From the Capitol to the Washington Monument, the Freedom 250 IndyCar race put the city in full throttle for a milestone celebration.

A slice of Washington, D.C., will be transformed into an IndyCar race track this weekend for an event commemorating the U.S.'s 250th birthday.

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…

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