<br><div><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__bv"/><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__bvd gnt_x__h"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - President Donald Trump takes a lap around Daytona 500 racetrack ahead of race"><div class="gnt_em_vp_w" data-g-r="vp_tp" data-c-vt="exco" data-t-pl="teal-hero"><button class="gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a" data-g-r="vp_ap vp_tg" data-c-vpattrs="{"muted":true,"bContent":false,"an":"usatoday","pn":"USA TODAY","vidNum":0,"docking":true,"exid":"7a94a662-d8e9-49a7-aeba-e8a15c79f0f2","plcmt":"2","iu":"/7103/usatoday/preroll_video/","cut":1}" data-c-vpdata="{"adsEnabled":true,"awsPath":"news","byline":"Steve Saldivar","canonicalURL":"","contentSourceCode":"USAT","credit":"","duration":31000,"headline":"President Donald Trump takes a lap around Daytona 500 racetrack ahead of race","hlsURL":"https://hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/videos/zype/renditions/67b258c0e071710001d7f74d/480p_30fps,720p_30fps,1080p_30fps,master.m3u8?subtitles=78888415007","id":"78888415007","image":{"opto":true,"url":"/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2025/02/16/USAT/78888620007-clean.jpg?crop=1919,1079,x0,y0"},"keywords":"Donald Trump,NASCAR,Daytona 500,VPC - Video Analytics,Video Syndication - USAT,Video Syndication - OTT Platforms","mp4URL":"https://downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com/authoring/videos/zype/renditions/67b258c0e071710001d7f74d/1080p_30fps.mp4","origin":"USA TODAY","pageURL":{"long":"https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2025/02/16/president-donald-trump-visits-2025-daytona-500-ahead-of-nascar-race/78888415007/"},"promoBrief":"President Donald Trump made an appearance at the 2025 Daytona 500.","propertyName":"USATODAY","series":"","ssts":{"section":"news","subsection":"","topic":"","subtopic":""},"tags":[{"id":"26f031d1-9924-4f10-b4e6-019d076113d5","name":"Donald Trump"},{"id":"48a4220a-8b43-45ae-b96a-193e5823c7e5","name":"NASCAR"},{"id":"ceefc01b-bdf3-43ea-856d-fd7fc3ad2bc4","name":"Daytona 500"},{"id":"12cc5543-9f04-49f7-9b7f-d0d46b93b8e0","name":"VPC - Video Analytics"},{"id":"6f55135f-3b5e-490d-8a52-a3b8e1f11ee7","name":"Video Syndication - USAT"},{"id":"16fe9f9b-4247-4e2e-a73c-9fac5b14d01b","name":"Video Syndication - OTT Platforms"}],"title":"President Donald Trump visits 2025 Daytona 500 ahead of NASCAR race","url":"/videos/news/2025/02/16/president-donald-trump-visits-2025-daytona-500-ahead-of-nascar-race/78888415007/"}" aria-label="Play video"><img alt="" class="gnt_em_vp_img" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2025/02/16/USAT/78881508007-trump.jpg?crop=3544,1993,x1274,y410&width=660&height=371&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-g-r="vp_po" fetchpriority="high" elementtiming="ar-lead-image" decoding="async"/><svg class="gnt_em_vp_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_video_play"/></svg></button></div></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><em>USA TODAY Sports is live blogging today's Daytona 500 race. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/02/16/daytona-500-live-updates-results-highlights/78770165007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Click here for the latest updates and highlights</a>.</em></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Just a week after attending the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/super-bowl/2025/02/13/jalen-hurts-super-bowl-mvp-votes-cooper-dejean-josh-sweat/78516908007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Super Bowl</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2025/02/09/donald-trump-at-super-bowl-59-photos/78375664007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">President Donald Trump</a> made an appearance at another great American sporting event, the 2025 Daytona 500.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The 47th president arrived in Daytona Beach, Florida, a little after 1 p.m. ET and at Daytona International Speedway shortly after as some drivers and team owners awaited Trump's arrival. The President took a lap around the 2.5-mile track and received loud cheers when he was shown as the national anthem neared its conclusion.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">He came down to pit road to meet race teams and notable NASCAR legends, including "The King" Richard Petty, and spoke to Fox Sports' Jamie Little before heading back to the presidential limo and leading the drivers onto the track for pace laps ahead of the start of Sunday's race.</p><a target="_blank" class="gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el" href="http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/sports/nascar/2025/02/16/donald-trump-daytona-500-photos-pictures/78876219007/" data-t-l=":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo" aria-label="View Gallery - Donald Trump at Daytona 500 2025: Our best photos of president at NASCAR race" data-g-r="nav_mo" data-g-tn="pgcss" data-g-mtn="pg78876219007" data-g-moh="hpgm" aria-haspopup="dialog" aria-expanded="false" onmousedown="event.stopPropagation()" onmouseup="event.stopPropagation()" data-c-id="78876219007"><img class="gnt_em_gl_i" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2025/02/16/NDNJ/78881400007-getty-images-2200025611.jpg?crop=3690,2076,x0,y0&width=660&height=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-gl-srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2025/02/16/NDNJ/78881400007-getty-images-2200025611.jpg?crop=3690,https://www.usatoday.com/2076,https://www.usatoday.com/x0,https://www.usatoday.com/y0&width=1320&height=744&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="" width="660" height="372"/></a><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">This isn't Trump's first time at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/02/12/daytona-speedweeks-schedule-event-races-dates-times-tv/78429059007/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Daytona 500</a> either, nor is it his first time as serving president. In 2020, Trump made his way down to Florida for the event, and even served as the race's grand marshal and gave drivers the ceremonial command to "Start your engines" and pacing the field.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The magnitude of Trump's first appearance is tough to match, but that doesn't mean his appearance today was any less memorable. Here are pictures and video from the president's appearance in Daytona.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Daytona 500 grand marshal list:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/02/13/daytona-grand-marshal-anthony-mackie-trump-melania-florida-list/78520757007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:9|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Actors, models, presidents who said, 'Drivers, start your engines'</a></p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">WATCH: President Trump at 2025 Daytona 500</h2><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891184027639464210"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891190023329849727"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891192721555005733"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891197177386414189"/><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891197619201835024"/><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" aria-label="X Embed" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" data-v-id="1891200509647757576"/><h2...</h2></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/02/16/donald-trump-president-daytona-500-watch/78534248007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
