looking for a theme song to play before each race. This would be PERFECT!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome article! I love that they played Better Believer. It's my favorite off of the FTF album.
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