Korbin Forrister, a 22-year-old race car driver from Georgia, has developed an interest in politics the past couple of years. At the Camping World Truck Series race Wednesday night at Eldora Speedway, he will combine those two passions. Forrister, who didn’t have a sponsor for the race, decided to decal the SS Green Light Racing #08 truck with “Trump For President” “ the first but likely not the last time NASCAR drivers will carry messaging for candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is not paying for nor does it have any connection to the truck for the race, which is notorious as the only dirt-track race in NASCAR’s three national series. Forrister, who typically has Tilted Kilt logos on his truck, is competing in his first full truck season and sits 15th in the standings with a best of 12th this year in the 2015 season opener at Daytona. All paint schemes must be submitted and approved by NASCAR, which typically allows political ads on race vehicles. One twist the Trump truck faces is that the series and the race “ the 1-800-CarCash Mudsummer Classic “ are sponsored by companies owned by Marcus Lemonis, who recently wrote to NASCAR saying he would not participate in the series awards banquet if it remained at the Trump National Doral in Miami. NASCAR announced a couple of weeks ago that it would not have its banquet at the Trump-owned resort after Trump made controversial remarks regarding immigrants when he announced he was running for president. Truck sponsorships generally vary widely depending on teams “ they can range anywhere from $15,000 to $150,000 a race.(ESPN.com)(7-23-2015)
UPDATE: Forrister added on his Twitter account,”Going to run the #trumpforpresident scheme as long as I can, no funds.”(7-23-2015)
