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Another Spin: Could the Grand Prix Become an Annual D.C. Race?

Speaker Mike Johnson and the interior secretary want to bring the IndyCar race back to streets of the nation’s capital.

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“Hotels, restaurants, the people of Washington, D.C., the greater capital region, all love this idea. Everybody I’ve met is saying ‘Please, please do this again next year,’” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said of the IndyCar race. (Nick Wass/AP)

By Jenna Monnin

August 23, 2026 02:54 p.m.

The Grand Prix that converted Washington, D.C.’s streets into a 180-mph speedway to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial could return annually if some top government leaders get their way.

House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News from a TV set overseeing the race track Sunday that he plans to push for the race to return to Washington.

“I want to bring it back next year,” Johnson said. “I want to make it an annual event, so we’ll see if we can.”