{"id":36575,"date":"2026-08-22T08:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T12:40:33","slug":"the-freedom-250-roars-onto-the-national-mall-how-penske-pulled-if-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/the-freedom-250-roars-onto-the-national-mall-how-penske-pulled-if-off","title":{"rendered":"The Freedom 250 roars onto the National Mall. How Penske pulled if off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/08\/20\/PDTN\/91389601007-freedom-250-gp-trackmap.jpg?width=660&amp;height=472&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Freedom 250 Grand Prix track map.\" width=\"523\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>Freedom 250 Grand Prix track map.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>IndyCar<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON \u2014 For America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Washington, D.C.\u2019s National Mall has featured a massive fireworks display July 4 and the Great American State Fair from June 25-July 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Now it\u2019s the auto industry\u2019s moment to make noise. A lot of noise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The NTT IndyCar Series\u2019 Freedom 250 Grand Prix comes to the Mall this weekend, August 22-23, showcasing some of the fastest race cars in the world. Powered by screaming Chevrolet and Honda engines, 25 open-wheel rockets will reach speeds of over 180 mph on a 1.7-mile, seven-turn track around the capital\u2019s iconic landmarks. It will also feature President Donald Trump taking a lap of the course in The Beast, the presential limo made by General Motors Co., plus a 1,250-horsepower Corvette pace car and military flyovers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/08\/20\/the-freedom-250-on-the-national-mall-is-ready-to-rumble\/91373133007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freedom 250 Grand Prix track map. IndyCar WASHINGTON \u2014 For America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence, Washington, D.C.\u2019s National Mall has featured a massive fireworks display July 4 and the Great American State Fair from June 25-July 10. Now it\u2019s the auto industry\u2019s moment to make noise. A lot of noise. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36576,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36575\/revisions\/36576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}