IndyCar removes Freedom 250 T-shirt from online store in wake of backlash

IndyCar removed a Freedom 250 Grand Prix T-shirt from the shopping section of its official website Wednesday in the wake of criticism that the product’s messaging was tone deaf and open to a racist interpretation.The shirt, touting the IndyCar race around the National Mall later this summer, depicts the Lincoln Memorial and portrays the seated President Abraham Lincoln wearing a racing helmet with lettering above the image that says “One Nation” and lettering below that says “One Race”. IndyCar selling a "One Nation, One Race" t-shirt for the Freedom 250 is incredibly insensitive and inflammatory. This is something that should never have been approved. #IndyCarhttps://t.co/lTAG5QyHwx pic.twitter.com/ud5M3IMAIg — Ryan Erik King (@RyanErikKing) May 6, 2026“IndyCar selling a ‘One Nation, One Race’ t-shirt for the Freedom 250 is incredibly insensitive and inflammatory. This is something that should never have been approved,” Ryan Erik King, a staff writer at Jalopnik.com, a platform that covers the automotive industry and motor racing, wrote on X.Advertisement