President Trump opens Daytona 500
President Donald Trump gave an election-year embrace to NASCAR and its fans Sunday when he became the second president ever to attend the Daytona 500. The presidential motorcade took to the track to join in a warm-up lap after he had told the crowd that the racers and their teams were competing “for pure American glory.”
Following a recitation of the opening command, “Gentleman, start your engines,” Trump got into his black limousine for a ceremonial spin around Daytona International Speedway. He had joked moments earlier in a Fox interview that while as president, he was not allowed to drive his own car, ” I’m going to hop into one of these cars and I’m going to get into this race if possible. I love the idea.’’
Given the honor of grand marshal for the race, Trump gave thousands of fans a flyover of Air Force One and then rode onto the track in the presidential motorcade as the audience roared with delight. The motorcade took roughly a quarter lap before pulling aside in an infield staging area.
Category: 2020 Election, Politics
OK I admit it. I’m not a race guy or a NASCAR guy or anything but I did drive by Daytona once when I was on travel to Kennedy Space Center for work.
This kinda stuff Trump did gave me a full on God Bless America stiffy.
Oh and “HI” after a long weekend away.
If anyone needs me I’ll be catching up after the WOT thread
The First Lady gives me the same reaction!
Somehow I doubt Trump is troubled about a “back door man.”
An aside- Morrison couldn’t play an instrument, and would write and sing his songs a Capella to the rest of the band. They would then turn it into the music.
F’n amazing.
Biggest Trump rally ever. Not a NASCAR fan, but used to ride from Jax to Daytona for Bike Week.
Anyway, watched the opening ceremonies- the crowd went nuts when Air Force One did it’s fly-by
The lap with the Beast was pretty cool- great PR. Trump is nothing if not a master showman.
The Zoomies showed up right on time for the National Anthem, sung a Capella by more Air Force. She did nail the song, and I didn’t see anyone kneeling.
Quit after that- 500 miles of all left turns just doesn’t do it for me.
Hope the driver on the last lap crash heals quickly and well.
Florida’s WFTL 850AM news mentioned the National Anthem being sung by the Air Force young lady and played it over the air like Kate Smith. They also mentioned this shackilla something singing the same Anthem at a basketball game and you couldn’t even tell that it was our Anthem.
Obama (nor Hillary or Bloomberg) wouldn’t be there.
With all of the bitterly clinging deplorables? Oooo – yuck!!
Nanny Bloomers nix with common peasants? He’d be perpetually sneering until the end of time!
Come to think of it, Nanny Bloomers wouldn’t even mention NASCAR for fear of getting sneered at when he went to Sneerandsnort Country Club!
My ex GF lives in Daytona.
The one that ran off with the biker that
later OD’d on coke. The Volusia county jail
mugshots over the years remind of how lucky I am.
That is what the Daytona 500 means to me each year.
I recently was surprised to see an ex-girlfriend on TV. I have long considered myself to have dodged a bullet on that one, but seeing just how much she let herself go (especially compared to my beautiful wife), combined with some unsolicited information about the state of her personal life (and knowing from experience what a selfish bitch she is), prompted me to amend my assessment as follows:
Bullet, my ass! I dodged a fuckin’ tank round!
I dodged MIRVs mounted on a Minute Man II.
Quit being a NASCAR fan a good while back myself. They departed from their roots and fan base a long time ago. Been a real long time since there was a true stock car in that mix.
Did watch the starting ceremonies and was impressed with all of that, ‘specially the AF SGT’s rendition of our National Anthem. And yeppers, my apologies to all of the Lionesses of TAH, I like any other red blooded hetrosexual male, have extreme erotic fantasies re the FIRST Lady. It is a damn shame that the news/magazine media has ignored her classy chassis and sense of style. The former occupant of that position wore hefty trash bags and shower curtains and was plastered all over every rag out there. But agan, I regress.
We used to fire an Artillery Salute from a 6 pounder brass Mountain Howitzer to help start the original Southern 500 at Atlanta, till it got politically incorrect to display the Army of Northern Virginia Battle Flag. Met a lot of the old school drivers and crews doing that. While a Rep for Bearcat (Uniden) and Regency Scanners we were selling the hell out of the FIRST digital, programmable scanners so the fans could monitor the drivers talking to the pit crews. Met a lot of the up and coming FNGs during that time. Was on my way back from the Olustee Battlefield 19 years ago today when we got word that Dale Sr had been killed.
Prayers were lifted up on evening past for Ryan Newman and his Family.
” The former occupant of that position wore hefty trash bags and shower curtains and was plastered all over every rag out there.”… Would you be referring to Goonie Goo Goo, otherwise known as the mooch?
We now have a FLOTUS who is classier than a polished classic Porsche compared to her predecessor who was less classy than a worn out Dump Truck.
Have you had a stroke?
Or is someone messin with ur name?
Lars how did you enjoy the Beast lap?
There was a beast lapping Lars?
Brain bleach!!!
Hit report by accident, please ignore!!!
I’m blaming my phone for allowing my fingers to use it!
No worries
What is that thing on the fake news that the White House used a picture from 2004 with the airforce one in the background?
Someone posted what was supposed to be AF1 flying overhead, but grabbed an old image from years ago. Tempest in a teapot.
Heard a couple parts of various sports type reports on radio last week about “the Beast going to Daytona.” Took forever to hear a complete enough report to figure out what they were talking about. Duh! Had a great chuckle over that one.
Had intended to watch the opening but life got in the way. Too bad. It sure looked like a great one – like the best opening of any race or sporting event ever.
Thanks President Trump!
Yep, good show all around! The chants of “Four More Years” were awesome as well…
The Beast took a lap? I didn’t see Hillary any where there.