Dover Motor Speedway has announced about 40 events and activities for the April 26-28 NASCAR weekend.
An AC/DC tribute band, a bagpiper, arcade games and trivia contests have been added to the Fan Zone during the Dover Motor Speedway’s NASCAR weekend April 26-28.
These free attractions are part of efforts to give racing fans, particularly those who camp out all weekend, something else to do besides watch the races. Guests will need to pass through the new security screening perimeter to access the Fan Zone. No grandstand ticket is required to access the Fan Zone.
There are about 40 Fan Zone events and attractions so far.
Dirty Deeds, the tribute band, performs at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 27. The trivia runs 5-8 that night. Fireworks, presented by Kent County Tourism, is at 9 that night.
Ally, who is called “the most-followed bagpiper on the internet,” is the only item in the latest announcement that hasn’t been on property in the past, speedway representative Michael Lewis said. “Her showtimes will be announced at a later date.”
“This was likely the last major Fan Zone announcement before our race weekend,” he added.
The centerpiece of the Monster Mile Bash that day, the speedway says, is the third annual Monster Mile Cornhole Tournament. It starts at 4 p.m., with a $50 fee for each two-person team, a limit of 100 teams and a $2,500 guaranteed prize pool. Proceeds benefit Speedway Children’s Charities.
The Fan Zone opens at noon Friday, April 26; and 9 a.m. Saturday-Sunday, April 27-28.
Previously announced Fan Zone events and attractions include the World’s Largest Rubber Duck, NASCAR’s Kids Zone, White Lightning Bar + Arcade, Tim Dugger and Friends Tour, the Amish Outlaws, Micro Professional Wrestling and DockDogs.
There will also be six lanes of axe throwing all three days.
The Del Rods Car Club will show off vintage and restored muscle cars before the Saturday and Sunday races.
NASCAR drivers will be interviewed on April 28: Kyle Busch at 11 a.m., William Byron at 11:30, Jimmie Johnson and Martin Truex Jr. at 11:45 a.m. and Richard Petty and Dale Inman, at noon. The appearances by Johnson and Petty is “special,” Lewis said, because they do not attend every race and are both in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The Philadelphia Mummers’s Uptown String Band will entertain outside the grandstands and inside the oval before driver introductions.
Oh, there are races, too:
Friday, April 26: General Tire 150 ARCA Menards Series race (5 p.m., FS2)
Saturday, April 27: A-GAME 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race (1:30 p.m., FS1, PRN, SiriusXM)
Sunday, April 28: Würth 400 NASCAR Cup Series race (2 p.m., FS1, PRN, SiriusXM).
