So now, while the rest of America can only have two dolls for Christmas, he gets to inconvenience as many people as he can in order to make satisfy his unquenchable desires.

...in this spectacle, please do not disparage what is a legitimately great racing series.

Sure, CART was a better series before Tony George (grandson of Tony Hulman, who purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at the end of World War II) forced a split and eventual remaking of the series in the early 2000s, but IndyCar is the second-best open-wheel racing series in the world--and it has a history that goes back to 1911. Everyone that drives or rides in a car today has been impacted by the engine and chassis development that automobile racing brought to passenger car design.

Hate it as I do, I can understand why a premiere racing series would want to showcase their product through the streets of Washington, D.C., in a high-profile event.

It will actually likely be a great race. The engineering that goes into the cars and the skill of the drivers are second only to Formula One.

I would encourage everyone to watch it regardless of the Administration's involvement. And when you do, you will se that it is NOT Jell-O wrestling or a hot dog eating contest.

... I guess Formula One is too Euro for Donnie / DC / 250.

What is the difference between Indy and Formula One?

...far less agile for adding a calendar event at the last minute. It's also not "American" like IndyCar or NASCAR, so it would not make sense for a celebration of the anniversary of America.

That said, there is a huge difference between the two series: the biggest being that a Formula One team is required to design and build two cars from the ground up with only a few systems being allowed to be bought from other vendors--engines and braking systems being the main things. One of the biggest impacts of that is that each team has to design and build their own chassis and aerodynamics packages.

IndyCar teams can run more than two cars, and they all currently run a Dallara IR-12 chassis (2012-present) with Dallara IR-18 aero kit. They can choose between a Honda HI24E hybrid Indy-V-6 and a Chevy INDYCAR V6 engine.

This--and not having to travel all over the world for races--makes IndyCar a much less expensive series to run. But it obviously does not foster the engineering development of Formula One.

Both series run a single tire manufacturer: Firestone Firehawk for IndyCar; Pirelli for Formula One. Both series have multiple compounds of the tires and require that teams run at least two during a dry race.

Formula One runs exclusively on "road courses"--meaning you have to turn right and left--while IndyCar runs on numerous "oval" tracks like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where drivers only make left-hand turns.

Both series make pit stops, but Formula One teams do not currently refuel during a pit stop--only change tires and wing settings--while IndyCars refuel with a rapid, gravity-fed and pressurized refueling system, allowing teams to fill the 22-gallon tank with Shell's 100% renewable racing fuel in less than 10 seconds. That's fast, but a Formula One pit stop takes about 2 seconds.

The other huge difference is that Formula One does a "standing start," while IndyCar does a "rolling start." The standing start is one of the most exciting things in all of sport IMO: 20+ of the fastest and best engineered machines in all of motorsport waiting on the lights to go out for an all-out zero-to-whatever sprint to the first turn.

HTH!

..... Formula One seems like America's Cup match racing, where the boats conform to a box rule and the competition is as much about design and engineering as it is about skill on the course. The IndyCar seems to be more of a one design, where the boats are almost identical and it comes down almost entirely to skill and execution.

Of course the boats are not anywhere near to being fast and furious!

The thing I absolutely love about sailing is that you are working with what nature gives you. And the modern America's Cup high-performance, foiling monohull yachts are absolutely insane. I bet if you were on one it would be plenty fast and furious!

... Are always sailing upwind... because they sail faster than the wind. That is fast and furious!

.... I was a bit skeptical about this, so I googled it and watched a few Utubes. Wow! Unbelievable, but true!

1) They don't refuel the car in Formula 1. That process in IndyCar takes longer than changing tires.

2) Formula 1 is allowed 12 people to change tires while IndyCar only allows 5.

Sorry

I won't demean them. We all have our things.

I've always been fascinated as an auto racing fan that so many people that have both benefitted from the engineering that has been developed by it--better, more efficient engines; braking systems; aerodynamics; safety systems--and actually put their lives in the hands of other drivers on the road every day are not more interested in it.

What has the development of a football or a baseball brought us? How many people throw one at the risk of their very life every day?

Yet, we strap ourselves into 5000-pound automobiles every day without thinking of it as a skill that can be honed.

That's why we have 40,000 needless automobile deaths every year, but we don't have a lot of baseball or football deaths.

I truly wish everyone on the road was an auto racing fan and took driving seriously.

I love Motorsports more than any other sport, but would rather see paint dry than watching Soccer or Tennis. The only stick and ball sport I really like is Hockey. I'm at some type of racetrack every single weekend from April to September. Attended the Indy 500 28 times and a couple hundred NASCAR races.

I'm a Seahawks season ticket holder. My other favorite sport from a spectator perspective is basketball.

Rules drive me insane.

Players can take three steps with the ball, and traveling is never called, offensive player can go charging in at full speed, clobber a defender, and the foul gets called on the defender for being in the way, yet let a defender barely brush someone when they are shooting, and another foul is called. Then even though the rules say intentional fouls aren't allowed, a team down 10 points with a couple minutes to go can keep fouling instantly on every possession, making the last couple minutes last at least ten minutes or more.

We just don't have much of a development series for road-course racers here in the U.S. of A.

I'd love to see a Mexican or Canadian driver win it.

…as an avid motorsport fan myself, I highly doubt this race is happening–not because of any business reasons, but because there has been zero work done on the track itself (as a DC resident I would absolutely know if they were scouting/building a road course on my regular running routes).

Road courses in Indy are usually built to (though not necessarily actually certified) FIA Grade 2 standards. While they aren't as demanding as Grade 1 standards that Formula 1 needs, it's still a massive task to design/lay out the track, improve the road surface itself, make any needed safety modifications to the roads, figure out what barriers/crash structures need to be where, and any one of a million other logistical details. It's simply not something I see being done in a half year; the Baku Street Circuit took two years, albeit being Grade 1.

And just to get a friendly jab in (all racing is good racing)…Indy's a solid third behind LMP1, per COTA lap times

I'm really not sure they can put together a G2 track that fast.

Sure, it's not G1 where they need 200-mph runouts and immediate Level 1 trauma response, but even for what they do need it would be superhuman to get it all together in 6 months. The time is the problem.

His track record the last 50 years says otherwise

As to whether or not this "circuit" will be safe and up to grade…I'm not sure about that.

Roger Penske is a MAGA through and through, he will allow an unsafe circuit to make his money.

Me, I already have two tickets to a proper and safe course…COTA MotoGP and F1.

..... and watched a video. It looks like drag racing to me. They even have drag chutes to slow the cars down. I guess in real illegal street racing they do a sprint like a drag race.

most of them gained the fame and income to cross over into real drag racing - with sponsors and 1/4-1/2 million dollar cars. I just like watching them and cheering on my fav drivers.

... and maybe it will take his mind off of the Arc d'Trump.

Maybe also the hot dog eating, but with a twist.

We all know what she is.

Chump is P.T. Barnham in this circus.

I demand he shows respect for our Nations Capital.

Just tell him NO!

You've identified the biggest issue. Whatever one feels about auto racing setting up events is not his job.

In addition, he wants to host a UFC event and build an ugly ass arch.

He's already turned the Rose Garden into a patio and torn down the east wing of the Whitehouse. Who knows if he's ballroom will ever be completed?

Is this anything more than "I, King Trump, want to show my power over Washington DC by forcing them to schedule a sports event at short notice that makes me feel good about fossil fuels?"

set up all the support needed for teams, spectators and so on.