Riley Gaines to deliver pre-race invocation at Circuit of the Americas: 'Surreal honor'

this Echopark Automotive Grand Prix Sunday will be held at the Americas Tour in Austin, with sports figures presenting pre-match citations.

Riley Gaines Praying will be held in Austin before the driver laps 95 times on the path.

“It is a surreal honor to invoke pre-match citations to Sunday’s Tour of America. I’m happy to have the opportunity to lead this moment to pray to our Heavenly Father, demanding safety, sportsmanship and solidarity for everyone – drivers, teams and fans are the same,” he said. Gaines is inappropriateshe hosted the “Gaynes for Girls” podcast.

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Riley Gaines, a former University of Kentucky swimmer, spoke at an event. (Michael Clevenger / Courier Journal / USA Today Network)

“Only a handful of women have received this unique honor, one of them is my role model, Sage Steele. I look forward to an exciting day of racing and the way the sport brings people passion and love for our country.”

Steele cited in the same game two years ago.

She has been advocating for trans athletes and women’s sports since Gaines competes with trans swimmers Lia Thomas, who continues to win NCAA Division I Title.

A new national curriculum layout ahead of the Xfinity series qualification with the XFINITY series as a focus on the 250s at the Tour of Americas in Austin, Texas on February 28, 2025. (David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Georgia passes the Riley Gaines Act, which aims to ban trans athletes from participating in women’s sports

Gaines recently accompanied the executive order signed by Donald Trump at the White House to prevent biological men from competing with the opposite sex. However, several states failed to comply with the order, resulting in at least three Title IX investigations.

It was the third official match of the NASCAR season, which opened for the second straight daytona 500 victory with William Byron. Christopher Bell won the Ambetter Health 400 in Atlanta last week.