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Canadian driver Amber Balcaen may not have been racing in the Daytona 500, but she still felt President Donald Trump’s energy when he arrived at Daytona International Speedway.
“I’m Canadian, but I’ve never experienced anything like that. You could feel the energy and even still talking about it, it gives me chills. It was really neat,” Balcaen said during a recent appearance on OutKick’s “OutKick The Morning with Charly Arnolt.“
“I raced the day before, so I didn’t get to hear him over the radio, but I was listening, and I can’t even imagine how the drivers must have felt in that moment.”
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Balcaen, 32, raced in the ACRA Menards Series the day prior to the Daytona 500, which Gus Dean won.
Balcaen said Trump’s presence added even more to what is already an awesome atmosphere.
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