Thousands of spectators began pouring into the center of Washington, DC, on Saturday to catch the first day of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a two-day street racing event whose revving engines will echo amid the nearby US Capitol and the city’s neoclassic national museums.

The MPD has announced traffic closures and vehicle restrictions as officials prepare the downtown race circuit and implement security measures.

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.

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.