FOX Sports activities averaged 3.282 million viewers for IndyCar’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the streets of Washington D.C. this previous weekend. The viewership peaked between 2:30 and a pair of:45pm EST with 3.482 million viewers. These numbers come from Nielsen Media Analysis.
These numbers make it the highest-viewed non-Indy 500 IndyCar race since earlier than the 2008 reunification of IndyCar/Champ Automobile.
President Donald Trump was current on the occasion, taking a lap across the observe within the ‘Beast’ and waving the inexperienced flag from his suite on the frontstretch. The 1.7-mile course handed by a number of iconic landmarks, submitting down Pennsylvania Avenue and Independence Avenue, and all with the U.S. Capitol Constructing within the background.
The Beast drives by the IndyCar area with President Donald Trump
Photograph by: Kevin Dietsch through Getty Photos
In line with FOX Sports activities PR, that quantity is up +279% from final yr’s common for non-Indy 500 races, which averaged round 867,000 viewers.
That is a part of an upward pattern for IndyCar on FOX, with your entire season to this point averaging 1.875 million viewers, up +32% from the 2025 common of 1.416 million.
Kyle Kirkwood gained the 147-lap race for Andretti World with Christian Lundgaard second and Will Energy third. Alex Palou had hoped to clinch the title this previous weekend, however a troublesome race stored the championship alive after Spherical 15 of 18.
IndyCar now heads to the Milwaukee Mile for a double-header weekend on the oval, earlier than concluding the 2026 season at Laguna Seca.
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