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华盛顿讯——本周末，印地赛车系列赛（IndyCar）将拿下华盛顿市中心，届时25辆时速接近180英里的赛车将在国家广场疾驰。本次赛事是为纪念美国建国250周年而举办。
这场“自由250华盛顿特区大奖赛”预计本周末每日吸引约14万名观众，是24年来首都首场大型汽车赛事。
过去几周，赛道周边区域已完成改造，搭建看台与巨型护栏，大片区域已对车辆和行人封闭。赛事将干扰国家广场周边多处热门旅游景点，仅限持赛事门票者进入相关区域。
前总统特朗普预计将挥舞绿旗启动比赛，这项筹备耗时一年多的赛事。以下是关于华盛顿IndyCar赛车赛的必知信息：
什么是IndyCar？华盛顿赛事何时举办？
IndyCar是全球顶级开放式轮赛车系列之一，全球知名度与声望仅次于一级方程式赛车（F1）。该系列是速度最快的赛车赛事之一，赛车时速可达230英里，其顶级赛事印第安纳波利斯500英里大赛是“赛车运动三冠王”的组成赛事之一。
本周的赛事将是IndyCar首次在华盛顿特区举办，将有25名车手参赛。比赛正式于美国东部时间周日下午1点开始，但根据IndyCar赛事周末的安排，赛车将在周六和周日全天进行相关活动。
车手们将在周六进行两场练习赛：第一场上午9点，第二场下午1点。练习赛旨在让车手及其车队熟悉赛道，并测试不同的车辆调校与策略，这在陌生赛道上尤为重要。
排位赛将于周六下午5点至6点30分进行。排位赛中，车手将通过三轮角逐创造最快单圈成绩，较慢的车手将在第一轮和第二轮排位赛后被淘汰，最终排位结果将决定正赛的发车顺位。
在IndyCar赛事间隙，周六还将举办一场特别表演赛——国际赛车挑战赛（IROC）。
赛道布局是怎样的？
赛道全长1.7英里，包含6个左转弯和1个右转弯。为呼应美国建国250周年主题，赛事总距离为250英里，即147圈。
发车区位于美国国会大厦西侧的西北第三大道。赛车将左转后沿宾夕法尼亚大道疾驰，随后再次左转进入西北第九大道，途经国家档案馆。
国会大厦在起点和终点线处清晰可见。安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社
赛道随后短暂沿宪法大道行进，途经国家美术馆。车手将右转进入西北第七大道，横穿国家广场抵达西南独立大道。赛道将途经史密森尼航空航天博物馆和美国印第安人国家博物馆，随后驶入西南马里兰大道，绕回国会大厦前的起点线。
一张地图展示了华盛顿IndyCar赛车赛“自由250大奖赛”的赛道布局。
IndyCar还在此发布了更详细的赛道地图，包含观众出入口、配套设施等相关信息。
我还能买到赛事门票吗？
赛事普通入场券此前免费，但申领窗口已于6月关闭。普通入场券不可转让，也无法在转售平台购买。
“自由250大奖赛不再提供其他普通入场券，”赛事官网显示，“必须持票才能进入场馆并观看比赛，无票者无法进入观赛区域或球迷专区。”
目前唯一进入赛事区域的途径是购买 hospitality 套餐，该套餐包含“冠军俱乐部”入场权益，内含餐饮服务与绝佳观赛座位。但周日及全周末的冠军俱乐部套餐已售罄，截至本文发稿时，Ticketmaster上仅剩周六套餐，两张入场券售价为3582.70美元。
如何通过电视或流媒体观看IndyCar赛事？
福克斯体育是IndyCar的转播合作伙伴，将通过福克斯旗下多个平台播出本周末的赛事。该平台上周发布了完整的转播时间表。
周六的IndyCar练习赛和排位赛将在福克斯体育有线频道FS1和FS2播出。周日将播出90分钟赛前预热节目及大奖赛正赛，播出平台为福克斯广播电视网。
所有福克斯平台的转播内容均可通过Fox One应用程序流媒体观看。
这场赛事是如何促成的？
IndyCar隶属于潘世奇公司（Penske Corp.）旗下的潘世奇娱乐公司，该公司总裁为巴德·登克（Bud Denker）。登克同时担任大奖赛组委会主席，在赛事筹备中发挥了关键作用。
“一年多前，能将IndyCar赛事带到我们的首都，这是我的梦想，”他在周四国会山的新闻预览会上说道。
登克告诉美国国家公共广播电台（NPR），去年他与福克斯体育首席执行官埃里克·尚克斯（Eric Shanks）小酌时，萌生了举办这场纪念美国建国250周年赛事的想法。但赛事几乎未能成行。国会需要批准他在国会山区域举办赛事的计划。在提交提案后，登克在国会山遭遇了阻碍，未能获得足够票数通过审批。
他告诉华盛顿NBC电视台，1月21日时他需要致电51位人士，从国会领袖到白宫方面，告知赛事似乎无法举办。随后，交通部长肖恩·达菲（Sean Duffy）致电他，提议可通过行政命令推进赛事，调整赛道路线以避开国会管辖区域。
特朗普总统于1月签署行政命令，为修订后的赛事奠定基础。该指令要求达菲和内政部长道格·伯古姆（Doug Burgum）确定并划定赛道路线，并办理必要的许可与审批手续。赛道最终方案于3月敲定。
交通部长肖恩·达菲（左）与潘世奇公司总裁巴德·登克，2026年3月9日宣布“自由250大奖赛”赛道规划。汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ滚石公司 via 盖蒂图片社
“IndyCar赛车是美国的骄傲与娱乐源泉，因此我很高兴宣布在华盛顿特区举办‘自由250大奖赛’，”特朗普在行政命令中表示，“这场将是有史以来首次在国家广场附近首都举办的汽车赛事，车手们将环绕标志性国家纪念碑赛道竞速，以此庆祝美国建国250周年，展现这座伟大城市的壮丽风貌。”
特朗普一直致力于打造盛大的美国建国250周年纪念活动，整个夏季都将举办各类庆祝活动，包括6月在白宫南草坪举办的UFC格斗赛事。
特朗普会到场吗？他对此有何表态？
登克表示，特朗普将挥舞绿旗启动比赛。组委会还表示，若特朗普需要，将为其提供专属观赛包厢。
据《纽约邮报》消息，特朗普还预计将乘坐总统座驾“野兽”（The Beast）绕赛道进行荣誉巡游。
特朗普本人也对赛事表示期待。他称自己虽没有太多时间观看赛车比赛，但热爱这项运动。上个月，特朗普邀请了本次赛事的三位车手——亚历克斯·帕卢（Álex Palou）、费利克斯·罗森奎斯特（Felix Rosenqvist）和大卫·马卢卡斯（David Malukas）到访白宫，为赛事宣传造势。
潘世奇公司首席执行官罗杰·潘西与IndyCar冠军亚历克斯·帕卢，2026年7月13日在白宫向特朗普总统赠送赛车头盔。安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社
“这将是美国爱国主义、原始马力与创新能力的绝佳展现，”特朗普在白宫迎接车手时说道，“你们将看到前所未有的赛车水平，车辆在宾夕法尼亚大道上的时速将超过190英里，甚至更高。这条赛道最初并非为此设计，但肖恩·达菲与一众杰出人士携手完成的改造令人惊叹。这将成为永恒的经典画面。”
国家广场哪些区域开放、哪些关闭？
赛事筹备工作已导致赛道周边大片区域关闭，华盛顿特区的交通陷入拥堵，给当地居民、通勤者和游客带来不便。
部分热门旅游景点位于赛事管控区域范围内，游客无法进入。
周六和周日期间，三家史密森尼博物馆将仅对持大奖赛区域门票的访客开放：国家航空航天博物馆、美国印第安人国家博物馆和国家自然历史博物馆。国家美术馆和国家档案馆周末参观也需持票，国家美术馆东馆周日全天关闭。
美国国家公园管理局也发布了赛事相关的关闭清单，涵盖国家广场周边的多处纪念设施与公园。
赛道区域道路也不会立即恢复通行，拆除护栏、围栏及其他赛事搭建设施需要一定时间，部分道路将持续关闭至9月15日。
赛事耗资多少？由谁承担？
赛事总造价尚未公开，但IndyCar母公司表示将承担大部分费用。
登克，潘世奇公司总裁兼赛事组委会主席，告诉华盛顿NBC电视台，潘世奇将承担赛事周末“绝大多数”成本。他未透露具体金额，但表示总花费“远高于”公司在底特律IndyCar大奖赛约2100万美元的预算。赞助商收入帮助抵消了部分成本。
登克告诉NPR，美国政府唯一需要承担的成本是特勤局、华盛顿特区大都会警察局及其他机构提供的安保费用。
登克还表示，该公司未接受任何联邦资金用于赛事举办，也未接受自由250组织的资助——该组织曾在首都举办其他纪念美国建国250周年的活动。据《体育画报》报道，组委会称赛事产生的任何利润都将捐赠给华盛顿特区市长穆丽尔·鲍泽（Muriel Bowser）指定的慈善机构。
美联社报道称，主办方出资建造了1800堵赛道围挡墙，每堵墙重达1万磅。主办方还在入场处安装了金属探测器，由特勤局对持票观众进行安检，并斥资不到300万美元对赛道沿线部分道路进行修缮。赛道沿线超过220个井盖需要加固，以防比赛中被震起移位。
华盛顿特区此前举办过汽车赛事吗？
举办过，但间隔已久。
上一场在首都举办的大型汽车赛事是2002年的华盛顿凯迪拉克大奖赛，属于美国勒芒系列赛事。赛事曾在现已拆除的RFK体育场周边停车场的临时赛道举办。
2002年7月19日，赛车在RFK体育场外进行练习赛，背景是驶过的地铁列车，为华盛顿凯迪拉克大奖赛做准备。美联社照片/肯尼思·兰伯特
当时赛车以180英里的时速轰鸣而过，远超华盛顿特区政府设定的噪音限值。
“赛道的噪音给人的感觉就像一连串飓风掠过。赛车引擎的轰鸣会持续30分钟到一小时，随后彻底安静下来，直到下一轮排位赛或比赛开始，”《华盛顿邮报》当时报道称。
赛事本应在未来10年每年举办一届，但由于主办方未能解决噪音问题，并遭遇其他运营难题，2003年的赛事被取消，市政府随后终止了合同。
华盛顿IndyCar赛事会每年举办吗？
登克本周告诉NPR，华盛顿赛事属于一次性活动。
“这是只办一次的赛事，因为我们只庆祝一次建国250周年。”
但华盛顿特区市长鲍泽和特朗普均表示，希望未来能在华盛顿举办更多赛事。据美联社报道，鲍泽称这场比赛是“第一场，之后还会有第二场、第三场”。
The IndyCar race in D.C. is taking over the capital this weekend. Here’s what to know.
2026-08-21T13:16:00-0400 / CBS News
Washington— Twenty-five cars traveling at top speeds approaching 180 mph will zoom around the National Mall this weekend when the racing series IndyCar takes over downtown D.C. for a race commemorating the nation’s 250th birthday.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., is expected to attract about 140,000 people on each day of the weekend. The event is the first major auto race in the capital in more than 24 years.
The area around the track has been transformed over the past several weeks to make way for the construction of grandstands and enormous barriers, with large portions of the area blocked off to traffic and pedestrians. The race will disrupt several popular tourist destinations around the Mall and limit access to those with tickets to the event.
President Trump is expected to wave the green flag to kick off the race, which has been in the works for more than a year. Here’s what to know about the D.C. IndyCar race:
What is IndyCar, and when is the race in D.C.?
IndyCar is one of the world’s leading open-wheel racing series, generally regarded as second only to Formula 1 in global popularity and prestige. The series is among the fastest racing categories, with cars capable of reaching 230 mph. Its premier event is the Indianapolis 500, one of three races that constitute the “triple crown of motorsport.”
This weekend’s race will be IndyCar’s first in the nation’s capital and feature 25 drivers. The race itself begins at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, but cars will be on track over the course of both Saturday and Sunday, given how an IndyCar race weekend is structured.
The drivers will have two practice sessions on Saturday — the first at 9 a.m. and the second at 1 p.m. These sessions allow the drivers and their teams to get accustomed to the racetrack and try out different car setups and strategies, which is especially important on an unfamiliar track.
Qualifying for the race will take place from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. In qualifying, drivers compete to set the fastest lap over three rounds, with slower drivers eliminated after the first and second rounds. The final results set the grid — who starts where — for the race itself.
A special exhibition — the International Race of Champions, or IROC — will be on track Saturday in between IndyCar sessions.
What’s the layout of the track?
The track is 1.7 miles long and features six left-hand turns and one to the right. In a nod to the country’s birthday, the race will be 250 miles long, or 147 laps.
The starting grid is directly to the west of the U.S. Capitol on Third Street Northwest. The cars then take a left and speed down Pennsylvania Avenue, before another left-hand turn down Ninth Street Northwest past the National Archives.
The U.S. Capitol Building is visible at the start and finish line. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
The track then briefly goes down Constitution Avenue, past the National Gallery of Art. Drivers will hang a right down Seventh Street Northwest, cutting across the National Mall to reach Independence Avenue Southwest. The track will take the drivers past the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and National Museum of the American Indian before hitting Maryland Avenue Southwest and looping back to the starting line in front of the Capitol.
A map shows the track for the IndyCar race in D.C. Freedom 250 Grand Prix
IndyCar also released a more detailed map showing gates, amenities and other information for attendees here.
Can I still get tickets to the IndyCar race?
Tickets for general admission to the race were free, but the window for requesting them closed back in June. General admission tickets are nontransferable and aren’t available on resale sites, either.
“No other GA tickets are available for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix,” the race’s website says. “You must have a ticket for venue access and race viewing. There are no viewing options or fan zone access available without a ticket.”
The only way to get access to the race area now is to purchase a hospitality package, which comes with access to the “Champions Club” with food, drinks and prime seating. But the Champions Club packages for Sunday or the whole weekend are sold out — the only remaining option on Ticketmaster as of this writing was for Saturday, and that carries a price tag of $3,582.70 for a pair of passes.
How can I watch the IndyCar race on TV or streaming?
Fox Sports is IndyCar’s broadcast partner and will show the weekend’s action on various Fox platforms. The network released a full schedule of its coverage plans last week.
Saturday’s IndyCar practice sessions and qualifying will be broadcast on FS1 and FS2, Fox Sports’ cable channels. On Sunday, a 90-minute preshow and the grand prix will be broadcast on the Fox broadcast network.
All of Fox’s coverage can be streamed on the Fox One app as well.
How did the race come together?
IndyCar is owned by Penske Entertainment, a subsidiary of Penske Corp., whose president is Bud Denker. Denker is also the chairman of the grand prix and has been instrumental in planning for the race.
“This is my dream, a little over a year ago, to bring an IndyCar race to our nation’s capital,” he said during a press preview on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
Denker told NPR he envisioned a race to celebrate America’s 250th birthday over a beer with Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks last year. But it almost didn’t happen. Congress needed to approve his plan to host the race on Capitol grounds. After pitching his idea, Denker was running into roadblocks on Capitol Hill and didn’t have the votes to get it approved.
He told NBC Washington that on Jan. 21, he had 51 people to call, from leaders in Congress to the White House, to say it looked like the race wasn’t happening. Then, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called him and suggested the race could move forward under an executive order, with the route adjusted to avoid congressional jurisdiction.
Mr. Trump signed the order in January laying the groundwork for the revised race. The directive instructed Duffy and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to locate and designate the route, and secure the proper permits and approvals. The track was finalized in March.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, and Bud Denker, president of Penske Corp., announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix course March 9, 2026. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images
“INDYCAR racing is a source of pride and entertainment for our Nation, which is why I am pleased to announce the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C.,” the president said in his executive order. “This race, the first motor race ever to be held in our nation’s capital near the National Mall, will showcase the majesty of our great city as drivers navigate a track around our iconic national monuments in celebration of America’s 250th birthday.”
Mr. Trump has sought to make the country’s 250th anniversary elaborate, with celebratory events running for much of the summer, including the UFC fight on the White House’s South Lawn in June.
Is Trump going to be there? What has he said about it?
Denker said Mr. Trump will wave the green flag to begin the race. Organizers also said there’s a special viewing box for the president’s use, should he want it.
Mr. Trump is also expected to take a ceremonial “lap of honor” around the track in the Beast, his presidential limousine, according to the New York Post.
The president has expressed excitement over the race. While he said he doesn’t have much time to watch racing, he said he loves it. Last month, the president invited some of the drivers for this weekend’s race — Álex Palou, Felix Rosenqvist and David Malukas — to the White House to promote the event.
Penske Corp. CEO Roger Penske and IndyCar champion Álex Palou present President Trump with a race helmet at the White House on July 13, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
“It will be an awesome display of American patriotism and raw horsepower and ingenuity,” the president said when he welcomed the drivers to the White House. “You’re going to see cars at the level that they’ve never been at before, with cars racing more than 190 mph and even higher than that down Pennsylvania Avenue. It wasn’t exactly designed for that but what Sean Duffy has done with these incredible, brilliant people is amazing. It’s going to be a sight for the ages.”
What’s open and closed on the National Mall for the race?
Preparations for the race have already shut down much of the area around the track, snarling traffic in D.C. and causing headaches for residents, commuters and tourists alike.
Some popular tourist destinations fall within the perimeter of the racing action and won’t be accessible to visitors.
Three Smithsonian museums will limit access to those with tickets to the grand prix area on Saturday and Sunday: the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of the American Indian and the National Museum of Natural History. The National Gallery of Art and the National Archives will also require a ticket to visit over the weekend. The National Gallery’s East Building will be closed entirely on Sunday.
The National Park Service has also released a list of closures related to the event, including several memorials and parks around the National Mall.
The roads aren’t expected to open up immediately, either, since it will take a while to tear down the walls, fencing and other equipment set up for the race. Some will remain closed through Sept. 15.
How much is the race costing, and who’s paying for it?
People cross the racetrack along Pennsylvania Avenue on Aug. 19, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images
The total price tag for the race is unknown, but IndyCar’s parent company has said it is footing the bill for most of the cost.
Denker, Penske Corp.’s president and the race’s chairman, told NBC Washington that Penske is paying for the “vast majority” of the cost for the weekend. He declined to detail the precise numbers, but said the price tag “far exceeds” the company’s roughly $21 million budget for IndyCar’s grand prix in Detroit. Sponsorships have helped offset the cost.
Denker told NPR that the only cost to the government will be for security provided by the Secret Service, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and other entities.
Denker also said the company has not accepted any federal money to produce the race or money from Freedom 250, the group that organized other events commemorating the country’s 250th birthday in the nation’s capital. Organizers, according to The Athletic, said any profits from the race will go to charities chosen by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser.
The Associated Press reported that organizers paid to build 1,800 walls to surround the track, with each weighing 10,000 pounds. The organizers also installed metal detectors where ticket holders will be screened by the Secret Service, and spent less than $3 million for some road repairs along the track. More than 220 manhole covers along the track needed to be secured to prevent them from becoming dislodged during the race.
Has D.C. hosted an auto race before?
Yes, but not for some time.
The last major auto race in the capital was the Cadillac Grand Prix of D.C. in 2002, part of the American Le Mans Series. It took place on a temporary track in the parking lots around the now-torn-down RFK Stadium.
A Metro train passes above as race cars practice outside RFK Stadium on July 19, 2002, in preparation for the Cadillac Grand Prix in Washington. AP Photo/Kenneth Lambert
The roar of the race cars speeding 180 mph around the track greatly exceeded noise limits set by the D.C. government.
“The track noise gave the impression yesterday of a series of hurricanes passing over. The combined car engines would roar unrelentingly for 30 minutes to an hour, then go dead quiet until the next qualifying heat or race,” The Washington Post reported at the time.
The race was supposed to be held every year for the next 10 years, but the 2003 event was scrapped after organizers failed to fix the noise problems and ran into other operational issues. The city later terminated the contract.
Will the D.C. IndyCar race happen again?
Denker told NPR this week that the race in D.C. is a one-off affair.
“This is a one-time-only event, because we’re celebrating the country’s 250th one time,” Denker said.
But Bowser, the D.C. mayor, and Mr. Trump have said that they would like to see more D.C. races in the future. Bowser has called the race the “first, to be followed by second and third,” according to the AP.
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