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2016-Fan-Guide-Webvf.Pdf Peace of mind comes standard HOT CARS, WARM SUN, COOL FUN... on every new Toyota. That's the formula that's made the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach A no-cost maintenance plan with 24-hour roadside assistance. America's #1 Street Race for 42 straight years. On race weekend, six super-competitive races provide the speed, starting with the turbocharged cars and stars of the Verizon IndyCar Series, including great drivers like defending race and series champion Scott Dixon, Will Power, Helio Castroneves, and Juan Pablo Montoya. Add in the Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge under the lights Friday and Saturday nights, together with the 40th Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Pirelli World Challenge and Robby Gordon's SPEED Energy Super Stadium Trucks and it's virtually non-stop racing all weekend long! Three days of great family fun is also part of the dynamic weekend experience, beginning with the Lifestyle Expo and the Family Fun Zone, loaded with video games, Bubble Rollers, KidRacers Electric Kart Track, new- this-year Dance Masters, driver autograph sessions and much more. And, two great evening concerts — Tecate Light Fiesta Friday and Saturday Rock-N-Roar — are free with your race ticket. For the very latest Grand Prix information and news, visit gplb.com or download the official Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach app on iTunes or Google Play. The official mobile app will keep you current on everything you need to know to enjoy 3 days and 2 nights of the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach! pg.2, 3 Weekend Schedule pg.32 Reserved Parking pg.4 Race Week Events pg.34 Super Photo/Paddock pg.6 3 Days/2 Nights of HOT CARS pg.38 Transportation Options pg.8, April 8-9 Formula D event pg.40 Committee of 300/Grand Prix Foundation pg.10 April 2 Electric Car Race pg.42 Race Artist/Souvenir Booths pg.12 Lifestyle Expo pg.44 Official Hotel/What to do and see pg.14 Race Weekend Fun pg.46 Toyota Pro/Celeb Story pg.22 Ticket information pg.50 Know your Flags Table of Contents Table pg.28 Circuit Map pg.42 Long Beach City Story GPLB.COM | 1 2016 TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH Saturday, April 16 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Gates open ............................................................................................. 7 a.m. Verizon INDYCAR Series – INDYCAR Lifestyle Expo opens .............................................................................. 8 a.m. IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship – IMSA PWC practice .................................................................................... 8:15 a.m. Pirelli World Challenge – PWC PWC qualifying ................................................................................. 8:55 a.m. Toyota Pro/Celebrity – Pro/Celebrity INDYCAR practice ................................................................................ 10 a.m. Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge – Super Drift SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Presented by Traxxas – SST TOYOTA PRO/CELEBRITY RACE (10 Laps) .................... 11:40 a.m. SPEED ENERGY STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS RACE #1 .........1:05 P.M. INDYCAR qualifying and FIRESTONE FAST 5 ........................................ 2 p.m. Friday, April 15 IMSA SPORTS CAR GRAND PRIX AT LONG BEACH (100 minutes) ...4:05 p.m. Gates open ............................................................................................. 7 a.m. Lifestyle Expo closes .............................................................................. 6 p.m. IMSA practice.................................................................................... 7:45 a.m. Rock-N-Roar Concert (Starring Cheap Trick) .................................... 6:45 p.m. Lifestyle Expo opens .............................................................................. 8 a.m. MOTEGI RACING SUPER DRIFT CHALLENGE COMPETITON .....7 p.m. INDYCAR practice ................................................................................ 10 a.m. Pro/Celebrity practice...................................................................... 11:30 a.m. Sunday, April 17 SST Practice.................................................................................... 12:20 p.m. Gates open ............................................................................................. 7 a.m. INDYCAR practice .................................................................................. 2 p.m. Lifestyle Expo opens .............................................................................. 8 a.m. Pro/Celebrity qualifying ......................................................................... 3 p.m. INDYCAR warmup .................................................................................. 9 a.m. PWC Practice .................................................................................... 3:45 p.m. PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE RACE (50 minutes) ................ 10 a.m. INDYCAR Fan Appreciation All-Driver Autograph ..................4 p.m. Mothers Exotic Car Parade .......................................................................Noon Session, (INDYCAR Paddock) INDYCAR pre-race .......................................................................... 12:30 p.m. IMSA qualifying ..................................................................................... 5 p.m. 42nd TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH ..................1:37 p.m. Lifestyle Expo closes .............................................................................. 6 p.m. (Race #3 of the 2016 Verizon INDYCAR Series) Tecate Light Fiesta Friday Concert ..................................................... 6:45 p.m. SPEED ENERGY STADIUM SUPER TRUCKS RACE #2 .............4 p.m. (Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible) Lifestyle Expo closes ......................................................................... 5:00 p.m. Super Drift practice ................................................................................ 7 p.m. (Schedule Subject to Change without Notice) Super Drift qualifying ......................................................................... 7:45 p.m APRIL 15-17, 2016 | 2 GPLB.COM | 3 THE FUN BEGINS EVEN BEFORE THE GREEN FLAG FALLS! Wed., April 13 Enjoy dancing? If so, Dance Masters, a nationwide organization The popular "Roar in the Shore" party lights up Belmont Shore (on 2nd devoted to the elevation of the art of dancing, will be performing a Ave. between Corona and Covina Streets) from 5-8 p.m. and includes wide variety of dances all weekend long in the Lifestyle Expo. And, driver autograph sessions, race car displays, simulators, music and a they'll be inviting race fans in the audience to try a few steps along motorcycle stunt show. Admission is free. And, after that... with them! ...you can see who will be crowned Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long *Tecate Light "Fiesta Friday Concert" features Nortec Collective Beach 2016! The free-admission pageant finals start at 8 p.m. at the Presents: Bostiche & Fussible performing on the Convention Center Hotel Maya, on Queensway Drive near the Queen Mary. concert stage. The concert, free to race ticketholders, begins at approximately 6:45 p.m. Thurs., April 14 The Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame Induction Ceremony The Grand Prix Foundation will host a "Monte Carlo Night" from will honor INDYCAR legend Roger Penske/Team Penske and 7-10:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Long Beach hotel, with a poker long-time Grand Prix track announcer Bruce Flanders. Admission tournament and other casino-style gambling all evening, with prizes is free to the ceremony, beginning at 11 a.m. on Pine Ave. in front of the for the winners. Proceeds will benefit the many charities of the Grand Convention Center. Prix Foundation, which has donated more than $3 million to needy organizations since its inception in 1991. For more information about "Thunder on Pine" gets race weekend off to a flying start in downtown Monte Carlo Night or the Foundation, call (562) 490-4509. Long Beach. The free festival, held on Pine Ave. between 1st and 3rd Streets, includes pit stop demonstrations, freestyle motocross, race car Sat., April 16 displays and much more. The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. *Cheap Trick will perform at the Rock-N- Roar Concert, beginning at approximately Fri. April 15 6:45 on the Convention Center concert Get the autographs of defending race and series champ Scott Dixon, stage. FREE with race ticket. Will Power, Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya and ALL the Verizon IndyCar Series stars in the IndyCar All-Driver Autograph * Concerts are standing room only and subject to Fire session beginning at 4 p.m. in the Verizon IndyCar Series Paddock. Marshal Capacity. FREE with race ticket. APRIL 15-17, 2016 | 4 GPLB.COM | 5 3 DAYS/2 NIGHTS OF HOT CARS IMSA WEATHERTECH SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP Six of racing's most competitive series will highlight the 42nd Toyota This multi-class, 100-minute dash for the checkered flag spotlights the Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend: wide variety of high-powered marques in the popular racing series, which includes leader light systems on each car so you can easily spot who's winning VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES in each particular class. Defending race and series champion Scott Dixon is out to make it two straight, but he'll be up against a pack of great drivers like Will Power, Helio PIRELLI WORLD CHALLENGE Castroneves, Graham Rahal, Sebastien Bourdais, Juan Pablo Montoya, Marco Forty high-speed GT and GTA entries will be racing for points in round Andretti and Ryan Hunter-Reay in the weekend's headline event, race No. 3 in three of the 12-race series.
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