Brad Paisley Gets the Checkered Flag for ‘Old Alabama’ Video

Brad Paisley is speeding to Charlotte, N.C. for the NASCAR Spring All-Star Race on Saturday (May 21) to world premiere his new video, 'Old Alabama.' The reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year drafted some pretty hefty names for the new clip, including a few NASCAR legends, as well as Country Music Hall of Fame members, Alabama.

"I'm a big NASCAR fan, and I've become good buddies with Jeff Gordon (pictured above with Brad). He did a big thing on the CMAs last year, and Darrell Waltrip, and a guy named Rick Hendrick who runs Jeff and Jimmie [Johnson] and Dale [Earnhardt], Jr. race teams," Brad tells The Boot. "Alabama's always had huge NASCAR ties. They've even had songs about it."

Fans have a few different ways they can catch the video: the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year, along with a special guest from his video, will be interviewed on the Speed Channel during the 5:00 - 6:00 PM ET hour. A portion of the music video will be shown during the interview segment, as well.

Immediately following the world premiere on Speed, the online premiere takes place on NASCAR.com and can be streamed throughout the weekend. Additionally, fans attending the race will get to see the clip a few minutes prior to the start of the race at 9:00 PM ET (Speed Channel) on what is considered the "world's largest HD video board."

The singer-songwriter loves Corvettes and just about any type of Chevy vehicle, and they are prominently featured in the clip, making them just as big of a celebrity as the stars themselves. "This song really is a driving song. So I like to throw all these things in a kettle and see what happens in a video," says Brad. "So, we have Jeff and the guys from Alabama and all these old cars that Rick Hendrick was generous enough to let me use. He has a collection of hundreds of old Corvettes and Chevys and also an indoor drive-in movie theater where he keeps a lot of his collection. I've been friends with him for a while, and as we were getting ready to do the video, we were thinking of doing it a drive-in. All the cars wind up at this drive-in ... I found out later that he had never photographed it before. So, this will be the first time that anyone has ever seen his Heritage Museum, I think."

Brad takes the viewers on a nostalgic trip back to the '80s with classic Alabama videos, in which he super-imposes himself as a member of the group. "One of the fun things about the video is that we CGI'd me into the old Alabama videos, so I'm in their old clips," he notes. "I'm me now, which is so weird. I remember changing my look a little more than that. They did change, [but] I'm never going to age!"

As previously announced, artist royalties from the digital single sales of 'Old Alabama' are being donated to aid tornado relief efforts in Alabama through the American Red Cross. The NASCAR Foundation has launched NASCAR Unites through which the motorsports community is raising money in exchange for NASCAR Unites wristbands, which has already raised more than $400,000 in support of tornado relief.

'Old Alabama,' which is currently sitting at No. 2 on the country charts, is the second single from Brad's new album, 'This is Country Music,' due in stores Monday (May 23).