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From one-off to annual fixture? Freedom 250 Grand Prix success sparks push for multi-year DC deal

With major infrastructure investments already sunk, organizers weigh non-anniversary sponsorship revenue against recurring track costs

Motorsport

Trump leads the IndyCar prerace in the Beast before cars zoom through Washington's streets

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have made the short drive to the course of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington

The Independent UK

Inside IndyCar’s Washington, D.C. race: 288,000 ticket requests and a 13-person team

The Freedom 250 drew 288,000 ticket requests and required 1,350 pages of permits, with Penske relying on a tiny core team and local partners to build the National Mall event

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Freedom 250 Grand Prix extended to full 250-mile race distance

IndyCar Officials have changed the length of the inaugural event that takes place later this month from 125 to 147 laps

Motorsport

President Donald Trump meets with IndyCar drivers in special White House event

With the Freedom 250 Grand Prix 41 days away, the President of the United States hosted Roger Penske and key executives, along with David Malukas, Alex Palou, and Felix Rosenqvist

Motorsport

Sidestepping Congress, IndyCar to race around National Mall

The IndyCar race planned for this summer as part of America’s 250th anniversary won’t go through the Capitol grounds, but will instead follow a 1.66-mile, seven-turn street circuit course around the National Mall, event organizers announced Monday. It comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in January establishing…

Roll Call

Freedom 250 will be "economic benefit” to Washington D.C. says Roger Penske

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday for a race in the nation’s capital

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Who was really to blame for IndyCar chaos on Detroit’s streets?

Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.

Motorsport

Detroit GP organizers promise track improvements for next year

A new 1.645-mile track was constructed in the shadow of the Renaissance Center, the global headquarters of General Motors, and used some stretches of the Formula 1 track, which was used from 1982 to 1988.

Motorsport

Detroit IndyCar organisers promise track improvements for next year

Autosport

Why Detroit GP nostalgia isn’t what it used to be

Thirty five years after Ayrton Senna drove his McLaren to victory in the last Formula 1 Detroit Grand Prix, the event returned to the city's downtown streets.

Autosport

Will Power holds off Alexander Rossi, wins Detroit Grand Prix

DETROIT — Will Power was putting on a dominating performance in the final IndyCar race on Belle Isle’s 13-turn, 2.3-mile street course Sunday afternoon, leading the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix by 16 seconds after returning from his final pit stop with 20 laps remaining.

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