DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Academy Award winner Kevin Costner, whose latest film "Swing Vote" will be released nationwide Aug. 1, and his rock band "Modern West" will perform an hour pre-race concert inside the Sprint FANZONE prior to the 50th annual Coke Zero 400 Powered by Coca-Cola NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Daytona International Speedway on July 5.
Costner and his six-member "Modern West" rock band will perform on the Sprint FANZONE Entertainment Stage beginning at 5 p.m.
"It's an unique and exciting opportunity to have an Academy Award winner such as Kevin Costner and his band Modern West entertain race fans in the Sprint FANZONE," Daytona International Speedway President Robin Braig said.
Costner produced, directed and starred in the epic western "Dances With Wolves," which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. He also has starred in blockbuster films such as "Bull Durham," "Field Of Dreams," "Open Range," "Tin Cup" and "JFK."
In the soon-to-be-released comedy "Swing Vote," Costner plays a small-town nobody who ends up with the deciding vote in the election for the next United States president.
In August 2006, Costner formed the rock band Modern West and it made its debut at the "Field Of Dreams" film site in Dyersville, Iowa. Since then, the band has played at numerous venues across the United States and in Europe.
To obtain tickets for the Coke Zero 400 Powered By Coca-Cola and Pre-Race/Sprint FANZONE passes to watch Kevin Costner and Modern West, call (800)-PITSHOP.
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