President Donald Trump is continuing his tour around the sports world.
Trump is in attendance at the Daytona 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida on Saturday, just one week after he attended Super Bowl 2025 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, becoming the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.
Trump, inside his black limousine dubbed “The Beast,” did a lap around the track along with his motorcade while delivering a message to the drivers.
“This is your favorite president,” Trump said through a speaker from the limousine. “I’m a big fan, I’m a really big fan of you people, that you do this. I don’t know, but I just want you to be safe. You’re talented people and you’re great people and great Americans. Have a good day, have a lot of fun and I’ll see you later.”
Trump also stopped to speak on the Fox Sports broadcast.
“I think it’s fantastic,” Trump said of the Daytona 500. “It’s great for the country. Our country is doing well again and we have spirit all over the world. There’s spirit again, we brought it back. And it’s been less than four weeks. So, you’ll see what we do in a little period of time, it’s gonna only get better. But this is very exciting.”
Trump spoke with some of the drivers.
“They have a lot of courage doing it,” Trump said. “I see it, and I’ve been here, they have a lot of guts as they would say.”
Trump departed Palm Beach International Airport on Air Force One shortly after noon and landed in Daytona Beach less than an hour later.
He traveled with several guests, including his son Eric, grandson Luke, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
Trump previously attended the Daytona 500 in 2020 while running for re-election.
“From the roar of the engines on the track to the echo of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ soaring through the stands, the Daytona 500 is a timeless tribute to the speed, strength and unyielding spirit that make America great,” Trump said in a presidential message from Air Force One. “That spirit is what will fuel America’s Golden Age, and if we harness it, the future is truly ours.”
