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a very special day for a lot of reasons, actually, if you really think about it, but this is a day because Roger Penske is a great friend of mine. I've known him a long time. He received a few years ago the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award in the country outside of the Congressional Medal of Honor, sort of the civilian version of the Congressional Medal of Honor, and I watched him win his 18th Indianapolis 500, and now I just said, "Did you win 19?" He said, "Well, actually, we won 20." He won two more since then, so that was like five years ago, and he won two more since then, and just well-deserving. If you look, Germany, Japan, the countries, they spend billions of dollars trying to win money, and I guess they do it sometimes, but not much, but he's done it 20 times, so he must know something about cars and racing, and trucks, too, by the way. He knows a lot about trucks, but he's been a very special guy, and he's brought some of our outstanding racing champions with tremendous courage and guts and grit. Hello, fellas, I didn't see you guys over there. That's a good-looking couple of teams, too. They have a lot of courage, and we'll see you in a second. So we're joined by the 2023-2024 NASCAR champion, Ryan Blaney, and Joey Logano. That's really fantastic, fellas. That's great. How fast do you get that car going? As an example, on average, how fast will you go? About 190. About 190? You can have it. I don't want to go, but 190, that's fantastic. And on a straight away, you'll go how much? About 190-200. About 190-200. Well, it takes a special genetic, you know that, right? It's genes, not only genes, really. Most people couldn't do that. Very few people could do it. The 2023-2024 Indianapolis 500 winner, Joseph Newgarden. And the 2025 champions of the 24 hours of Daytona, Felipe Nasser, Nick Tandy, and Lawrence Ventura. This is just a celebration of racing, and it's a celebration of Roger and his great success and his life, and these incredible champions who really do what very few people could do. Mentally, psychologically, it's a big factor here, like it is in all sports, really, but you need a great physical ability. People that do this, they don't realize what great athletes they are. It's just not the car. I had a friend. He was a very successful guy, but he was a driver and started off. He wanted to be a race car driver. He wanted to be like you. He wanted to be like, just like Joey Logano. And he had it for business, but he didn't have it for the -- he said, "I just couldn't compete with the good drivers." He couldn't do it, no matter what he did. And he got lucky, he went into business, made a lot of money. He was very successful. But he said, "I couldn't press the accelerated down all the way and the best drivers could." So there was just a difference. It was really -- I never forgot that story. But these are great champions, and it's a great sport. And what you've done in Indianapolis, also, with the track and everything has been incredible. I mean, it's really incredible. People tell me it's been amazing. I'll have to get there. I'm going to have to get there maybe this year with you. But -- Well, thank you very much. Thank you. We had to -- we did Daytona. We went around the track in the beast, what's called the beast, with the thick windows and the whole thing. And you're not supposed to hear anything, but I heard the fans. They were going crazy outside. So it was -- it was a great honor. So I just wanted to welcome them to the White House, a special place, very, very special place. And we love champions. And these are the greatest champions in the world. These are the greatest champions in racing, and it's an honor to have you all. And thank you very much. All of you, thank you very much. I wouldn't ride in that thing if you paid -- (laughter) How fast will that go? Two-forty-plus. Two-forty? Yeah. That's unbelievable. What a weapon. Two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, consecutively, right? Yes, sir. So what the hell are you doing? What do you eat? (laughter) A lot of milk. A lot of milk. I'm going to take some. And that one is pure speed and endurance, right? Correct, sir. Speed and endurance. Is that car a very different car than, let's say, this one? Very different? Very different. Very different, yeah. We've got to last so many hours, and we all share the car, so three drivers. It's a totally different engine. Everything is different. Everything. And you go -- is it 24 hours? Yeah. It's been a long time. And that car just -- there's no let-up. There's no -- it's just constant, right? That's fantastic. Congratulations. That's endurance. Endurance is a big factor in life and success, I can tell you. So you guys have it. Well, thank you very much.

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