Gifts for NASCAR Fans
This year at NASCAR tracks, the “coming to green” moment finally had its own anthem, written by a duo who grew up right next to one of the sport’s most famous venues.
This is how Goldyard and “Green Team” ended up soundtracking the green flag.
Goldyard is a music duo originally formed in Atlanta, Georgia, with roots in North Carolina. They went to school at Northwest Cabarrus and later graduated from JM Robinson in Concord. Charlotte Motor Speedway sat directly behind their school, so race weekends were part of everyday life. The track was a regular neighborhood landmark.
They were also surrounded by people connected to the sport. They went to school with David Ragan, Bubba Wallace, and even the children of Rusty Wallace. But even with that background, their plan was music, not motorsports.
As NASCAR has worked to modernize its presentation and connect with new fans, music has become a bigger part of the strategy. Partnering with artists for walkout songs, race promos, and social content has gone from a one-off idea to a regular part of the calendar.
Out of that environment came “Green Team,” written by Goldyard and released as NASCAR’s first official anthem. The song is distributed as “Nascar (Green Team),” and Goldyard describe it as the first anthem created specifically for the sanctioning body and the Cup Series experience.
“Green Team” made its debut at the Daytona 500. In the middle of the biggest race of the year, NASCAR introduced the new anthem. From there, the song became part of the standard show flow. It plays during the “Coming to Green” segment, and it has been used at every track on the schedule.
Goldyard’s involvement with NASCAR is not limited to the anthem itself. On race day, they also appear in on-screen content that plays for fans at the track and sometimes in broadcast shoulder programming.
That includes fan-engagement and trivia hits, such as segments built around questions like “Who won the championship in 2004?”
So on any given Cup race weekend, fans might hear them during the “coming to green” moment and also see them in lighter content used to keep the crowd engaged between on-track sessions.
Goldyard is now working on a new anthem for the upcoming NASCAR season. The goal is to build on what “Green Team” established and deliver a track that can do even more at the track and across NASCAR’s platforms.
If the first anthem turned the green-flag sequence into something fans can immediately recognize by ear, the next one has a chance to expand into a broader sound for the modern NASCAR brand.
For Goldyard, this is a full-circle moment. They went from watching NASCAR operate in their backyard to helping define how race day feels and sounds for fans in the grandstands.
