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HAMPTON, Ga. (Jan. 28, 2025) – Diamond-selling recording artist,
rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and philanthropist Big Boi will
lead NASCAR’s stars to the green flag at Atlanta Motor Speedway on
Feb. 23.
Well known as one half of Outkast and the Dungeon Family’s foremost
wordsmith, Big Boi will serve as the Honorary Pace Car Official during
the Ambetter Health 400.
Big Boi’s career has been prolific, achieving stardom as a member of
the hip hop duo Outkast and topping the charts with hits like “Ms.
Jackson”, “So Fresh, So Clean”, and “The Way You Move”. The
legendary duo sold over 25 million albums and garnered seven GRAMMY
Awards, becoming the first and only hip hop artist to win the Grammy for
album of the year.
In 2010, Big Boi made his proper introduction as a solo artist with _Sir
Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty_. A modern classic, it
captured #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and landed on Pitchfork’s “100 Best
Albums of the Decade So Far’.” Following a succession of high-profile
album releases, Big Boi released his Boomiverse in 2017. The smash
single “All Night” soundtracked a high-profile Apple Animoji commercial,
blew up radio, and clocked 40 million streams within a year. In addition
to his music career, Big Boi has made several appearances in film and
television, including a starring role in the 2007 film “_Who’s Your
Caddy?” _as well as his own RV renovation-based show on Hulu called
“Big RV Remix”
As the Pace Car Official for the Ambetter Health 400, Big Boi will guide
the NASCAR Cup Series grid through the opening pace laps and set them
loose for 400 miles of action on Atlanta’s high banks.
The Ambetter Health 400 is the main event of Atlanta’s spring NASCAR
weekend, which features races across all three of the sanctioning
body’s national touring series. The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series hits
the 28-degree high banks first for the Fr8 Racing 208 at 2 p.m. ET on
Saturday, Feb. 22, followed by the second leg of Atlanta’s NASCAR
Doubleheader: the Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 NASCAR
Xfinity Series event at 5 p.m. ET. NASCAR’s Cup Series stars duel for
400 miles on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 3 p.m. in the Ambetter Health 400.
Tickets and camping accommodations for the Feb. 21-23 Ambetter Health
400 NASCAR weekend are available at www.AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com [2].
About the Ambetter Health 400 weekend:
Atlanta’s spring NASCAR weekend is headlined by the Ambetter Health
400 on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025, with intense, superspeedway pack racing
that challenges NASCAR’s best and dazzles fans.
The race weekend also features the 11th year of Atlanta’s same-day
NASCAR doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. The thrills of the Fr8
208 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race and the Bennett Transportation
and Logistics 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race all happen in one
action-packed day.
More information on the Feb. 21-23, 2025, Ambetter Health 400 weekend
and ticket availability can be found online at AtlantaMotorSpeedway.com.