McCain to visit NASCAR race Sunday

A visit from a presidential candidate, a free customer transportation system and additional showers in the camping area are just a few of the amenities race fans can expect at this year's Sylvania 300 NASCAR race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Republican presidential candidate and Arizona Sen. John McCain will make a brief appearance at Sunday's event.

McCain and his wife Cindy, (there is no information yet as to if she will accompany her husband to Loudon Sunday) are no strangers to racing — McCain was the grand marshal of the 2006 Sylvania 300 and Cindy McCain is a trained racecar driver.

"We've done a lot of events like this," said speedway media spokesman Fred Neergaard. "We prepared twice for President Bush — once when he was the governor of Texas and once when he was president."

Neergaard included North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as two of the many prominent politicians who have visited the speedway.