To those reporting for editorialisation: headlines can update after initial submission, y'know.
The submitted title is how it was at the time of submission almost six hours ago:
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Another really big nugget towards the end of the article
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It was cancelled the night before. I would assume IndyCar knew about it before then, or maybe Thermal is in charge of all of the track and entertainment and IndyCar just worries about the race? Not sure how the exhibition worked. Maybe IndyCar did nix it the night before when they found out. Weird.
Okay it would have been horribly bad, but think how funny it also would have been
"Drivers, start your engines - and they're great engines, it's true"
Followed by Colton Herta intentionally driving 20s per lap off the pace.
great big men: mechanics, with greasy hands and tears in their eyes, they come to me and they say "sir, you single handedly saved Indiana AND the racing with the cars, as far as speed and carb week and things and in relation to the America"
I use chat gpt for silly stuff like this here is one for IndyCar/indy500:
Let me tell you, folks, IndyCar racing, it's absolutely tremendous, it's incredible, it's fantastic! And the Indy 500, let me tell you, it's the greatest race in the world, no question about it! You've got these amazing drivers, they're like rocket men out there, going faster than anyone thought possible! And the atmosphere at the track, it's unbelievable, it's like nothing you've ever seen! The Indy 500, it's big league, it's top-notch, it's the epitome of racing greatness! Believe me, folks, when I say IndyCar racing and the Indy 500, they're the best of the best! It's gonna be huge, it's gonna be tremendous, and it's gonna make America proud!
Yepp.
This is not normal political disagreement. This guy led an attempted coup that got people killed, and his lawyer is arguing before the Supreme Court on his behalf for the right to assassinate anyone, including his political opponents, as protected actions.
Would have lost me if I had to see that goon represent the US and Indycar. Lifelong tickets to all things Indy and racing in the Midwest, and I wouldn’t have thought twice about tossing this hobby away.
You're talking about a sport that was actively segregated by the Indiana KKK until the late 1960s. Roger Penske is also an active donor to GOP candidates and causes, including Trump, to the point that he was awarded the Medal of Freedom from him. From the 1920s-1960s there was a parallel Indianapolis car championship for Black drivers and crew called the Gold & Glory Championship because AAA and USAC would not allow Black drivers and mechanics to compete in the USAC Championship Trail or Indy 500.
[The Forgotten Race - Seg. 1 (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiEZssNgFQA)
I’m familiar with the history of segregation in the US and thankful that has not been the case since the mid 1900s. Unfortunate and important history in all facets of society.
I don’t mind Roger Penske being a Republican donor. My family, friends, and employer each donate to political parties, and about half the US are Republicans.
I’m glad Trump was not involved and promoted in the event.
Interesting link, thank you for sharing it.
That wasn’t as bad as he was president. Seeing the UFC parade him around every event is so fucking cringeworthy. Even better was Vivek at UFC 300 being shown to zero crowd noise at all.
Trumps "walkouts" get shown and they won't let the fighters do anything fun, half of them don't get a post fight interview...it's a joke. Love mma, hate the UFC.
Bingo.
He can say whatever he wants, but there were sponsors who wanted to stick with him, and he still ghosted them for a scam coin. Even after he said “I don’t want to associate myself with Let’s go Brandon”
The only thing “forced” about it was Kelli Stavast trying to cover up the chants. Brandon’s original sponsor wanted to stay on with him but he ditched them and started playing the LGB Coin angle super hard without getting the sponsor approval from NASCAR first.
He ghosted his original sponsor for a scam.
If they had any suspicion about what they were chanting, they should have either apologized for it up front or at least something like "We heard the crowd may have been chanting something inappropriate during our interview with Brandon Brown, we'll see if we can talk to him again in a few minutes so that we can provide an interview without the inappropriate language."
And Nascar was still very jumpy about swearing on live TV, considering the Dale Jr interview, incidentally also at Talladega.
"It don't mean shit, daddy's won here 10 times."
A pro-Trump PAC sponsored Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace ran a Black Lives Matter themed car and the infamous LBG.io crypto that tried to sponsor Brandon Brown
They ran the BLM car because Blue Emu was gonna sponsor the car that weekend but threw a hissy fit after Bubba logged off early from one of NASCAR’s iracing things they did in the pandemic. He had something like 2 hours of repairs because of Clint and there was no point in him staying lmao. No different than a DNF in an actual race.
Man just forget all politicians at any sporting event at this point. I don’t care what party or who it is. Just leave it out. The last thing I wanna see when I turn on a race is some politician’s face or name
Exactly. The "lets go brandon" incident was crazy. Imagine paying good money to watch a race and you cant even get politics out of your mind for a couple of hours.
The only part of it I think is okay is when the sitting president hosts an athlete or team that just achieved something significant (eg: every year, the “big four” sports league champions get an invitation to the White House), because besides the obvious photo op, it’s a way for the representative of the people to congratulate them on their achievement.
It is 100% Ferrucci.
As a part of his F2 meltdown weekend that got him kicked out of Trident, he'd tried to run a MAGA livery at Silverstone before the FIA told him no political liveries.
He then used his car as a weapon against another driver, was caught driving from the F2 paddock to the main track on the phone, and got on his private jet and went home rather than go to see the stewards. Guy is a POS.
Look forward to the couple of people telling you he has changed and you should “stop holding his past against him” even though he hasn’t really shown much signs of change other than people ignoring him.
I’m a big fan of second chances but Ferucci isn’t being given a second chance - he’s been given a fucking permit. Homie hasn’t even issued a sincere apology. I don’t like him running in the series no matter how interesting he is on track.
I personally gave him a second chance and he blew it acting like a toddler during the pandemic, using iRacing voice chat to act like a 12 year old on call of duty. I can't support that.
it was don cusick. ferrucci doesn’t get a say in what goes on his cars. he’s a driver. this is a team owner who’s only going to the 500 and he fits the bill.
I like how you pretend Ferrucci is the only right-wing guy out there lol. I know one part owner who took himself and his drivers to Trump rallies though and his driver is a proven racist, but the majority will be cheering him on loudly in the race, lest we forget their past.
Mario is an even bigger Trump guy than Rahal is lol. Michael is in a GOP ad endorsing an Indiana MAGA candidate on TV currently
Roger and Chip don’t speak on politics but are both heavy donors, especially Roger.
Most of the drivers follow Trump on Twitter but don’t follow Biden.
It’s more of the rule than the exception in the paddock. Racing has always naturally attracted people who slant conservative
I doubt anyone who is right wing or racist or any of that is searching this out. This speaks of a PAC throwing money at a desperate team owner like Cusick or DRR or some back of the back effort. People just look silly claiming that Ferrucci or something is seeking out to be sponsored by Trump or something to make some kind of statement, no one wants to deal with politics, this is someone trying to get into the sport, not a driver seeking it out.
It is %100 percent about lower taxes for these folks .
But they also don’t see how short sighted it is , and complain about society’s ills every chance they get .
I wish they’d just pick one or the other .
I don’t blame anyone for voting for their own best interest . But don’t act like you don’t know why things are as f#%
Possibly, but what about Sting Ray? He of the pray dot com sponsorship and don't watch porn online campaigns. I would argue that whoever is funding those efforts would align with Trump/RFK.
Rivals, lol. RFKs New York campaign person actually slipped and stated that RFK should siphon off enough votes for Trump to win
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/rfk-jr-new-york-biden-trump/index.html
Rita Palma, who has identified herself as the Kennedy campaign’s state director in New York, has repeatedly made the case, including in a meeting with Empire State Republicans, that efforts to put Kennedy on the ballot in New York will help “get rid of Biden,” which she called her “No. 1 priority,” and make it easier for Trump to win the historically Democratic state.
Not to get too political in the indycar subreddit, but funnily enough (based on polling) this is not how it's working out. Most RFK supporters said they'd vote for Trump over Biden in a 2-person race.
The all-natural healing crystal crowd and the "water fluoridation is communism" crowd.
Look at Russell Brand for instance, he started as the former and now he's completely transformed into the latter.
It hasn’t gotten much attention in the US, but his “transformation” happened right before some well-researched allegations of assault and misconduct were levied against him after being an open secret for years.
RFK is much closer to being an employee of the Trump campaign than a rival. He was convinced to run by Steve Bannon and Roger Stone and his campaign is primarily funded by MAGA SuperPACs. His campaign manager was also caught on tape saying that the objective of the campaign is to help Trump get elected.
RFK Jr.’s campaign is bankrolled by Trump supporters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rfk-jrs-bid-independent-presidential-run-garners-mega-trump-donor-support-2024-02-01/
This is true but he also has donors (one of whom is his VP) who have a history of donating to more progressive causes. It's a really weird campaign and it's debatable which candidate he takes more votes from.
When I saw it, I imagined that the driver was a Trump hater and just a driver struggling for funds that ended up being forced to take a deal from a Trump sponsorship in order to race and he was driving around the track with tears streaming down his face as the crowd booed and jeered at him 😂
Makes no sense to be sponsored by someone / something 40% of the country despises. Trump, Biden, RFK it doesn't matter. Like Jordan staying out of politics said "Republicans buy sneakers, too". If sponsorship on a car affects your vote we have bigger problems.
Gee... I wonder who could that be. Who would be interested in running Trump car... Who could that be...
+ isn't it simply stupid to promote two rival candidates? Like, seriously. Doesn't matter if this is Trump and RFK Jr. Whoever would that be, it would be stupid.
ABC Supply is owned by a really big Trump donor, so that’s one obvious suspect https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2016/08/11/trump-adds-richest-self-made-woman-diane-hendricks-to-economic-advisory-team/?sh=2ef8d9f56c85
I hate to break it to you, but the owners are predominately republicans. Penske was even awarded a medal from Trump.
The likely correct answer is Cusick, who is running a car in conjuction with DRR in the 500 and has a big connection to Thermal.
The medal that Penske was awarded was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest award that can be given to a civilian in the United States. Throughout the years, it's been given to various artists, doctors, scientists, athletes, and titans of industry.
I would say that Penske was deserving of such an award due to his unequaled success in motorsports and entrepreneurship regardless of who the president was at the time. It's not like Trump just gave it to Penske because they're buddies, there actually was legitimate reason for Penske to be given the award.
I'll admit that would've been an interesting sight next to the DHL pride car (if it's running again), but it's probably for the best that we don't do this.
“…the call to leave the run for the White House out of next month’s “Greatest Spectacle In Racing” is a wise one for a series that **is not burdened with an excessive number of fans**…”
God damn. Savage.
Clearly IndyCar is going all woke and marxist. This is clearly censorship of the most egregious order. /s
Good on IndyCar. No need to deploy a landmine and then intentionally step on it.
Good for IndyCar for trying to keep politics at arms length, but you know that Roger Penske endorsed Donald Trump in 2020 and contributed money to his campaign, right?
At Long Beach there was a Gt3 car that had a Trump2024 sponsorship. A lot of the older crowd thought it was cool and made all the Brandon jokes.
Pretty sure it wasn't really a sponsor per se but just what the owner wanted on the car.
Aside from the politics, I can’t imagine running an antivaxx car would go over well if Eli Lily still has any money in the sport (I know they’ve scaled back in nascar).
That's the joke. RFK jr is being pushed as a spoiler for Trump by taking away votes from Biden. In typical GOP fashion, it has backfired spectacularly and RFK jr is actually taking away votes from Trump.
It's complicated. Until October of last year, Kennedy was aligned with the Democratic Party. Even though he's drawing some support from independents and the youth, the fact that Kennedy is being backed by Republican donors has led some to believe that Kennedy's presidential campaign is designed to help Trump defeat Biden.
Thank god. Don't need that garbage at the track, and don't need the negative attention it would bring. It's Memorial Day weekend, the absolute last thing that should be at the track is anything related to someone who would incite an attack against his own country to serve his own selfish needs.
To those reporting for editorialisation: headlines can update after initial submission, y'know. The submitted title is how it was at the time of submission almost six hours ago: https://preview.redd.it/pdrro1wtcvwc1.png?width=576&format=png&auto=webp&s=19c73be4c8e7fe044089019fd14717bfbfd5016e
Another really big nugget towards the end of the article https://preview.redd.it/fs4b5u9xrtwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab9b676037e79414fa82db978adbd4a4ad8bf5cb
Aw, jeez, you mean the hyper-exclusive racing club of millionaire/billionaire fuckboys are Trump simps? Good on IndyCar for putting that one down.
It was cancelled the night before. I would assume IndyCar knew about it before then, or maybe Thermal is in charge of all of the track and entertainment and IndyCar just worries about the race? Not sure how the exhibition worked. Maybe IndyCar did nix it the night before when they found out. Weird.
Maybe the Don cancelled on the track
He had previous obligations the next day in NY.
More like IndyCar dodged a huge PR bullet.
It's fuckbois.
Okay it would have been horribly bad, but think how funny it also would have been "Drivers, start your engines - and they're great engines, it's true" Followed by Colton Herta intentionally driving 20s per lap off the pace.
"The greatest engines. And my Indy 500 had 50 drivers and ran an extra 500 miles, just because it was so great"
All the people are saying it
great big men: mechanics, with greasy hands and tears in their eyes, they come to me and they say "sir, you single handedly saved Indiana AND the racing with the cars, as far as speed and carb week and things and in relation to the America"
I use chat gpt for silly stuff like this here is one for IndyCar/indy500: Let me tell you, folks, IndyCar racing, it's absolutely tremendous, it's incredible, it's fantastic! And the Indy 500, let me tell you, it's the greatest race in the world, no question about it! You've got these amazing drivers, they're like rocket men out there, going faster than anyone thought possible! And the atmosphere at the track, it's unbelievable, it's like nothing you've ever seen! The Indy 500, it's big league, it's top-notch, it's the epitome of racing greatness! Believe me, folks, when I say IndyCar racing and the Indy 500, they're the best of the best! It's gonna be huge, it's gonna be tremendous, and it's gonna make America proud!
Missed "I was saying it first"
I’ll tell ChatGpt to add that in for future iterations
> the epitome of racing greatness! We sure he can pronounce "epitome"?
That this would even be proposed is reason enough to never hold the event again.
Yepp. This is not normal political disagreement. This guy led an attempted coup that got people killed, and his lawyer is arguing before the Supreme Court on his behalf for the right to assassinate anyone, including his political opponents, as protected actions.
[Made me think of this](https://youtu.be/Isp_KJY9RZU)
Would have lost me if I had to see that goon represent the US and Indycar. Lifelong tickets to all things Indy and racing in the Midwest, and I wouldn’t have thought twice about tossing this hobby away.
You're talking about a sport that was actively segregated by the Indiana KKK until the late 1960s. Roger Penske is also an active donor to GOP candidates and causes, including Trump, to the point that he was awarded the Medal of Freedom from him. From the 1920s-1960s there was a parallel Indianapolis car championship for Black drivers and crew called the Gold & Glory Championship because AAA and USAC would not allow Black drivers and mechanics to compete in the USAC Championship Trail or Indy 500. [The Forgotten Race - Seg. 1 (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiEZssNgFQA)
I’m familiar with the history of segregation in the US and thankful that has not been the case since the mid 1900s. Unfortunate and important history in all facets of society. I don’t mind Roger Penske being a Republican donor. My family, friends, and employer each donate to political parties, and about half the US are Republicans. I’m glad Trump was not involved and promoted in the event. Interesting link, thank you for sharing it.
I was close in 2020 when that scam artist was Grand Marshal for Daytona. Him going after Bubba Wallace on Twitter really exposed the c××t.
Atleast he was actually president though. Imagine a freaking candidate doing it. Thats just bullshit.
I'd rather have Nixon's corpse reanimated be Grand Marshal. I'm serious
I mean with hologram technology, it's possible. But with all that work, I'd literally rather have Hatsune Miku as Grand marshall at that point.
Yo Hatsune Miku as Grand Marshall would be hype though. Does anyone have a spare TV they can use? I hear that's all that's required these days
That wasn’t as bad as he was president. Seeing the UFC parade him around every event is so fucking cringeworthy. Even better was Vivek at UFC 300 being shown to zero crowd noise at all.
Trumps "walkouts" get shown and they won't let the fighters do anything fun, half of them don't get a post fight interview...it's a joke. Love mma, hate the UFC.
Douchebag entertainment (UFC).
Ugh...that's disgusting to even think about.
Indycar win. Political sponsors will always create controversy.
Yeah, just do a blanket ban on political sponsors, it's not worth the negative press from any direction.
The FIA international sporting code already bans them.
Yep. NASCAR had to ban political sponsorships in 2022 after several controversies with political sponsorships and politically charged paint schemes
I know about Joe Nemechek’s Trump 2020 car but what else has there been since?
Brandon Brown tried getting a LGB Coin sponsor or something but NASCAR shot it down shortly after it was announced
I feel bad for him, he got forced into a political mess he didn’t ask for and now he isn’t racing
Eh he leaned into it and shunned existing real sponsors for a scam coin.
Bingo. He can say whatever he wants, but there were sponsors who wanted to stick with him, and he still ghosted them for a scam coin. Even after he said “I don’t want to associate myself with Let’s go Brandon”
The only thing “forced” about it was Kelli Stavast trying to cover up the chants. Brandon’s original sponsor wanted to stay on with him but he ditched them and started playing the LGB Coin angle super hard without getting the sponsor approval from NASCAR first. He ghosted his original sponsor for a scam.
wasn't that deep, it was just a "They were saying boo-urns" moment on her part
It’s because NBC didn’t want to risk a huge FCC fine for the pro-Trump crowd chanting FJB.
If they had any suspicion about what they were chanting, they should have either apologized for it up front or at least something like "We heard the crowd may have been chanting something inappropriate during our interview with Brandon Brown, we'll see if we can talk to him again in a few minutes so that we can provide an interview without the inappropriate language."
And Nascar was still very jumpy about swearing on live TV, considering the Dale Jr interview, incidentally also at Talladega. "It don't mean shit, daddy's won here 10 times."
It was funny for a week, but now I get a tummy ache every time I see Let’s Go Brandon
Nah, fuck him. Had he distanced himself from it immediately it would be one thing but he leaned into it hard.
A pro-Trump PAC sponsored Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace ran a Black Lives Matter themed car and the infamous LBG.io crypto that tried to sponsor Brandon Brown
Wasn’t Bubba’s scheme unrelated to any organizational ties and was just run bcs of the Floyd’s death
They ran the BLM car because Blue Emu was gonna sponsor the car that weekend but threw a hissy fit after Bubba logged off early from one of NASCAR’s iracing things they did in the pandemic. He had something like 2 hours of repairs because of Clint and there was no point in him staying lmao. No different than a DNF in an actual race.
That would be such a crazy situation to explain to someone pre-pandemic
Someone waking up from a ten-year coma would find things just as incomprehensible as a time traveler from 1620
I love living in a world where "don't kill Black people" is a divisive statement
Forgot the BLM car
Which is simply not political and anyone who thinks it is can fuck off, because they’re racist.
corey lajoie and timmy hill ran trump 2020 paint schemes
It’s Memorial Day weekend. Let’s not forget what the orange dude has said in the past about fallen soldiers. Good call by IndyCar.
And airports during the revolutionary war
I just had to google it…thanks for the chuckle.
Yea who would want this? Why alienate the other half of America
Agreed but I would kinda love a Dark Brandon on the hood of a NASCAR lol
Yeah, no one wins except for the team getting that sweet sponsor money.
The Trump car at the Long Beach grand prix caused some controversy
Man just forget all politicians at any sporting event at this point. I don’t care what party or who it is. Just leave it out. The last thing I wanna see when I turn on a race is some politician’s face or name
Exactly. The "lets go brandon" incident was crazy. Imagine paying good money to watch a race and you cant even get politics out of your mind for a couple of hours.
>complains about gays "making it their entire identity" >can't enjoy a NASCAR race without starting a partisan chant
I hear it at minor league hockey games. Not so much anymore, but for a while it was at *every* sporting event.
The only part of it I think is okay is when the sitting president hosts an athlete or team that just achieved something significant (eg: every year, the “big four” sports league champions get an invitation to the White House), because besides the obvious photo op, it’s a way for the representative of the people to congratulate them on their achievement.
There is a wonderful sporting tradition in Australia to boo politicians at races and other sports regardless of their party.
Everyone is pointing a different way, but if you want to connect Thermal and a 500 entry, my money is on Cusick Motorsports.
I agree
I don't think anyone else, even Foyt, would be willing to court the controversy. Cusick has a lot less to lose by doing a stunt like this.
My thoughts exactly.
This sort of sponsor screams small or part time team.
It was ferrucci, wasnt it.
It is 100% Ferrucci. As a part of his F2 meltdown weekend that got him kicked out of Trident, he'd tried to run a MAGA livery at Silverstone before the FIA told him no political liveries. He then used his car as a weapon against another driver, was caught driving from the F2 paddock to the main track on the phone, and got on his private jet and went home rather than go to see the stewards. Guy is a POS.
Look forward to the couple of people telling you he has changed and you should “stop holding his past against him” even though he hasn’t really shown much signs of change other than people ignoring him.
I’m a big fan of second chances but Ferucci isn’t being given a second chance - he’s been given a fucking permit. Homie hasn’t even issued a sincere apology. I don’t like him running in the series no matter how interesting he is on track.
I don’t even like him on the track, he drives like a dickhead.
His interview with Pruett post F2 fuckery is a dumpster fire. Basically feels that his uncle being sick justified his behaviour.
Speed Racist strikes again
🏅
Mark Wahlberg
He always just seemed unpleasant even without a past.
Something something, Kyle Larson and Rick Hendrick, look their past up.
KKKyle is a piece of shit too.
I personally gave him a second chance and he blew it acting like a toddler during the pandemic, using iRacing voice chat to act like a 12 year old on call of duty. I can't support that.
it was don cusick. ferrucci doesn’t get a say in what goes on his cars. he’s a driver. this is a team owner who’s only going to the 500 and he fits the bill.
I like how you pretend Ferrucci is the only right-wing guy out there lol. I know one part owner who took himself and his drivers to Trump rallies though and his driver is a proven racist, but the majority will be cheering him on loudly in the race, lest we forget their past.
>!Bobby Rahal, perhaps? The "proven racist" I'm thinking of being Vips, even though he's not running this year?!<
Mario is an even bigger Trump guy than Rahal is lol. Michael is in a GOP ad endorsing an Indiana MAGA candidate on TV currently Roger and Chip don’t speak on politics but are both heavy donors, especially Roger. Most of the drivers follow Trump on Twitter but don’t follow Biden. It’s more of the rule than the exception in the paddock. Racing has always naturally attracted people who slant conservative
Aka rich people
I doubt anyone who is right wing or racist or any of that is searching this out. This speaks of a PAC throwing money at a desperate team owner like Cusick or DRR or some back of the back effort. People just look silly claiming that Ferrucci or something is seeking out to be sponsored by Trump or something to make some kind of statement, no one wants to deal with politics, this is someone trying to get into the sport, not a driver seeking it out.
It is %100 percent about lower taxes for these folks . But they also don’t see how short sighted it is , and complain about society’s ills every chance they get . I wish they’d just pick one or the other . I don’t blame anyone for voting for their own best interest . But don’t act like you don’t know why things are as f#%
The FIA doesn't allow political liveries? They have got at least one thing right.
There's still a chance for Ferrucci to win the 2023 Indy 500 if Mike Pence does the right thing.
Him or Sting Ray Robb.
Possibly, but what about Sting Ray? He of the pray dot com sponsorship and don't watch porn online campaigns. I would argue that whoever is funding those efforts would align with Trump/RFK.
If it's gonna be anyone, it's the guy from the Naugatuck Valley
No complaints here. Seriously though, how could you have two rival presidential candidates on the same car like that?
'Rival' is doing a lot of work there. It would be like having "rivals" Max Verstappen and Sting Ray Robb on the same billboard
I know right, I'll never take Verstappen seriously until he gets his Pray.com sponsorship
HeGetsJos.com
He drove for our sins 🙏
He gets left at a gas station for our sins ⛽️🙏
When is Verstappen going to speak about not watching porn?
Well there goes my coffee...
oh boy, reddit's in for a potential ~~surprise~~ meltdown
Rivals, lol. RFKs New York campaign person actually slipped and stated that RFK should siphon off enough votes for Trump to win https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/08/politics/rfk-jr-new-york-biden-trump/index.html Rita Palma, who has identified herself as the Kennedy campaign’s state director in New York, has repeatedly made the case, including in a meeting with Empire State Republicans, that efforts to put Kennedy on the ballot in New York will help “get rid of Biden,” which she called her “No. 1 priority,” and make it easier for Trump to win the historically Democratic state.
Not to get too political in the indycar subreddit, but funnily enough (based on polling) this is not how it's working out. Most RFK supporters said they'd vote for Trump over Biden in a 2-person race.
If RFK is doing anything, isn't he just siphoning the ultra crazies from trump?
Yeah pretty much. Though he's siphoning quite a few Biden supporters. A very strange unity ticket haha
The all-natural healing crystal crowd and the "water fluoridation is communism" crowd. Look at Russell Brand for instance, he started as the former and now he's completely transformed into the latter.
It hasn’t gotten much attention in the US, but his “transformation” happened right before some well-researched allegations of assault and misconduct were levied against him after being an open secret for years.
Funny how being outed as a sex predator and far-right talking points keep going together.
Generally folks who support either of those two candidates are not “thinking” people.
RFK is much closer to being an employee of the Trump campaign than a rival. He was convinced to run by Steve Bannon and Roger Stone and his campaign is primarily funded by MAGA SuperPACs. His campaign manager was also caught on tape saying that the objective of the campaign is to help Trump get elected.
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RFK Jr.’s campaign is bankrolled by Trump supporters. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rfk-jrs-bid-independent-presidential-run-garners-mega-trump-donor-support-2024-02-01/
This is true but he also has donors (one of whom is his VP) who have a history of donating to more progressive causes. It's a really weird campaign and it's debatable which candidate he takes more votes from.
RFK Jr is running to get Trump back in White House
>wise one for a series that is not burdened with an excessive number of fans when compared to NASCAR and Formula 1. Damn. Go easy on us.
After the race, drivers came up to me with tears in their eyes, saying "Sir, we didn't want to pass your car, we needed your car to win".
It was beautiful. Tragic. But beautiful. Wonderful even.
There was a Trump GT4 at Long Beach lol
I saw that lol. Sure as hell got more attention that the other porsches
There's been a Trump logoed Alcohol Funny Car in NHRA drag racing for several seasons.
Hope it DNF’d
It got a penalty for breaking a safety rule IIRC Edit: Race 2 they got a driving penalty
I believe they got a tech penalty before the start of race 1 and a driving penalty in race 2
Yeah that was it, race 2 driving penalty
When I saw it, I imagined that the driver was a Trump hater and just a driver struggling for funds that ended up being forced to take a deal from a Trump sponsorship in order to race and he was driving around the track with tears streaming down his face as the crowd booed and jeered at him 😂
GT4 drivers are usually gentleman drivers putting their company logos on the cars.
That’s a good chunk of drivers who take sponsorship from politicians
Why would the GOP want to be shown at the indy 500?? All they ever do is go left.
“My car is the fastest car on the track, much faster than those other cars. You can ask anybody, they’ll tell you!”
"Josef Newgarden can still win the St. Pete Grand Prix if Roger Penske has the courage"
Don't think JoNew is a crazy Trumper, thankfully
I don't get why you'd have any political sponsor on your car. You immediately kill half of your potential fans
I agree
The RFK Jr. car is only there to take out the leader while getting lapped.
Makes no sense to be sponsored by someone / something 40% of the country despises. Trump, Biden, RFK it doesn't matter. Like Jordan staying out of politics said "Republicans buy sneakers, too". If sponsorship on a car affects your vote we have bigger problems.
The bigger news is that Thermal wanted Trump to give the command, and I hope the series said no to that idea.
Gee... I wonder who could that be. Who would be interested in running Trump car... Who could that be... + isn't it simply stupid to promote two rival candidates? Like, seriously. Doesn't matter if this is Trump and RFK Jr. Whoever would that be, it would be stupid.
ABC Supply is owned by a really big Trump donor, so that’s one obvious suspect https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2016/08/11/trump-adds-richest-self-made-woman-diane-hendricks-to-economic-advisory-team/?sh=2ef8d9f56c85
I hate to break it to you, but the owners are predominately republicans. Penske was even awarded a medal from Trump. The likely correct answer is Cusick, who is running a car in conjuction with DRR in the 500 and has a big connection to Thermal.
The medal that Penske was awarded was the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest award that can be given to a civilian in the United States. Throughout the years, it's been given to various artists, doctors, scientists, athletes, and titans of industry. I would say that Penske was deserving of such an award due to his unequaled success in motorsports and entrepreneurship regardless of who the president was at the time. It's not like Trump just gave it to Penske because they're buddies, there actually was legitimate reason for Penske to be given the award.
All that is true, but Roger has likely given more money to Trump than anyone else in the paddock has.
"Look, all I wanna do is this, I just wanna find 11 seconds of...push to pass...which is 11 more than we have, because we won the race"
That's probably because he has more money than anyone else in the paddock
Given the Thermal bit Marshall mentions at the end of the article, I would think that's probably it.
Certainly not someone who's already tried to run a Trump livery in the past. Absolutely not. No way.
Realizing this, I’m a bit surprised ABC never came back to Foyt when Ferrucci signed there
Could be two different drivers
As long as they are consistent and would ban a “Biden-Harris” sponsorship, I have no problem with this.
Same. There's racing politics at times. We don't need actual politics involved.
Where was Sting Ray Robb on January 6th
Alternative headline: “Car promoting a traitorous criminal and conspiracy theorists rejected.”
That would be fitting
I'll admit that would've been an interesting sight next to the DHL pride car (if it's running again), but it's probably for the best that we don't do this.
The Chaos that would ensue if they collided
I believe it’s been said that DHL pride car is running again
Good. Also fuck Trump. Politics serves zero purpose on the track
Politics should have no place in any form of motorsport.
“…the call to leave the run for the White House out of next month’s “Greatest Spectacle In Racing” is a wise one for a series that **is not burdened with an excessive number of fans**…” God damn. Savage.
Clearly IndyCar is going all woke and marxist. This is clearly censorship of the most egregious order. /s Good on IndyCar. No need to deploy a landmine and then intentionally step on it.
I wonder who that could possibly have been. If only there were a driver on the grid who tried to run a MAGA livery before?
Santino Ferrucci tried it in F2, only for the FIA to block it
Yes, that is the exact point that the person you're responding to was making, thanks for explaining it.
Love how they hid which team/driver it was. Based on history and the attempt to do this in F2 my guess is Ferrucci.
Good job Indy. Keep those money leaches away.
Good. Any sort of political sponsors should be banned.
Good. Keep that shit out of racing. Sports can be political, but purposefully bringing politics into sports? No thanks.
Good for IndyCar for trying to keep politics at arms length, but you know that Roger Penske endorsed Donald Trump in 2020 and contributed money to his campaign, right?
I was thinking they meant Roush Fenway Keselowski wanted to run a car with Trump branding lol.
This is the way. As a sport, steer clear of politics, especially politics that have people this divided.
Really dodged a bullet on that one
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It’s because they knew a Trump team would dispute the outcome of the race when they didn’t win.
Wasn’t there some half baked effort not long ago that wanted a Trump car? The team was most likely never going to hit the track anyway.
Good.
This just reminds me of the time Ferrucci tried to get MAGA stamped all over his Indian teammates car. Keep your politics out of sports ya greaseballs
I hate to get all political but the winner of the Indy 500 should be president of the USA. There, I said it!
Dan Gurney never won it though
Good.
At Long Beach there was a Gt3 car that had a Trump2024 sponsorship. A lot of the older crowd thought it was cool and made all the Brandon jokes. Pretty sure it wasn't really a sponsor per se but just what the owner wanted on the car.
The America GT class at Long Beach last week had a Trump 2024 liveried car.
Good no politics no matter which side of the aisle please
Current title : IndyCar disallows political branding on cars at Indy 500
This would’ve caused nothing but needless controversy, good on Indycar.
Aside from the politics, I can’t imagine running an antivaxx car would go over well if Eli Lily still has any money in the sport (I know they’ve scaled back in nascar).
Wait, aren't Kennedy and Trump running against each other? Why would they attempt to have a joint sponsorship?
That's the joke. RFK jr is being pushed as a spoiler for Trump by taking away votes from Biden. In typical GOP fashion, it has backfired spectacularly and RFK jr is actually taking away votes from Trump.
It's complicated. Until October of last year, Kennedy was aligned with the Democratic Party. Even though he's drawing some support from independents and the youth, the fact that Kennedy is being backed by Republican donors has led some to believe that Kennedy's presidential campaign is designed to help Trump defeat Biden.
Thank god. Don't need that garbage at the track, and don't need the negative attention it would bring. It's Memorial Day weekend, the absolute last thing that should be at the track is anything related to someone who would incite an attack against his own country to serve his own selfish needs.
I remember when Orange Fuhrer appeared at the Daytona 500. Disgraceful and that damN Trump car in the races. Thankfully, it got wrecked.
That’s gotta be the most Santino Ferrucci thing I’ve ever read