Taking a page from George W. Bush, Trump attends the Daytona 500 amid his bid for re-election
, President George W. Bush also attended the Daytona 500, and he was the only other president to do so. Bush's father — the late President George H.W. Bush — had also previously visited the Florida race track during his time in office, though not during the Daytona 500.
Like Trump, the younger Bush also served as a grand marshall at the Daytona Speedway, serving as the grand marshall of the Pepsi 400 in July 2000, according to ESPN, and again as the grand marshall in 2004 during the Daytona 500, according to Fox News.report also noted former President Obama regularly invited NASCAR winners to the White House, a tradition that has been maintained by Trump.
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