All posts tagged "Indycar"

President Donald Trump's IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., drew early criticism and mockery as cars were still making their first laps.

On Saturday, drivers started doing practice, qualifying, and other preliminary races for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, which Trump touted as D.C.'s first-ever IndyCar race. The marquee race, which Trump is expected to attend, will start on Sunday, but the negative reviews started coming in as the drivers raced on bumpy roads, and critics called out the administration for organizing the unsolicited event.

"Turning the National Mall into a race track for the Freedom 250 is a reckless spectacle that puts public spaces at risk because clowns need attention," blasted speaker and advocate Khary Penebaker....

President Donald Trump's Grand Prix IndyCar race on the National Mall is spurring alarm over grift and traffic in Washington, D.C.

Trump set in motion the Freedom 250 Grand Prix with a January executive order. It's meant to cap a summer of Trump-backed events celebrating the country's 250th anniversary.

Ahead of the race on Sunday, critics called out the event. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) wrote in a post on X that he's alarmed to see the event affiliated with Freedom 250, which he described as a corrupt organization....