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US President Donald Trump was among hundreds of people who gathered to see the race through Washington DC streets on Sunday.
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First IndyCar race on Washington D.C. streets
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IndyCar's first Washington, D.C. street race, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, was held around the National Mall; Kyle Kirkwood won, and President Donald Trump started the race with a ceremonial lap and by waving the green flag.
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Guardian
Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag
American driver wins in a dominant performance DC Mayor Muriel Bowser served as grand marshal Kyle Kirkwood gave the Freedom 250 an American winner, racing to his second victory of the IndyCar season on the streets of downtown Washington in a dominant performance Sunday. In a race set up as part of the country’s 250th birthday celebration, President Donald Trump gave drivers the green flag at the start and DC Mayor…
BBC News – World BBC
What do locals think of IndyCar in Washington DC?
US President Donald Trump was among hundreds of people who gathered to see the race through Washington DC streets on Sunday.
Sky News – Front Page Sky
Trump waves green flag to kick off IndyCar race through streets of Washington
Donald Trump took part in a ceremonial lap in his presidential limousine before waving a green flag to kick off a first-of-its-kind motor sports race through the streets of Washington DC.
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Guardian
Start your engines! Trump completes fast and furious takeover of Washington with IndyCar race
US president, pushing on with Freedom 250 festivities, makes over nation’s capital for Trump rally on wheels Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 IndyCar race after Trump waves the green flag He got the wrong end of the stick. Donald Trump couldn’t figure out how to hold the green flag until his wife, Melania Trump, and Command Sgt Maj Matt Williams set him right. Then the US president waved the flag fast and furious like…
CBS
Kyle Kirkwood wins Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar race in Washington, D.C
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump began the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar race through the streets of Washington, D.C, with a slow lap around the course.
BBC News – World BBC
Trump waves green flag to start IndyCar race through Washington streets
The president took a ceremonial lap of the track before the race, which is the culmination of a summer of events to mark the country's 250th birthday.
