{"id":2253076,"date":"2024-05-26T05:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T09:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indycar-series-bans-political-branding-on-cars-for-indianapolis-500\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T05:09:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T09:09:24","slug":"indycar-series-bans-political-branding-on-cars-for-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indycar-series-bans-political-branding-on-cars-for-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar Series prohibits political branding on Indianapolis 500 cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findycar-series-bans-political-branding-on-cars-for-indianapolis-500%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253076&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hezbollah-leader-calls-iranian-retaliation-inevitable-after-deaths-of-irgc-generals\/\" title=\"Hezbollah leader predicts Iranian retaliation is certain following deaths of IRGC generals\">summary details<\/a> the ban on political branding in the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 by the IndyCar Series. A specific request to \u2063feature former President Donald Trump and independent\u2063 hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u200c on a race entry prompted this decision, as per reports cited. The summary covers the prohibition of\u2062 political branding in the\u200d 108th Indianapolis 500\u2062 by the IndyCar Series. A \u200brequest to include Donald Trump \u200dand Robert F. \u200bKennedy Jr. on a race entry led \u2062to this ruling, according to reports.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Political<\/a> branding on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cars<\/a> racing in the 108th running of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Indianapolis 500<\/a> has been banned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>IndyCar Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after at least one request made to an entry in Sunday\u2019s race that would have promoted former President Donald Trump and independent hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2024\/04\/26\/indycar-denies-rfk-jr-trump-car-at-indy-500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndyCar does not approve sponsorships associated with elected officials, candidates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newly-introduced-omar-act-would-block-lawmakers-from-paying-spouses\/\" title=\"Newly Introduced \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 Would Block Lawmakers from Paying Spouses\">political office<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-threats-of-corporate-donation-withdrawals-gop-senate-fund-hauls-in-8-3-million\/\" title=\"Amid Threats Of Corporate Donation Withdrawals, GOP Senate Fund Hauls In .3 Million\">political action committees<\/a>,\u201d an IndyCar spokesperson cited in the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Who requested the branding and what team received the request have not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Widely recognized as the \u201cGreatest Spectacle in Racing,\u201d over 330,000 people attended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbookmotorsport.com\/features\/indycar-2023-season-review-attendances-tv-viewership-commercial-headlines-2\/#:~:text=The%20major%20highlight%20of%20the,of%20the%20race%20in%202016.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the 2023 running<\/a> of the Indy 500, and it drew an average of 4.94 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s race is anticipated to draw similar if not better numbers, and the grid is packed with talent, including New Zealand\u2019s Scott McLaughlin in pole position ahead of former champions Will Power and Josef Newgarden, who sit at two and three, respectfully, on the grid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All three are drivers for Team Penske.<\/p>\n<p>The green flag falls at 12:45 p.m. at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and <em>American Idol<\/em> winner and actress Jordin Sparks will sing the national anthem. The race will be broadcast nationally on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IndyCar Series bans political branding in the 108th Indianapolis 500 race. This decision follows a request to feature former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a race entry, as reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2253077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23149557344120-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP23149557344120-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}