IndyCar's D.C. street race shatters viewership records
Sunday's Freedom 250 Grand Prix on the National Mall averaged 3.28 million viewers, the highest for an IndyCar race outside the Indy 500 since the series' 2008 unification. That figure nearly quadrupled last year's average for non-Indy 500 Sunday races and outpaced NASCAR's Cup Series race at New Hampshire. The event, which cost over $35 million to stage, also surpassed the most-watched Formula 1 race in U.S. history.
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