The supercars champion Shane Van Gisbergen, has had his 500 Daytona debut ruined by an accident at the beginning of the race, and the president of the United States, Donald Trump, attended to begin the event.
The president sent Nascar fans on Sunday afternoon in Florida when Air Force One flew on the track before his arrival. The thousands of fans cheered savagely when their plane roar on the racing track, with Trump, so it is a second consecutive weekend of high profile appearances in sports events.
Last Sunday, History became the first acting president to attend a Super Bowl when he went to New Orleans to see the Philadelphia Eagles defeat Kansas City's bosses.
This weekend, the president's caravan led directly to the track in Florida and traveled at a short distance in front of Nascar fans in the stands before entering a safe area.
He later returned to the track, with his caravan doing two laps before the race began.
Kiwi's newcomer to Nascar Van Gisbergen almost led the race from the beginning before an incident during stage 2 ruined his career.
Shane Van Gisbergen has ruined his Daytona 500 for an accident at the beginning of the iconic career
President Trump received a great reception for the thousands of fans in the circuit
The skirmish was activated by Joey Logano Ford Mustang, who coughed and caused several cars to make the nose contact with the tail.
The damage to Camaro de Van Gisbergen seemed harmless, but it was quite serious.
When he returned to the wells, Van Gisbergen discovered that the snorkeling that transfers the air from the lower divisor to the engine engine was damaged.
At the end of the stage, the Kiwi star had returned to position 35.
“There is not much to say, I really don't know what happened yet,” said Van Gisbergen later.
'It was good in the first stage, I learned a lot. He ran on the front when he was not saving fuel, which is promising. I made a bad choice of the lane.
'I chose the wrong guy, I chose a Toyota who was saving fuel and simply did not receive a push. As soon as I did, I knew that I should have gone to the middle or to the highline.
The president's caravan made two laps before the race began
Van Gisbergen (#88) almost led the race from the beginning before an incident during stage 2
William Byron ended up taking the victory, and his second consecutive victory of Daytona 500.
“Obviously it's really special,” said Byron later.
“It is an incredible race, and obviously many crazy races tonight and only very pushing and pushing.”