Sunday, February 16, 2020

Deplorable Hillbillies, Trump And The Daytona 500

When John Roberts, Chief White House Correspondent for Fox News, tweeted a “scoop” that multiple sources had informed him President Trump would be taking a lap in the presidential limo known as “The Beast” at the Daytona 500 NASCAR race, a snooty elite from New Jersey, Emily Cahn, weighed in with her own judgmental tweet, “You thought an event couldn’t get any trashier and then...”

The race today is the season opener for the NASCAR Cup Series.  It has opened the racing season every February since 1982.  My dad’s favorite driver was Richard Petty.  Petty owns a series-best seven Daytona 500 victories.

President Trump will give the command to start engines 3:06 PM. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 3:18 PM.

President Reagan became the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race in 1984. President George H.W. Bush attended a race in 1992 as well, but not the Daytona 500.

“We’ve been coming down here since 1959,” says “King Richard” Petty, who’s seen ’em all and won seven of them. “Nobody really knows who’s where, what’s going on. Even after you practice, qualify, run a couple of races and stuff, it’s still not like the 500. That’s a completely different animal.”

This one figures to be even more different than usual, considering a presidential visit that will swallow most early-day attention. Given President Trump’s affinity for “huge” events, he’ll undoubtedly be happy to know this year’s Daytona 500 is the richest in history.

A race that started in 1959 with a purse of $53,050, that first cracked the $1 million mark in 1985, this year will reward the 40 participating race teams with a total of $23.6 million.

This is NASCAR’s crowning jewel and, for many, the only stock car race they’ll watch all year—similar to the Kentucky Derby and Super Bowl in that way. Using the modern world’s best barometer—TV ratings—the Daytona 500 long ago surpassed the granddaddy of them all, the Indy 500.

It got there by delivering thrills and spills, drama and theatrics, each and every time.

Baseball may be America's pastime, but when it comes to patriotism, nobody comes close to matching NASCAR. No other sport honors the flag or the military more than the crews of stock car racing.

Our betters on the left instantly connect NASCAR with country music and a bunch of deplorables. Just because someone likes something you don't doesn't mean your hobbies or interests are better or worse than anyone else's, it just means they’re different.

Where I come from, tolerance isn't race or age specific.  Unfortunately, it seems every year around this time I am reminded the same is true of intolerance.  Liberal, urban elites like dear sweet Emily are always criticizing honest, God-fearing, patriotic, NASCAR-loving Americans.

"The leader of our country is coming to the Daytona 500. How cool is that?" Cup Series Champion Joey Logano said. “That kind of solidifies what our sport is. It's a huge event. We're a big sport, and to be able to have the president come here, that's something we all should be proud of. Whether you support him or not, it doesn't matter. It shows the unity in our sport and how big our sport really is.”

The Daytona 500 is a sellout for the fifth consecutive year. The flyovers, the celebrities, the flutter of the flags are all a part of the pageantry for more than 100,000 fans at the kickoff of NASCAR's season.
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