Paige Spiranac Takes NASCAR By Storm At Daytona International Speedway As Golfer Named Pace Car Rider

When Paige Spiranac, usually seen wielding golf clubs on lush greens, attended the NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 event this past Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

To celebrate her being at the race, she was given a role that many would be incredibly jealous of: honorary pace car rider.

Joining Spiranac at the weekend of racing were American Olympians Bobby Finke, appointed as the official starter, and Parker Valby. Amidst the strong atmosphere of a live NASCAR race, Spiranac, alongside Kelleher and Valby, posed for photographers.

With a substantial influence online of 4 million Instagram followers and 1.6 million on TikTok, she described the NASCAR experience as “incredible”, via Fox News. Her followers were treated to snippets of this unique experience on her Instagram Stories.

“I am emotional because that was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done,” she shared, her voice filled with excitement. “To hear the cars as they come flying by me right now – Oh my god!”

The race was as tense as we’d want it, with Harrison Burton taking the win – his first in the NASCAR Cup Series – after a huge mistake from Kyle Busch saw him lose his lead.

“It’s just frustrating. We’ve led races here at Daytona going into the last restart and haven’t been able to pull off a victory,” he admitted to Dustin Long of NBC Sports. “Not sure what it is; what I’m doing wrong or what it is that I’m missing. It seems like the energy broke up off of Turn 2 and the No. 20 [Bell] got crooked and wasn’t on my rear bumper the way we needed to be.

“The outside lane just went by. I wanted to get up in front of the No. 21 [Burton] because I knew the momentum was coming there. But I knew the No. 20 was a better friend. It just didn’t work out.”

However, the race also saw Josh Berry involved in what looked like a dangerous crash, with the car rolling onto its roof.

“Probably wasn’t as bad as it looked,” he said following the wreck. “Man, I’m bummed because we had a hell of a night going. Just such a great job by [crew chief] Rodney [Childers] and this whole No. 4 team.

“The car was so strong. We were in position. I’m just really proud of the job I did tonight and really proud of the whole team. We were in contention. That could have been our day, but it didn’t work out.”