FOR ADVANCED PICKIN’ ‘N’ GRINNIN’, HIT ‘L2′ THREE TIMES: WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC, reports that the new NASCAR video game from EA Sports will have you thank God you’re a country boy:

Brooks & Dunn and Big & Rich are among Nashville’s finest to feature most prominently on the soundtrack for “NASCAR 08″. It’s the first time the racing game series will deviate from the hard rock music sound.

Already anticipating the success for next year, plans are underway for EA’s “NASCAR 09″ to include the toe-tappin’ tunes of a moonshine jug band. An alternate washboard soundtrack will be a locked option.