Protesters trying to have Indy 500 officials bump Trump as pace car driver

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Protesters trying to have Indy 500 officials bump Trump as pace car driver

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/protesters-trying-indy-500-officials-bump-trump-pace-202422891.html

By Michael Marot, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 13 minutes ago

The Canadian Press

INDIANAPOLIS - There's a Dump The Donald movement afoot at the Indy 500.

Race organizers selected real estate mogul Donald Trump as this year's celebrity pace car driver a month ago. Since then, the potential Republican presidential candidate has created a stir by questioning whether President Obama was born outside the U.S. and whether he was qualified to attend the Ivy League schools he did.

Race fans, local citizens and an Indiana state lawmaker want to force Trump out of his next celebrity apprenticeship: driving the pace car May 29 just before the 100th annual race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

"To me, when they first named Donald Trump, it just felt wrong," said Michael Wallack, who started a Facebook page in hopes of firing Trump. "He has no relationship to the track, to the race, to racing, to Indianapolis, and I think I would have been bothered anytime with something like that. But to do that on the 100th anniversary, it made no sense. ... Then when he started going off on the birther stuff, that prompted me to do more and that's when I started the page."