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President Donald Trump is expected to attend Sunday’s Daytona 500 in Florida, one week after attending the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
CBS News senior correspondent Ed O’Keefe shared the news later confirmed by others.
“START YOUR ENGINES: Per @NicoleSganga @kristincbrown and me: President Trump will attend the Daytona 500 next Sunday, Feb 16, multiple people tell us. We’re told we may ‘see the Beast do a few laps on the track.’ Trump was previously there in 2020,” O’Keefe wrote on X.
Trump is no stranger to the prestigious racing event, sometimes referred to as the Super Bowl of racing. The president and First Lady Melania Trump previously visited the Daytona 500 NASCAR race in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2020.
According to Athlon Sports, in 2020, Trump “gave the command to start engines and made several laps around Daytona Int’l Speedway in ‘The Beast.’ The 2020 Daytona 500 had a rain delay shortly after President Trump’s departure and the race was completed the following day with Denny Hamlin taking the win.”
The 2025 Daytona 500 is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Fox.
As RSBN previously reported, Trump became the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl on Sunday. The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement ahead of the game that it had staff members in New Orleans evaluating security measures ahead of the planned visit of the matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles.
“Extensive planning and coordination have been in place to ensure the safety of all attendees, players, and staff,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. “Security measures have been further enhanced this year, given that this will be the first time a sitting President of the United States will attend the event.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also met with Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and New Orleans Police Captain Lejon Roberts last week to discuss security plans for Super Bowl LIX.
“Today, it’s an honor for me to be here with the governor and the mayor in New Orleans,” Noem said.
The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, giving the team its second Super Bowl championship.
