2026年1月30日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:12 / CBS/美联社
总统特朗普周五宣布，今年夏天，美国首都的街道将举办一场IndyCar赛车比赛，作为庆祝美国250周年诞辰的一部分。他满怀期待地展望了赛车以接近每小时200英里的速度驶过白宫的场景。
特朗普于8月23日与印第安纳波利斯赛车场、IndyCar以及包括纳斯卡在内的多个赛车系列车队的所有者罗杰·彭斯克共同签署了一项行政命令，确立了这场赛事。
“这将会非常激动人心，”特朗普表示，“我热爱赛车。虽然我没时间经常观看，但我确实热爱这项运动。”
根据行政命令，这场比赛将被命名为“自由250大奖赛”。命令中写道：“这场比赛是美国首都首次在国家广场附近举办的汽车赛事，将展示我们伟大城市的壮丽景色。车手们将在环绕标志性国家纪念碑的赛道上竞技，庆祝美国独立250周年。”
[图片：2026年1月30日周五，特朗普总统在椭圆形办公室展示签署的行政命令，旨在在华盛顿街头举办IndyCar赛事，作为美国250周年庆典的一部分。弗朗西斯·钟 / 政治报 / 彭博社 via盖蒂图片社]
彭斯克表示：“对我们来说，没有比这更好的方式将汽车和速度文化带入华盛顿特区，并有机会用我们的IndyCar赛车在这里进行比赛。”
IndyCar发布的新闻稿称，比赛路线将包括国家广场，而行政命令要求运输部和内政部在两周内确定一条适合举办IndyCar街道赛的华盛顿路线，“以展示我们首都的壮丽景色，庆祝美国独立250周年”。
该命令还指示城市和其他官员与赛事组织者密切合作。
[图片：2025年5月25日，车手们在印第安纳波利斯赛车场参加印第安纳波利斯500汽车大赛。AJ·马斯特 / 美联社]
市长缪里尔·鲍泽在IndyCar的新闻稿中表示：“即将成为所有主要体育特许经营权总部的华盛顿特区，无疑是体育之都。”
这一赛事延续了特朗普在第二任期内对体育的支持。他已出席了多项重大赛事，包括最近在佛罗里达州迈阿密花园举行的NCAA橄榄球全国锦标赛。
总统还亲自参与推动一场UFC格斗赛，以纪念美国250周年。他曾表示，这场比赛定于6月14日举行，也就是他80岁生日当天在白宫草坪上进行。
周五在椭圆形办公室参加签署仪式的运输部长肖恩·达菲表示：“试想一下，以每小时190英里的速度沿宾夕法尼亚大道飞驰。这简直太疯狂了。”
特朗普表示，他已敦促组织者选择华盛顿街头中最佳的比赛路线——即便在后勤方面更为复杂。
“我说，选择最好的场地。这非常重要，”总统强调，“即便审批过程更难，也要选绝对最好的场地。”
赛事组织者称，他们长期以来一直游说国会议员批准在华盛顿举办公路赛，但此前均未成功。达菲询问首都上一次举办公路赛是什么时候，得到的答复是1801年，当时在托马斯·杰斐逊总统任内，当时进行的是马车赛事。特朗普回应道：“那可真是件大事。”
“现在我们要举办一场真正的比赛了，”达菲说道，“这场赛事将对公众免费开放。自由、美国、速度与公路赛，这再美国不过了。”
Trump announces IndyCar race will come to D.C. streets for America’s 250th
January 30, 2026 / 10:12 PM EST / CBS/AP
The streets of the nation’s capital will host an IndyCar race this summer as part of celebrations marking America’s 250th birthday, President Trump announced Friday, relishing the prospect of vehicles roaring past the White House at speeds approaching 200 mph.
Mr. Trump signed an executive order establishing the race on Aug. 23 alongside Roger Penske, owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar and teams in multiple racing series, including NASCAR.
“It’s going to be so exciting,” Trump said. “I love the racing. I don’t have a lot of time to watch it, but I love the racing.”
The race will be called the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, according to the 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,” the order reads.
President Trump displays a signed executive order in the Oval Office on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, intended to launch an IndyCar race on the streets of Washington as part of a series of America250 celebrations. Francis Chung / Politico / Bloomberg via Getty Images
Penske suggested there was “no better way for us to bring automotive and speed into the D.C. area, and to be able to have the opportunity to compete here with our IndyCars.”
A news release from IndyCar said the route would include the National Mall, and the executive order gives the Departments of Transportation and the Interior two weeks to designate a route through Washington “that is suitable for conducting an INDYCAR street race and that will showcase the majesty of our capital city in celebration of the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.”
The order also directs city and other officials to work closely with race organizers.
“Soon-to-be the home of every major sports franchise, Washington, D.C. is the undisputed Sports Capital,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said in IndyCar’s news release.
Drivers participate in the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 25, 2025. AJ Mast / AP
The event continues Mr. Trump’s embrace of sports during his second term, and he has attended major games and events — including the recent NCAA football national championship in Miami Gardens, Florida.
The president has also been personally involved in promoting a UFC fight to help mark America’s 250th anniversary, which he has said is set to take place on the White House grounds on June 14 — also his 80th birthday.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who also attended Friday’s signing ceremony in the Oval Office, said: “To think, 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue. This is going to be wild.”
Mr. Trump said he’d urged organizers to pick the best race route through Washington’s streets — even if they were more complicated logistically.
“I said, pick the best site. It’s very important,” the president said. “Even if it’s more difficult to get, to get approved, pick the absolute best site.”
Organizers said they’d long lobbied members of Congress to authorize a road race in Washington, but had been previously unsuccessful. Duffy asked when the last road race in the capital occurred and was told it was in 1801 and involved horses during the administration of President Thomas Jefferson — prompting Trump to reply, “That’s something.”
“Now we’re going to do a real race,” said Duffy, who said the event would be free for the public, saying: “Freedom, America. Speed. And road racing. It doesn’t get more American than that.”
