The Republican presidential candidate is better known as a New Yorker, of course, one who as the city’s mayor drew admiration associating with quintessentially New York passions—for attending the Metropolitan Opera and pulling unambiguously for the Yankees.
But now he is playing to a national audience, and if it means the New Yorker has to do NASCAR, the honored Southern pastime with national appeal, well, he proved game.
In some ways, Giuliani and NASCAR fans seem a natural match. Rudolph W. Giuliani, CBSNews.com
On Sunday, the Giuliani campaign came to the Homestead-Miami Speedway, past a handful of Confederate flags flying in the parking lot and beyond the Jack Daniel’s tent, to attend NASCAR’s Ford 400.
“This is our third race this year,” he boasted to the assembled dignitaries, who included former heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, Miss Florida and crew chiefs, shortly before the race.
“This is a quintessentially American sport,” he told the audience. “It represents the best of America. Allahpundit, HotAir.com
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