Premium Motorsports announced Wednesday that Reed Sorenson’s No. 55 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car "will be branded in support of Donald Trump’s campaign at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday," according to Kyle Schnitzer of the N.Y. POST. Sorenson "usually drives an unsponsored ride on Sundays." This week, his Toyota Camry will "feature a patriotic paint scheme." The primarily white car "features a starred ribbon running along the sides, with Trump’s campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' displayed on the hood and back of the car" (N.Y. POST, 11/4). YAHOO SPORTS' Nick Bromberg noted it is "not the first time a team in NASCAR has supported Trump’s candidacy, though it’s the first time the support has been shown in the Cup Series." Two weeks ago at Talladega, a Camping World Truck Series team "ran a Trump/Pence paint scheme." Trump’s campaign has been "advertising more than rival Hillary Clinton’s during Cup Series races." Over the past four Cup races, there have been "seven ads from the Trump campaign or supporting his candidacy vs. one for Clinton." In '04, Kirk Shelmerdine "put his support for George W. Bush’s re-election campaign on the side of his car." A complaint was "filed with the Federal Election Commission about Shelmerdine’s use of the campaign logo on his car, saying that he failed to report the independent expenditure." The FEC "ruled there was reason to believe there might have been a violation but didn’t punish Shelmerdine outside of an admonishment letter" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 11/2).
