Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor James Woods, Grammy Award-winning musician Sheryl Crow and multi-platinum rock group Third Eye Blind have been secured by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) to perform at the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Awards Ceremony, Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in New York City. The 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Awards Ceremony will be held at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City and televised live on TNT from 8-10:30pm/et. The ceremony will celebrate and crown Tony Stewart as the 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion, and recognize the top 10 NASCAR Winston Cup Series drivers and the NASCAR Raybestos Rookie of the Year Ryan Newman. Sheryl Crow will perform two songs during the ceremony.. During the past season, Crow served as Grand Marshal of the NAPA Auto Parts 500 at California Speedway in April and performed a short concert during the first live NBC pre-race show at Talladega Superspeedway in September. Third Eye Blind will also perform. The multi-platinum rock band is currently working with NASCAR to include the new single “Faster” from their upcoming album “Crystal Baller” in NASCAR’s “How Bad Have You Got It” image campaign. NASCAR has also hired Joe Bolster as the writer for the Ceremony. Bolster’s writing credits include “The 69th Annual Academy Awards,” The ESPY Awards and E! Entertainment Television’s “Talk Soup”.(NASCAR PR)(11-27-2002)