37th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

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 37th grand prix of long beach race coverage
 The local beach crowd catching a glimpse of the action from Ocean and Pine. 

 

After the 2 hour ALMS practice session, Friday was filled with practice sessions for the IZOD IndyCar Series, Firestone Indy Lights, Pirelli World Challenge Championship and the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race.  Then at the end of the day the ALMS cars hit the track again for their qualifying sessions, as their race was scheduled for Saturday.

 

 37th grand prix of long beach race coverage
At speed all the cars looked planted and 100% in control, but when you slow things down you can see just how hard these drivers are pushing.

 

37th grand prix of long beach race coverage
The celebrity race is good for a few exciting moments from time to time.  Here Stephen Moyer reached out and touched a tire barrier and rolled his car twice – and put down the best lap time!

 

 

 37th grand prix of long beach race coverage
ALMS qualifying sessions in Long Beach conststs of four 15 minutes sessions, one for each class except for the LMP1 and LMP2 classes which went out at the same time.  Joey Hand's 1:19.090 would be good enough to take the pole and also set a new class record.

 

 

 37th grand prix of long beach race coverage
Jeroen Bleekemolen took his 7th pole in only his second season and also set a new class record in GTC with a 1:23.179.

 

 

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