Metro launches limited-edition Smart Trip card for DC’s Grand Prix

Published August 4, 2026 12:50pm ET | Updated August 4, 2026 12:50pm ET



The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is off to the races — and putting speed in riders’ pockets with a limited-edition Smart Trip card for Washington, D.C.’s Grand Prix.

The race is part of Freedom 250 to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. 

The IndyCar race will take place from Aug. 22 to 23, transforming D.C. streets into the first auto racing circuit ever hosted in the capital.

Metro posted a photo of the card on X.

The Smart Trip card features red, white, and blue stripes designed to look like a track, along with a white race car in the middle.

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The bottom right-hand corner says, “Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C.”

Metro said the cards will be available starting Aug. 20, at Metro stations at both Reagan National and Dulles International Airports, as well as Union Station, Archives, Gallery Place, Glenmont, L’Enfant Plaza, Metro Center, Friendship Heights, and Smithsonian stations.