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STREETS OF LONG BEACH, CA
Sunday,
April 13, 2014 on NBC Sports Network
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Grand Prix of Long Beach Race
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| Standing
Start to Add Intrigue to 40th Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach
The
40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, set to take
place April 11-13, will feature a standing start
for the IndyCar Series race, the first time a standing
start will take place for the featured race in Long
Beach since the final Champ Car World Series race
ran here in 2008 and just the second time since
the Formula One era ended in 1983. “One of
the unique parts of IndyCar racing is its different
formulas – racing on short ovals, superspeedways,
street and road courses – and standing starts
is another one of those components that in the right
place at the right time is good to showcase,”
said Derrick Walker, INDYCAR President of Competition
and Operations. |
2014
Pro/Celebrity Race Field Announced!
Grand
Prix Association of Long Beach officials announced
today the 20 participants from film, television,
music and sports who will compete in the 2014
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity
Race. The 38th annual charity race will take place
April 12 on the 1.97-mile street course in downtown
Long Beach, Calif., as part of the 40th Toyota
Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend. The field of
racers will take to the streets in 210-horsepower
Scion FR-S race-prepped cars navigating high speeds
and demanding turns to benefit “Racing for
Kids,” a national fundraising program supporting
children’s hospitals throughout the United
States.
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| Mario
Andretti named Grand Marshal for Sunday's IndyCar
Race
Mario
Andretti, one of the most recognizable names in
the history of motorsport, will serve as Grand Marshal
for the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on
Sunday, April 13, saying the most famous words in
auto racing – “Drivers, start your engines!”
– just prior to the start of the featured
IndyCar Series race. Considered by many to be the
greatest race driver in the history of the sport,
Andretti’s list of accomplishments on the
track are numerous. He won the Indianapolis 500,
the Daytona 500, the Formula One World Championship
and the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. He won the IndyCar
National Championship four times and was a three-time
winner at Sebring. |
| Paul
Rodgers of Bad Company to headline Saturday Rock-N-Roar
Concert
Rock
and Roll icon Paul Rodgers will star in Saturday
night’s “Rock-N-Roar” Concert,
April 12 at the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The concert, which begins at approximately 6:45
p.m. on the Convention Center stage facing Ocean
Blvd., is free to all Saturday race ticket holders.
In addition to his to his Grammy-nominated solo
career, Rodgers is credited as the main songwriter,
lead singer and founding member of three internationally
famed rock bands - Bad, Company, Free and The Firm.
Bad Company released six multi-platinum albums,
spawning such rock chart hits as "Can’t
Get Enough,” “Feel Like Making Love,”
“Shooting Star,” “Bad Company,”
and “Rock and Roll Fantasy.” |
| Tecate
Light Fiesta Friday Concert to star Popular Latin
Band 'Kinky'
Tecate
Light, the Mexican light beer with bold cerveza
flavor, invites adults 21 and older in Southern
California to be part of the 40th Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach (TGPLB) during the weekend of April
11-13, 2014. As part of its 12th consecutive sponsorship
of the storied racing event, the Mexican light beer
brand will add bold flavor to the celebration by
sponsoring the “Tecate Light Fiesta Friday”
stage on which Grammy-nominated Mexican band Kinky
will perform. Fans 21+ will also have the chance
to win an all-inclusive VIP Package to the races
and be able to take advantage discounts and promotions
at retail. |
| Franchitti,
Forsythe, Kalkhoven to be inducted into Walk of
Fame
Three
motorsports legends with a history of checkered
flags at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach –
driver Dario Franchitti and owners Gerald Forsythe
and Kevin Kalkhoven – will be inducted into
the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame on Thursday,
April 10. The public is invited to the free, ninth
annual induction ceremony, which will be held at
11 a.m. on South Pine Avenue in front of the Convention
Center, along the route of the Toyota Grand Prix
of Long Beach. |
'Four
Decades of Racing' Exhibit to Provide A Walk Through
History
Race
fans attending the 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long
Beach, April 11-13, will have an opportunity to
take a walk down memory lane and get the autographs
of three of racing’s greatest drivers at
the same time! A special "Four Decades of
Racing in the Streets" display is available
to the public in the Promenade Atrium of the Long
Beach Convention Center. Admission is free with
race ticket. And, Mario Andretti and Al Unser
Jr. - who, between them, won ten Toyota Grands
Prix of Long Beach - will be available for autographs
in special 45-minute sessions, along with Dan
Gurney, legendary driver, car builder and co-founder
of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
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'Roar
in the Shore' set for Wednesday, April 9
The
Belmont Shore Business Association (BSBA) has
partnered with the Grand Prix Association of Long
Beach and Legends Sports Bar to sponsor the 3rd
Annual “Roar in the Shore” event,
set to take place Wednesday, April 9 from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m. in Belmont Shore. The event, which will
be staged on 2nd Street between Corona & Covina
on the north & south side of the streets,
is FREE to the public and kicks off the April
11-13 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race weekend.
Among the many activities for fans to enjoy: a
racing simulator located on the south side of
Covina & 2nd streets; race and sports cars
on display, driver autographs and NEW this year
is a motorcycle stunt show by Tony Carbajal.
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Thunder
Thursday kicking off Grand Prix Weekend
On
Thursday, April 10, beginning at 6:30 p.m., Downtown
Long Beach will hear the roar of race engines
and feel the excitement of motorcycle stunts as
the much-anticipated 14th Annual Thunder Thursday
kicks-off the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Thunder Thursday will be fueled with gravity-defying
motorcycle jumps, back flips and stunts, motocross
performances, race car displays featuring Pirelli
World Challenge Cars, autograph opportunities,
Kress Market beer garden and live music by Paperplanes.
FREE Admission!
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LONG
BEACH 100: Chaves earns victory in caution-free
race
What's
that about turnabout? Gabby Chaves overtook pole
sitter Zach Veach entering the left-hand Turn
1 of the 11-turn, 1.968-mile street circuit and
went on to win the caution-free Long Beach 100
by .6364 of a second over the Andretti Autosport
driver. Two weeks earlier, Veach passed pole sitter
Chaves in the right-hand Turn 1 of the 14-turn,
1.8-mile St. Petersburg street course and earned
his first Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires
victory. "I was like, 'Take that, Zach,'
'' Chaves said.
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Starts,
stops on streets: Conway a surprise winner at
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The door was open for Andretti
Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe,
who were running 1-2 (the way they started the
80-lap race), to battle for the victory in the
40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Until Lap
56. That's when the door swung wide open for others
-- the result of a multi-car pile-up triggered
by the front-runner -- to challenge over the final
24 laps on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street course.
The chief beneficiaries were Scott Dixon, Justin
Wilson, Will Power and Mike Conway – all
of whom squeezed through the Turn 4 incident –
and the intrigue continued on the single-file
restart.
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