On July 14 at Kentucky Speedway, “America’s Favorite Fisherman” Jimmy Houston will give the command to the NASCAR race field to start their engines for the Quaker State 400.

“I am honored that Quaker State and Kentucky Speedway have asked me to be the Grand Marshal for the Quaker State 400 this weekend,” says Houston, a Quaker State brand ambassador. “I got to drive the pace car a couple of years ago, so this is another bucket list item I can check off. It is a special honor to me because not only do I have a lot of NASCAR drivers that are friends of mine, but I know that a tremendous amount of NASCAR fans are also fishing fans.”

Houston, who is in his 53rd year fishing professional bass tournaments and his 42nd year on national television with Jimmy Houston Outdoors, began fishing professional bass tournaments in 1968. He’s fished the FLW Tour for 15 seasons.

The 2018 season at Kentucky Speedway begins in July with the return of a NASCAR tripleheader weekend anchored by the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 on Saturday, July 14. The Camping World Truck Series Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 starts the weekend on Thursday, July 12 and the Xfinity Series Alsco 300 is Friday, July 13.

Tickets, Fan Zone passes and campsites are on sale at kentuckyspeedway.com, by calling 859.578.2300 or visiting the speedway ticket offices at 1 Speedway Dr., Sparta, KY 41086.