IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix: 147-Lap Race Around National Mall Celebrates America's 200
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More than two dozen IndyCar drivers will race 147 laps around Washington, D.C.'s National Mall this weekend for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, celebrating the country's milestone birthday.
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Washington ExaminerThe Freedom 250 Grand Prix begins Saturday, Aug. 22, with a 1.7-mile, seven-turn street circuit winding through the nation’s capital. IndyCars will race at speeds exceeding 200 miles per hour past some of Washington’s most recognizable landmarks, including the Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol, and Smithsonian museums.
PBS NewsHourWATCH: IndyCar hosts Freedom 250 Grand Prix news conference ahead of Washington race The race, scheduled for Aug. 22 and 23, is the latest — and the fastest — of the major events President Donald Trump has hosted against the backdrop of America's 250th birthday.
Washington TimesTraffic on the National Mall will look a little different this weekend. Honking horns, road-raging commuters and distracted out-of-town minivans will be replaced by 25 of the world’s best IndyCar drivers for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
The HillIndyCar president: ‘Could be a little bit of carnage’ in DC race this weekend IndyCar President Doug Boles said Thursday morning that tight corners on the Freedom 250 Grand Prix race course around the National Mall this weekend could result in a “little bit of carnage” around the nation’s capital.   The nearly-1.7-mile course, which loops around the National Archives, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian National Air and Space…
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Okin is concerned that buildings and artifacts could be damaged by vibrations associated with course construction and the race itself, plus worst-case scenarios like fires and flying debris, as she wrote in a late-July letter to the National Park Service (which issued permits for the event).
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How was the event put together? The IndyCar series is owned by Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation. Denker says he and Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks had the idea — over a beer after a board meeting last year — to celebrate the country's 250th birthday with a race in Washington, D.C.
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01 USA Today From George Washington to Donald Trump, racing has become a staple in presidential life. While presidents maintained a love of watching horse races, their attention eventually evolved to horsepower.
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02 Washington Examiner “The United States Mint captured this singular convergence of American history and American speed in a single, strikable object — an official medal that turns this historic two-day spectacle into a lifetime keepsake,” the Mint said.
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03 NPR News The two-day motorsports event, which culminates in Sunday's marquee 250-mile race, is the first IndyCar race to take place in the nation's capital. And organizers say it might be the last.
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04 Washington Times Like previous events — the UFC White House card and the Great American State Fair — this weekend’s festivities required a substantial logistical lift.
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