The Freedom 250 Grand Prix begins Saturday, Aug. 22, with a 1.7-mile, seven-turn street circuit winding through the nation’s capital.

Racers will drive down Pennsylvania Avenue and zip past landmarks and museums along the National Mall.

Americans are off to the races this weekend as the Freedom 250 Grand Prix begins for the first time in the nation’s capital.

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix begins Saturday, Aug. 22, with a 1.7-mile, seven-turn street circuit winding through the nation’s capital.