President Trump is taking part in this year’s Daytona 500.
Not as a driver, but as grand marshal, which means he gets to give the “start your engines” command to the 43 entrants in The Great American Race.
It’ll mark the first time a president, sitting or former, has ever held the role. The only other time a sitting president attended the race was when George Bush came in 2004, the year Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his first 500.
Earnhardt was grand marshal in 2018 and will be on the stand this Sunday to wave the green flag as honorary starter.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/trump-president-daytona-500-grand-marshal
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DeleteLOVE this...BTW Marshall is spelled with 2 l's
ReplyDeleteThe name has 2 ls. The position has 1 l.
DeleteI was not planning to watch the Daytona 500 until I heard that President Trump would be the grand marshal.
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Does anyone remember President Reagan giving the command to start your engines by phone from Air Force One in 1984?
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