Crew members work on the car sponsored by Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum during practice for Sunday's Daytona 500 auto race in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
Rick Santorum is sponsoring a car for tomorrow's Daytona 500 NASCAR race in Florida. The car is Front Row Motorsports' Ford Fusion and will be driven by driver Tony Raines.
"NASCAR and the Daytona 500 are about as American as you can get — and it's great to have my campaign represented by one of these incredible machines," said Santorum to SpeedTV, "The race weekend is a wonderful tradition that we're excited to be a part of as we spread our message. I like how Tony Raines turned some heads last weekend with his qualifying run and we'd like to keep turning heads, too. I think we're both looking for a win in the end."
The Obama campaign considered this type of outreach in 2008, but eventually pulled the idea.
