WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump is planning to attend Sunday’s Daytona 500 for the second time as president and assist additional burnish his picture as a sports activities fan.
He was at the race in 2020 whereas operating for a second time period. Trump was given the honour of being grand marshal of NASCAR’s greatest and most prestigious occasion of the yr and delivered the command for drivers to begin their engines.
Trump additionally thrilled hundreds of NASCAR followers within the stands with an Air Power One flyover earlier than he rode within the presidential limousine onto the Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
Final weekend, the Republican made historical past because the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl. Trump additionally attends school soccer video games and UFC fights and is an avid golfer.
Requested what he loved most about NASCAR, Trump stated throughout a 2020 interview with Fox Information that it was the bravery and braveness of the drivers pursuing “pure American glory.”
He described the Daytona 500 as a “legendary show of roaring engines, hovering spirits and the American talent, velocity and energy that we’ve been listening to about for thus a few years. The tens of hundreds of patriots right here right this moment have come for the quick vehicles and the world-class motorsports. However NASCAR followers always remember that irrespective of who wins the race, what issues most is God, household and nation.’’
The game’s followers are seen as leaning conservative.
On the White Home in 2018, Trump honored NASCAR Cup Collection champion Martin Truex Jr. and Furnishings Row Racing.
Final Might, as a former president and candidate for reelection, Trump attended the Coca-Cola 600 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway within the swing state of North Carolina.
One NASCAR driver stated having a president available Sunday for “considered one of our greatest days of the yr is particular.”
“It actually brings plenty of eyes and a special perspective to what we do down right here for this race,” stated Chase Elliott.
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