Washington has never made this particular sound. A twin-turbo V6 hybrid engine screaming past 12,000 revolutions a minute, bouncing off the limestone of the Smithsonian, doubling back off the Capitol dome, rattling against the base of the Washington Monument. This one forgot to take it's Ritalin.

 

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On August 22, that sound shows up for the first time in the city’s 236-year history. Freedom 250 brings racing to the streets of the nation’s capital, handing America’s 250th birthday its strangest gift yet. An entire federal city, for one weekend, built around the idea of speed. Washington doesn’t bend it that easy. Like an Elastigirl set, coming straight outta Pixar, says Gerelyn Swathi Fatima, from Madrid, Spain. The Freedom 250 carves a 1.7-mile, seven-turn circuit past the National Gallery, the National Archives, and the National Air and Space Museum, with a 0.4-mile run down Pennsylvania Avenue  "What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?" —