Fire up the flux capacitor on the DMC DeLorean and grab a Walkman as The Spazmatics will be teleporting NASCAR fans straight back to the raddest music decade ever \u2013 the 1980s.<\/p>\n
Before the engines roar at the NASCAR at COTA<\/a> Cup Series race on Sunday, March 1 (2:30 p.m. CT, TV: FOX, Radio: PRN), the Circuit of The Americas<\/a> frontstretch will transform into an electric retro playground filled with neon, big hair, parachute pants and righteous tunes.<\/p>\n The Spazmatics, the nationally recognized 1980s new wave cover band, will crank up the nostalgia and energy with a concert beginning at 12:45 p.m. CT on Cup race day that\u2019s pure retro gold. The setlist is stacked with gnarly throwbacks from the era that defined MTV, such as Billy Idol\u2019s \u201cRebel Yell,\u201d A-ha\u2019s \u201cTake On Me,\u201d Kim Wilde\u2019s \u201cKids in America,\u201d Tears for Fears\u2019 \u201cEverybody Wants to Rule the World\u201d and Rick Springfield\u2019s \u201cJessie\u2019s Girl.\u201d<\/p>\n Decked out in their signature \u201cRevenge of the Nerds\u201d-inspired gear \u2013 bowties, plaid pants, taped glasses and all \u2013 these brainy rockers will make you grab your air guitar or bust out the moonwalk. Whether you\u2019re a yuppie, mallrat, dweeb or total metalhead, you\u2019ll fit right in at this tubular throwback bash.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the primo part \u2013 the concert is totally free for all race ticket holders. Fans can score sweet access with a Track Pass upgrade ($75) or the Ultimate Fan Pass ($799)<\/a> for a front-row view of the concert as well as pre-race driver introductions, along with other race-day benefits. So tease that hair sky high, dust off your Members Only jacket and get ready to relive the decade that gave us synth-pop, mix tapes and Miami Vice swagger \u2013 all before NASCAR\u2019s biggest stars take to the track.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> for a totally bodacious preview of the Spazmatics to get stoked for their visit.<\/p>\n The NASCAR at COTA<\/a> weekend opens Friday, Feb. 27, with a lineup as stacked as an \u201880s mix tape with the NASCAR Cup Series<\/a>, O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts (formerly Xfinity) Series<\/a> and IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n The on-track action for Saturday, Feb. 28, features three races \u2013 the O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series Focused Health 250<\/a> (2 p.m., TV: CW, Radio: PRN) and two timed IMSA events \u2013 along with Cup Series qualifying. The weekend concludes with the NASCAR at COTA Cup Series race on Sunday, March 1. The full weekend schedule will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n Individual race tickets and weekend packages, along with camping options, are available by visiting NASCARatCOTA.com<\/a>. The race weekend provides family affordability, including tickets for children ages 12 and under at $10 for the NCS race and free for the Focused Health 250 (with a ticketed adult required for either race).<\/p>\n Follow Us: COTA PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fire up the flux capacitor on the DMC DeLorean and grab a Walkman as The Spazmatics will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,4445,374,43988,634,8070,7577,582,721,82,131892,348],"class_list":["post-291995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fans","tag-fox","tag-imsa","tag-nascar","tag-preview","tag-qualifying","tag-racing","tag-series","tag-sports","tag-springfield","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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