Rock on, dude

Well, considering that the Lenox 300 isn't going to start until about the time they decided to give the Pocono 500 the green flag a couple of weeks back, we'll all have something to do other than drink beer and stare at the cars lined up on pit road.

The rock group Hinder will play a pre-race concert at New Hampshire International Speedway on July 1. Who needs fireworks?

The group is best known for its hit "Lips of an Angel," and I'm all for something other than the traditional "post-race" concerts at the track. You know, the ones where only like 42 people are still sitting in the stands to watch -- and most of those people are already hung over.