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  "id": 2400273,
  "title": "Inside IndyCar’s Washington, D.C. race: 288,000 ticket requests and a 13-person team",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/inside-indycars-washington-d-c-race-288-000-ticket-requests-and-a-13",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-21T11:33:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/inside-indycars-washington-dc-race-288000-ticket-requests-and-a-13-person-team/10847865/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "On Thursday, commuters on Washington D.C.’s Metro were greeted by an unprecedented sight: an official IndyCar show car attached directly to one of the trains traveling through the city. Behind the spectacle was a core team of just 13 people, 1,350 pages of permits and demand that produced 288,000 ticket requests. It was a striking sign that the inaugural Freedom 250 Grand Prix of ... Keep reading",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "IndyCar race: Freedom 250 in Washington DC start time, green flag, qualifying",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/indycar-race-freedom-250-in-washington-dc-start-time-green-flag",
        "published": "2026-08-21T10:09:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "How Bud Denker turned a “dream” D.C. IndyCar race into a reality",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/how-bud-denker-turned-a-dream-d-c-indycar-race-into-a-reality",
        "published": "2026-08-21T11:33:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}