NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. (R) presents President Donald Trump with a helmet during an event where Trump honored his championship, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
White House aids handle a helmet given to President Donald Trump from NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. during an event where he honored Truex, at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
President Donald Trump speaks alongside NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. and his wife Sherry during an event where Trump honored his championship, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
President Donald Trump walks with NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. and his wife Sherry walk to an event where Trump honored the NASCAR Cup Series Champion Truex, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
President Donald Trump speaks alongside NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. and his wife Sherry during an event where Trump honored his championship, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Marrtin Truex Jr. celebrates after winning the Ford EcoBoost 400 and the season championship at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on November 19, 2017. Photo By Gary I Rothstein/UPI
May 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump was scheduled to welcome NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. to the White House on Monday afternoon.
The two were expected to meet at 2:10 p.m. EDT on the South Lawn along with Truex's team.
In November, Truex claimed his eighth win of the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Series in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With that win, he won his first Cup Series championship.
"It's definitely one of the proudest moments of my career to be able to bring it home for [my team], after all they've done for me and giving me the opportunity they have and putting me in a position to be a champion. I was glad I could hold up my end of the deal," he said after the race.