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SPOILER ALERT: 2009 Long Beach Grand Prix Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

- One of our favorite events at the annual Long Beach Grand Prix is the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. The slash in its name lets you know that this event features celebrities racing against real pro drivers, as well as a few buy-in drivers. In this case, each entrant gets the chance to pilot an identically prepped and lightly modified Scion tC. Basically, Toyota has removed the mufflers and added racing wheels and StopTech brakes, plus a rollcage and other safety equipment. The pros spot the celebs 30 seconds at the start of this 10-lap race, ... Read more →

Long Beach K9 Officers Association Car Show Merritt Johnson

Click above for more photos of classic cars and dogs City of Long Beach police cruisers were movie stars in the original Gone in 60 Seconds film. The 1970's cult classic featured the black and white ...

Long Beach Grand Prix: Final Champ Car race gallery Frank Filipponio

Click above for huge high-res gallery of Champ Car action from Long Beach We already told you about the final Champ Car race, how it marks the end of the series while signaling the start of a new era ...

Long Beach Grand Prix: People Gallery Frank Filipponio

Click above for high-res gallery from this weekend's LBGP American open-wheel racing just had a pretty big weekend, in case you missed it. While one era was beginning in Japan, another was ending at ...

ALMS at Long Beach Frank Filipponio

Click above for high-res gallery of ALMS action from Long Beach With Champ Car going the way of the dodo bird after this year's Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, it looks like the American Le Mans ...

Audi R10s take on American Monaco for the first time 2 years ago on Autoblog

This weekend the American LeMans Series is making it's first visit to the Monaco of America, more commonly known as Long Beach, California. Since the Formula One cars stopped running at Long Beach in the early 1980s, Champ Cars have always been the headliners on Shoreline Drive. This year they will ...

The end is nigh: Hankook Tires debuts Porsche 993 drift car 2 years ago on Autoblog

We imagine those brave souls who first turned oversteer into an art form on the dangerous twisties of Japan's mountain passes never imagined what would become of their beloved motorsport on American soil. Samuel Hubinette now drives a four-door Dodge Charger, Rhys Millen will pilot a Solstice GXP ...

Motorsports this Weekend: April 15-16 3 years ago on Autoblog

Easter weekend is traditionally an off-weekend for most racing series, providing TV-watchers a chance to catch up on some taped broadcasts from the supporting series that we often miss in the busier weekends. NASCAR: No Nextel Cup action this Sunday, but Saturday features a live broadcast of this ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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