IndyCar Race in Washington DC

And Mr. President, it has taken a lot of people to make this

happen.

Why was it important to you to bring IndyCar to the streets of DC?

Well, Roger told me they've been trying to do it

for 20 years, and he'd come down,

I think he said he was down

211 times to try and get it done. And when he came to see Trump, it got

done in about 15 minutes, and it's turned out to be much bigger than

we

ever even thought possible. Uh, they actually closed the bridges.

It's so, so many people wanna come, and, uh, they've, I think

300, 350,000, and they closed the bridges.

You have a lot of people that wanna come.

So it's turned out to be, I think, bigger and better.

And the weather is beautiful. You know, I was hearing about rain all week

long, "It's gonna rain, it's gonna rain." I said, "No,

it's not." And this is as

nice a day as I've seen in Washington in a long time.

Well, you've been to a lot of sporting events in

person.

What are you most looking forward to about your first IndyCar race, here at

the Freedom 250?

Just that everyone's safe, they have a good time. The track

is wonderful.

You know, we're going around the Capitol, but this turned out to be a better track.

And so now we see the Capitol, you see it right behind you.

And, uh, j- I want everyone to be safe, and I want the people to have a good time.

You just had a chance to meet many of the drivers, the team owners.

What was your message to them about this historic day?

Well, again, good luck, do well, have fun.

I don't wanna say sort of be safe, because it's sort of a negative thought,

right?

They don't wanna be thinking about that, 'cause if they do, uh, they're, generally

speaking, you're not gonna win when you start thinking that way.

But, uh, they're great. I know many of them through name,

I know some of them

by being with you on a couple of occasions. Uh, but it's a great sport.

And Roger's an amazing guy. Didn't he win it 20 times, the Indy 500?

Nobody wins anything 20 times. Anything. But the Indianapolis 500...

And he almost won last time by half a foot. I watched that.

But Roger's been a friend of mine for a long time, and there's nobody like him.

Mr. President, thank you for hosting us. Enjoy your day.

And you're going to wave the green flag.

I think so. I hear that, yeah. I'm gonna make a little circle in a nice

secure car.

Slightly slower than the ones we're gonna witness- ... but we're gonna have fun.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you very much.