Peyton Manning will watch the Bristol race from Junior's pit box
Peyton Manning will be at Bristol Motor Speedway for the Food City 500 on April 17.
The recently-retired NFL quarterback has been named an honorary official for the race and will watch the race from Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s pit box. Since you're a sports fan and you're reading a NASCAR blog, you know that Manning and Earnhardt Jr. are both spokespeople for Nationwide Insurance.
“I’m thrilled to get a chance to watch Dale compete at Bristol Motor Speedway,” Manning said in a release. “I want to thank Nationwide for bringing me to one of the great NASCAR tracks to watch what I’m sure will be an exciting race in front of some of the most passionate fans in the sport.”
Manning's appearance at Bristol also precedes the Battle at Bristol football game, which will pit his alma mater (Tennessee) against Virginia Tech in September in the infield of the track. Perhaps Manning will be making two pilgrimages to Bristol in 2016?
He's also going to accompany Earnhardt Jr. in driver intros. Those intros will be done by Goldberg, making the combination of professional wrestler, five-time NFL MVP and NASCAR's most popular driver one that is certainly unique.
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