The president pulled out all the stops for the race. Not only did Air Force One circle above the track, Trump also took a lap in the presidential limo
This was not just a presidential appearance, it also looked very much like a campaign event. Trump’s campaign planned to fly an aerial banner over the track and scheduled an ad to run during the TV broadcast to reach the estimated 9 million viewers watching from home.
Trump is not the first Republican president to visit the Daytona speedway for NASCAR’s biggest event of the year. Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush all made appearances at the race, which makes sense considering NASCAR’s viewing audience tends to be, “There’s a real sense of positive, overwhelming affirmation to hear the roar of the crowd. What politician doesn’t want that? Secondly, there’s what I call the reverberation effect.
And the president’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, said in a statement, “NASCAR fans are patriots who support the president in huge numbers, so we definitely wanted to communicate directly with them about Keeping America Great during the Great American Race.”the presidential limo and motorcade did a lap around the Daytona track. As
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