No. 22 truck will have a Trump-Pence paint scheme for Talladega
A Trump truck is back.
The No. 22 Win-Tron Racing truck driven by Austin Wayne Self will support Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate Mike Pence at the Oct. 22 race at Talladega. It’s the second time in two years a truck in the Camping World Truck Series has sported Trump’s name. Korbin Forrister drove multiple races in 2015 with Trump’s name on his truck.
“This will be the first presidential election I’ve been old enough to take part in,” Self said in a team statement, “Politics has never really been that important to me until now – but now more than ever we need change. Trump and his values are in line with my beliefs. I’m a big supporter of his business background and believe his experience is what this country has been waiting for. I’m really excited to show my support”.
Self’s father, Tim, is the team owner and the release notes the team “has a strong reputation for its historical support of the Republican Party.” And it appears that the Trump-Pence campaign has nothing to do with the paint scheme. A note at the bottom of the release says the message is not endorsed by either the campaign or the Republican Party.
Trump probably has a better chance of winning the presidential election than Self has of winning at Talladega. Self is currently 16th in the Truck Series points standings and has the fewest points of any driver who has competed in all 18 Camping World Truck Series races. His only top-10 finish of the season came when he finished ninth at Eldora.
As many NASCAR fans know, Talladega is also a track historically known for large, multi-car crashes. If Self is caught up in one of those crashes, there’s a good chance the Trump truck could hit a wall, sparking the inevitable jokes about Trump’s signature immigration proposal.
NASCAR CEO Brian France, along with three Sprint Cup Series drivers, appeared at a Trump rally in February where France offered his endorsement. Friday afternoon, a video from 2005 was published by the Washington Post in which Trump said many lewd things about women.
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