Aug 20 : IndyCar will race through the heart of the U.S. capital this weekend, bringing open-wheel cars to a temporary circuit around the National Mall in a first-of-its-kind event tied to America's 250th anniversary celebrations.The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be contested over 147 laps covering 250 miles on

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

Sunday's course takes high-speed cars right past the National Gallery of Art and three Smithsonian museums. Art experts worry about the works inside, but organizers say they don't…

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.

A race that Transportation Secretary Duffy has called the first IndyCar event ever held in Washington, and that organizers expect to draw more than a million spectators

Here is a first look at what downtown D.C. looks like ahead of the race in honor of the nation's 250th anniversary.