Norman Reedus, Star of AMC’s The Walking Dead and Ride with Norman Reedus to Serve as Honorary Pace Car Driver for Talladega Superspeedway’s GEICO 500

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Norman Reedus, star of the hit AMC television series The Walking Dead as well as the unscripted program,Ride with Norman Reedus, will lead the field to green as the Honorary Pace Car Driver for the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway this Sunday, April 28.

Ride with Norman Reedus follows Reedus, a motorcycle enthusiast as he hits the open road to explore local bike culture and celebrate the best and brightest collectors, mechanics, and craftsmen around the country. Each episode features Reedus and a riding companion as they journey across unknown terrain and experience the culture surrounding them… with plenty of time for unplanned detours and tire changes. It is produced by Left/Right with Ken Druckerman, Banks Tarver and Anneka Jones serving as Executive Producers along with Reedus.  Having recently concluded its third season, the series will return for season four on AMC in 2020.  

Reedus also stars as “Daryl Dixon” on the hit AMC series, The Walking Dead, which will return for its tenth season in October 2019. Reedus rose to fame playing “Murphy MacManus” in the movie The Boondock Saints in 1999.

The historic 2.66-mile venue is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The GEICO 500 will be the track’s 100th race in NASCAR’s premier series. It gets the green flag a 1 p.m. CDT.

The weekend kicks off a motorsports tripleheader with the General Tire 200 for the ARCA Menards Series (which has been a staple of the track since 1969) on Friday (April 26), and the MoneyLion 300 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series on Saturday (April 27). For ticket information, log onto www.talladegasuperspeedway.com or call 855-518-RACE (7223).

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