Billy Ray Cyrus to sing National Anthem at Bristol

Country music star Billy Ray Cyrus will sing the national anthem prior to the start of the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City March 20 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

A multi-platinum selling artist who has released 11 albums and 38 singles over the last two decades, Cyrus has scored eight top-10 singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart. The Walt Disney Records label singer also will perform his hit “Some Gave All” during the pre-race show.

The 49-year-old Cyrus releases his 12th album, entitled “I’m American” in May. The lead single from that album will be a re-recording of “Some Gave All” featuring Darryl Worley, Jamey Johnson and Craig Morgan.

Carter’s Chord, composed of sisters Becky, Emily and Joanna Robertson, will sing the national anthem March 19 for the Scotts EZ Seed 300.

The sisters, whose parents played in Waylon Jennings’ road band, were signed in 2006 to the Show Dog-Universale Musical lable, owned by Toby Keith. Their debut single “Young Love” reached the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, as did the follow-up “Different Breed.”