Organizers of races selected real estate magnate Donald Trump celebrity this year, the pace pilot car a month ago. Since then, the potential Republican candidate has created a stir by questioning whether if President Obama was born United States and knowledge if he was qualified to attend prestigious schools, he did.
Race fans, local citizens and a State Indiana legislature want to force Trump out of his celebrity following learning: driving the pace car may 29 just before the 100th annual race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"For me, when they were first named Donald Trump, it just felt wrong,", said Michael Wallack, who started a Facebook page in the hope of shooting Trump. "He has no connection with the track, race, race, Indianapolis, and I think that I would have been disturbed at any time with something like that." But to do this on the 100th anniversary, it is not logical. ... Then when he started going offshore on the birther stuff, which prompted to do me more and that is that I started the page. ?
Obama made public his Hawaii birth certificate, but the members of the so-called "birther" movement are pleading before the Federal Court that the document has been tampered.
Trump took credit for raising the issue to the forefront. And now Trump is fired criticism of pace car duties.
"The debate comes lies based on unfounded, incorrect and malicious that Donald Trump has a racial bias against the President," said Michael Cohen, executive vice president and special counsel to Trump. "Nothing is more far from the truth, as Donald Trump does not have a racist bone in his body." Request for Mr. Trump for the certificate of birth of the Obama President, school records and documents was based on transparency; a major part of the platform of President Obama 2008. ?
He added: "If Mr. Trump should become the next President, he would provide those documents voluntarily."
Track spokesman Doug Boles said speedway officials are aware of Wallack's Facebook page, for the first time Wednesday by the Indianapolis Star and monitoring of the situation.
The driver of the car in the pace of change could be a first.
"As much as I know, the speedway has not changed a pace car driver," Boles said. "But there was a car pace since 1911, so I don't know if someone could definitively say, it is not changed.
The speedway has a rich tradition of the use of automobile outside celebrity pace-car drivers. Since 2000, the list includes actors Anthony Edwards, Jim Caviezel, Morgan Freeman and Josh Duhamel. seven times winner of the Tour of France Lance Armstrong. Top Model Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp. and "good morning America" host Robin Roberts. A potential candidate of politics, retired General Colin Powell, also drove the car in pace in 2005.
Reputation of the race has survived other brushes with controversy, including the separation between the two series of freewheel and the return of Steven Tyler of the national anthem.
Trump, opponents argue, is more polarized and could overshadow the race.
"The people I spoke to indirectly shared concern with the situation," said State Rep. Jeb Bardon, a Democrat who represents the area surrounding the racetrack. He said he worries the Trump appearance will be the negative attention to the celebration of the centenary of this month.
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