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Donald Trump To Drive Camaro Convertible Pace Car at Indy 500

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Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul and star of the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice, will drive the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Pace Car at the start of the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 on May 29.
Trump, who is expected to run for president in 2012, joins a growing list of celebrities who have paced the field at the Indy 500.
Last year, Robin Roberts, the anchor of ABC's Good Morning America, and a high-profile breast cancer survivor, drove the Indy 500 pace car.


INDIANAPOLIS — Donald Trump, the real-estate mogul and star of the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice, will drive the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Pace Car at the start of the 100th Anniversary Indianapolis 500 on May 29.

"It's a great honor to be selected as the pace-car driver for such an American institution as the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500," said Trump in a statement posted on the Web site of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The announcement prompted lots of speculation about what Trump will do with his helmet-like mane during the drive. He told ESPN that he will probably wear a hat.

Trump's appearance at the Indy 500 may signal the unofficial start of his run for president in 2012. On Thursday morning, he told Meredith Viera on NBC-TV's Today show that he cannot announce his bid for the presidency until June, when Celebrity Apprentice is over. He also used that appearance to predict that Americans will be "paying $7-$8 per gallon" for gasoline "soon" and that "I'm only interested in Libya if we get the oil."

Trump is a vocal member of the so-called "birther" movement that seeks to prove that President Obama is not a U.S. citizen by birth. Trump said on Thursday he is personally investigating where Obama was born and said if he is not a U.S. citizen, it is "one of the great cons in the history of politics."

Race organizers say they are "thrilled" that Trump will pilot the pace car.

"He is an iconic American success story, a business leader without peer who is a fitting choice to bring the field for 'The Most Important Race in History' to the green flag," said Jeff Belskus, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation president and CEO in a statement.

Trump will be behind the wheel of the Chevrolet Camaro Convertible Pace Car that uses the same orange-on-white livery as the '69 Camaro SS pace car.

The real-estate mogul joins a growing list of pace-car drivers who have nothing to do with motorsports.

Last year, Robin Roberts, the anchor of ABC-TV's Good Morning America, and a high-profile breast cancer survivor, drove the Indy 500 pace car. Her pick was described on Wednesday by the Indianapolis Business Journal as "shameless media pandering." Columnist Lou Harry said the "short list of people who would have been better choices to take the honorary lap" this year includes "just about anyone."

Since 1999, the only former Indy driver to pace the field was Emerson Fittipaldi in 2008, according to IndyStar.com.

Other unusual choices for Indy 500 pace-car driver have included Colin Powell, the former secretary of state who was behind the wheel in 2005, and biker Lance Armstrong, who drove the car in 2006.

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Arizona 'birther' lawmaker Carl Seel meeting with Donald Trump

An Arizona state lawmaker who's backing a bill to force presidential candidates to prove their constitutional qualifications says he is meeting with current king of the birthers Donald Trump on Friday at his Manhattan office tower.

State Rep. Carl Seel, backer of HB2177 – a bill that has been moving through the state legislature in Arizona – plans to meet with Trump to talk about his piece of legislation, which would require a "certified birth certificate" for presidential candidates appearing on the ballot starting next year.
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A Trump aide couldn't immediately be reached to confirm the meeting.

But it would come a day after an interview with Trump aired on the "Today" show in which he said he has investigators on the ground in Hawaii rummaging through the questions he has about President Obama's birth.

Trump has put the "birther" issue into the mainstream press in a way that hasn't happened in the past two years, in just three weeks of TV interviews.

Meanwhile, a new Gallup poll showed that Trump's favorable ratings are roughly where they were 12 years ago when he last looked at running for president, with 43 percent giving him a thumbs-up and 47 percent seeing him unfavorably.

Americans have mixed opinions about potential presidential candidate Donald Trump, with 43% viewing him favorably and 47% unfavorably. Trump's public image is roughly the same now as it was in September 1999, when the real estate mogul was also exploring the idea of running for president.

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