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President Trump announced Monday that IndyCars will race through the streets of Washington \u2014 including down Pennsylvania Avenue and around the National Mall \u2014 in a free two-day event next month marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Trump compared the upcoming Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23 around the nation\u2019s capital to the recent UFC event he hosted at the White House, which he said drew record ratings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will be like no other race ever. I don\u2019t think anything will ever beat, will ever top what we\u2019re going to be having \u2013 it just happened with UFC. It got the highest ratings of any fight in history. This will get the highest ratings of any such race,\u201d Mr. Trump said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a beautiful, a beautiful thing to watch, and this is the first racing event of its kind in Washington, D.C. history, happening as part of our great celebration of the 250th anniversary of American freedom,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The 1.7-mile, seven-turn circuit starts between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, then loops through Pennsylvania Avenue, 3rd Street, Constitution Avenue near the Air and Space Museum, and 7th Street past the National Archives before returning to the start.<\/p>\n

IndyCars can go up to 230 mph, though this course\u2019s multiple corners and shorter straightaways will limit that.<\/p>\n

Lap times are expected to run around 53-55 seconds, which would imply an average speed around 115 mph, though racers can go much faster on even short straightaways.<\/p>\n

During his announcement, Mr. Trump was flanked by Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy; professional IndyCar drivers Alex Palou, Felix Rosenquist and David Malukas; Roger Penske and Bud Denker, the chairman and president of Penske Corporation; president of General Motors Mark Reuss; and Eric Shanks, CEO of Fox Sports.<\/p>\n

The race will run as a nonprofit, backed by a coalition that includes IndyCar, Fox Sports, Penske, Monumental Sports, and city and federal agencies.<\/p>\n

Proceeds go to D.C. area charities, and admission is free. Organizers expect roughly 1 million spectators.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019ll be an awesome display of American patriotism and raw horsepower and ingenuity. You\u2019re going to see cars at the level that they\u2019ve never been at before, with cars racing more than 190 miles, and even higher than that, down Pennsylvania Avenue,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t exactly designed for that, but what Sean Duffy\u2019s done with these incredible, brilliant people is really amazing. It\u2019s going to be a sight for the ages.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Duffy, the Penske Corporation and Fox Sports initially ran into trouble with congressional Democrats when they first proposed the idea to lawmakers about having a street-circuit race around the Capitol.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause when you think about America 250, you also think about cars, and when you think about cars, you do think about freedom,\u201d Mr. Duffy said. \u201cThis all goes together, and we had some people who were creating problems for us on the hill. Not your team, Mr. President. The other team was creating problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Penske contacted Mr. Trump about his idea, which the president lauded and then helped move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was one phone call, and the president said, \u2018Done. We\u2019re going to celebrate America 250 with an Indy car race for the first time in the U.S. capital,\u2019\u201d Mr. Penske said.<\/p>\n

There is a long tradition of top-flight auto races on closed-off city streets, though Washington has never hosted one.<\/p>\n

Two of the regular stops on the IndyCar circuit are races through temporary tracks on the streets of Detroit and Long Beach, California.<\/p>\n

The Formula 1 circuit also includes the Monaco Grand Prix and the Las Vegas Grand Prix, races through the streets of the French Riviera resort and the gambling mecca\u2019s iconic Strip.<\/p>\n

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