Donald Trump drawing protest

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    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 centennial celebration of the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/indycar/indy500/2011/news/story?id=6479740
     

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