Gordon’s 2005 win drew a record 18.7 million viewers ... “He changed the commercial side of the sport more than anything,” three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin said.

(Donald and Melania Trump married Jan. 22, 2005.) In February 2020, during his first presidential term, Donald Trump was the grand marshal for the 62nd annual Daytona 500. It was months before the ...