Former President Trump on Sunday flew over the Coca-Cola 600 in North Carolina in his private plane, dubbed “Trump Force One,” before attending the NASCAR race.
Trump Force One flew over the Charlotte Motor Speedway around 4:30 p.m. Sunday and was met with scores of cheering from the audience.
“Passing over the Charlotte Motor Speedway now – Very exciting! DJT,” the former president wrote on Truth Social Sunday.
BREAKING: TRUMP FLIES OVER CHEERING NASCAR COCA COLA 600 CROWD!pic.twitter.com/GFn0WovC1i
— Freedom 🇺🇸🦅 (@PU28453638) May 26, 2024
The Coca-Cola 600 is a NASCAR Cup Series race that is the longest and only one in the series that goes from day-to-night in Concord, North Carolina. The race was slated to kick off at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Ahead of the Sunday night kickoff, Trump met with Gold Star families at the race and watched the C-17 flyover from the track, according to his deputy director of communications, Margo Martin.
Videos posted by Martin showed attendees shouting “USA” and “You’re our man Trump” as the former president made his way to the “Pit Road” viewing box at the speedway.
Watch:
Chants of “USA!” as President @realDonaldTrump goes into the Pit Road viewing box 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UPWLPl66eO
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 26, 2024
“You’re our man, Trump!” pic.twitter.com/Hc41tPUyeM
— Margo Martin (@margommartin) May 26, 2024
Trump’s visit marks the first time a sitting or former president has attended a race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, per multiple media reports. In 2020, Trump attended the 62nd Daytona 500 and served as grand marshal for the race. He was the second president in history to hold the title after President George W. Bush in 2004.
Democrats seized his visit as a chance to blast Trump and his policy positions.
The Charlottee Observer in North Carolina reported last week two billboards were hung up in the city that read, “Beware: Trump’s Extreme MAGA,” and pledge not to allow the former president to “ban abortions nationwide, raise costs on working families or rip away our health care.”
The billboards were reportedly paid for by the Democratic National Convention (DNC), per the Charlotte Observer.
Trump, the GOP party’s presumptive presidential nominee, currently holds a razor-thin lead of 1 percent over President Biden, the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee.
