Trump's Daytona: NASCAR fans revved for presidential visit

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Stroll through the Daytona infield and fans can grab a seat next to President Donald Trump and get a sweet taste of impeachment.

Debi Ringhaver is mixing cocktails for curious NASCAR fans who stop in their tracks at the sight of her lifesize mannequin of Trump, chilling on a lawn chair, holding a book titled "The Truth Behind Trump" and wearing a red "Donald Trump 2020" baseball cap.

Hundreds have stopped by her RV this week for a selfie or a chat or a sip of “The Impeachment,” a blend of peach vodka, champagne and peach nectar. The “Subpoena Colada” also is in the blender, but Ringhaver concedes “it's just a pina colada with a better name.”

Ringhaver placed a book in Trump's grip because so many of her friends sat on his lap when she kept him at her Florida home, they broke his hands.

"They get real enthusiastic," she said, laughing. “They get kind of excited about having Donald at the ranch.”

NASCAR fans are ecstatic about the real deal crashing the Daytona 500 this weekend.

When Trump arrives Sunday at Daytona International Speedway to deliver the command for drivers to start their engines, the race's grand marshal might as well be at one of his campaign rallies. High above banners flying for NASCAR stars like Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson, Trump flags wave atop row after row of flashy RVs.

NASCAR, which has a complicated relationship with politics and social issues, doesn't dare sell the kind of merchandise the president's loyalists wear to the track. One guy standing in a food line wore a T-shirt with Trump's image superimposed over a "Sons of Anarchy" homage, tattooed arms folded and smiling as part of the 2020 MAGA Chapter. Two others in a golf cart stopped in front of a makeshift bar in Trump/Pence shirts, getting...

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