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Grammy-nominated Emerson Drive to perform benefit concert on Saturday, May 31 at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

DOVER, Del. — Grammy-nominated band Emerson Drive will perform a benefit concert on Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8 p.m. in the Rollins Center at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. Heluva Good®!, sponsor of the Saturday, May 31 “Heluva Good! 200” NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Dover, is underwriting the cost of the concert so that all proceeds will benefit Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of Delaware. Emerson Drive will also perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the "Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks" NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday, June 1, 2008.

Tickets are now on sale for the concert and can be purchased by calling 800-711-5882 or online at DoverDowns.com. Tickets are priced from $25 to $35 and proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Autism Speaks and the Autism Society of Delaware. Doors open at 7 p.m., with the concert scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Often referred to as the “hardest working band in country music,” Emerson Drive is made up of Brad Mates (lead vocalist), Dale Wallace (keyboards), Danick Dupelle (guitar), David Pichette (fiddle) and Mile Melancon (drums). The band’s musical influences cross genres, from AC/DC and Black Sabbath to Alabama, Merle Haggard, George Strait and Ricky Skaggs, along with Charlie Daniels, who pitched in vocals on their remake of “Devil Went Down To Georgia.”

Emerson Drive’s current album, Countrified (Midas Records, Fall 2006), garnered their first No. 1 hit song, the Grammy-nominated “Moments.” Emerson Drive is also nominated for this year’s Academy of Country Music Awards (ACM) Top Vocal Group of the Year and Song of the Year (also for “Moments”).

Tickets are still available for the June 1 “Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, the May 31 “Heluva Good!® 200” NASCAR Nationwide Series race and the May 30 “AAA Insurance 200” NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway.

To purchase tickets, or for more information, call 800-441-RACE or visit DoverSpeedway.com

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