Canadian driver Amber Balcaen may not race in Dayton 500But she still felt the energy of President Donald Trump when he arrived at the Dayton International Speedway.
“I’m a Canadian, but I never experienced anything like that. You could feel energy and even talk about it, it gives me a cold. It was really neat,” Balcaen said during a recent performance in Oukick’s “It overwhelmed the morning with Charly Arnolt.“
“I ran the day before, so I didn’t hear him over the radio, but I listened and I can’t imagine how drivers felt sure at that moment.”
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President Donald Trump welcomes drivers at the Nascar Dayton 500 car race at the Dayton International Speedway on Sunday, February 16, 2025 in Dayton Beach, Florida. (Pool by AP)
Balcaen, 32, racing in ACRA MENARDS series The day before the Dayton 500, which Gus Dean won.
Balcaen said Trump’s presence Added even more to what is already a phenomenal atmosphere.
“The Dayton 500 is known as the big American race. It is NASCAR -OV Super Bowl. So, have Donald Trump, or the president of the United States there, I think the energy that day in Dayton is absolutely electric. But, but that she had a president there, she just added another level.”
Nascar Star William Byron Fir on Trump’s visit to Daytoni 500
AMBER BALCAEN ARCA series driver during driving ‘Dente 200 on Dayton International Speedway. (Mark J. Rebilus-Hagn Images)
Trump became the first president to attend the Daytoni 500 twice when he visited the racetrack earlier this month.
After talking to some drivers at Pit Lane, he rode in the presidential sedan, a “beast”, as he started circle before the green flag flew.
William Byron won the Dayton 500 for the second time in his career and talked to Fox News Digital earlier this month about what Trump attended.
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AMBER BALCAEN ARCA series driver during driving ‘Dente 200 on Dayton International Speedway. (Mark J. Rebilus-Hagn Images)
“It was pretty neat,” Byron said. “I think whenever you can have a sitting president to come and see your sporting event, it’s very special. And for him it is to take the time to do it really cool. Just to see a motorcycle going across the track and just the various things he did when he was there, it was pretty cool.
“He brought a lot of energy and excitement in the race before he started.”
Fox News’ Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.
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