Rains 停止（させる）s Daytona 500 again, 鈍らせるing NASCAR opener
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The Daytona 500 is 存在 延期するd by rain for the second time, 鈍らせるing NASCAR's season opener that started with a visit from 大統領 Donald Trump.
The first 延期する lasted 50 minutes and （機の）カム moments after the 大統領の motorcade 完全にするd a 儀式の parade （競技場の）トラック一周 around the 2 1/2-mile 跡をつける.
Trump's 装甲の リムジン 愛称d "The Beast" 出口d Daytona International Speedway, and the sky opened for a 簡潔な／要約する にわか雨 that 軍隊d drivers 支援する to 炭坑，オーケストラ席 road.
The start already had been 押し進めるd 支援する 13 minutes to 融通する Trump's trip. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 結局 led the field to the green 旗 and was out 前線 for the first 20 （競技場の）トラック一周s before heavier rain soaked a racing surface that takes hours to 乾燥した，日照りの.
It choked some of the excitement out of an event that was a raucous 祝賀 hours earlier, 始める，決める off by Trump's 劇の 入り口. Thousands 元気づけるd as 空気／公表する 軍隊 One 成し遂げるd a flyover and landed at Daytona International Airport a few hundred yards behind the 跡をつける. Trump's motorcade arrived a few minutes later, 誘発するing another loud ovation. Both 入り口s were broadcast on 巨大（な） ビデオ boards around the superspeedway.
At least a dozen drivers were 護衛するd from the pre-race 会合 to a 私的な introduction with Trump.
Brad Keselowski stands under an umbrella on 炭坑，オーケストラ席 road as rain 軍隊s a red 旗 during the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
"I got to 会合，会う the 大統領，／社長! How 冷静な／正味の is that?" driver Aric Almirola said.
Trump served as the grand 保安官 for the Daytona 500 and gave the 命令（する） for drivers to start their engines. He then got in the リムジン and turned a （競技場の）トラック一周.
The 大統領，／社長's visit was 広範囲にわたって welcomed by NASCAR fans. Trump 2020 旗s flooded the 内野, and some fans wore them as capes in the garage area.
Trump's presence also created 抱擁する lines at 入り口s, with many fans complaining while waiting hours to get through 安全.
Former NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian フラン, who was 取って代わるd に引き続いて his August 2018 逮捕（する） on DUI 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s, was on 空気／公表する 軍隊 One with the 大統領，／社長 and first lady. They traveled from West Palm Beach.
の中で those who met them at the airport: 現在の NASCAR chairman Jim フラン and fellow 最高の，を越す (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs Lesa フラン Kennedy and Ben Kennedy.
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大統領 Donald Trump, …を伴ってd by first lady Melania Trump, gives the 指示／教授／教育s "gentlemen, start your engines," before the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fans watch from the grandstands as 空気／公表する 軍隊 One, carrying 大統領 Donald Trump, 準備するs to land at Daytona International Airport before the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
The motorcade for 大統領 Donald Trump arrives before the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Fe b. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
空気／公表する 軍隊 One, carrying 大統領 Donald Trump, makes a pass over Daytona International Speedway before the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
支持者s line the street as the motorcade for 大統領 Donald Trump, and first lady Melania Trump, passes en 大勝する to 空気／公表する 軍隊 One at Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Secret Service スパイ／執行官s search fans as they enter the Fan Zone before the NASCAR Daytona 500 自動車 race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Extra 安全 対策 were taken at the speedway because of the visit of 大統領 Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
