WASHINGTON -- Washington hosted an IndyCar race through its streets Sunday, with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump kicking off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix by leading a slow lap in the presidential limousine through the course.
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Trump will kick off the IndyCar race in the Beast before cars zoom through Washington's streets
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Freedom 250 Grand Prix sees race cars roar through capital
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Trump casts long shadow over IndyCar race in DC — but fans hope to look past the politics
President Donald Trump is transforming the streets around the National Mall in Washington, D.C., this weekend into an IndyCar motorsports mecca for the first time.
Scott McLaughlin, driver of the #3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet drives during qualifying for the NTT INDYCAR Series Freedom 250 on August 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Scott McLaughlin, driver of the #3 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet drives during qualifying for the NTT INDYCAR Series Freedom 250 on August 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
"Their beautiful cars are going to make freedom roar. This will be a freedom that's roaring like never before," Trump said at the White House earlier this month as he promoted the event.
President Donald Trump was riding in the Beast around the 1.7-mile D.C. track before waving the green flag as Álex Palou started on pole for the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
President Trump took a lap of honor around IndayCar's Freedom 250 Grand Prix 1.7-mile circuit near the US Capitol on Sunday to kick off the capstone event of DC summer festivities for America's semiquincentennial.
President Donald Trump, sitting in his presidential limousine, took a lap around the Freedom 250 Grand Prix racetrack in Washington, D.C., ahead of the main event on Sunday. Trump arrived at the district’s first-ever IndyCar street race with first lady Melania Trump and others.
US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag He got the wrong end of the stick.
Spectators at the Washington motor race and the drivers competing in it said they weren’t concerned about partisanship. But echoes of the Trump administration — and its political agenda — could still be felt in the streets of D.C.
WASHINGTON -- Washington hosted an IndyCar race through its streets Sunday, with President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump kicking off the Freedom 250 Grand Prix by leading a slow lap in the presidential limousine through the course.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were driven in the presidential limo around an IndyCar racetrack shaped from the streets of downtown Washington on Sunday afternoon. It was the final, major event planned for the city as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrati…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and much of the cabinet took in the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall on Sunday, and the president played a key role in the festivities.
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