Endurance racing has always been about how hard and how long you can go. For almost a century, legendary races like Le Mans, Sebring, and Daytona have made history as a proving ground for men and their machines. The Streets of Long Beach circuit brought a similar challenge to the cars and stars of the
American LeMans Series (ALMS) on Saturday Afternoon.
In just two hours, 157 miles would be traveled and 36.329 seconds would separate an endurance racing champion from a former Formula One star - and with the win, produce the
winning-est driver in American LeMans series history - a man who only turned a wheel for 25 minutes.
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Posted by: Tom Stahler | Apr 23, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: ALMS, American Le Mans, American LeMans Series, Antonio Alvendia, ARX-03b, ARX-03c, Bill Auberlen, BMW, Bruno Junquiera, Bryan Sellers, Colin Braun, CORE Autosport, corvette, Corvette Racing, Derrick Walker, Duncan Ende, endurance racing, Extreme Speed Motorsports, FLM09, Flying Lizard, Grand Prix of Long Beach, GT3, GT3 Cup series, GTE, Guy Cosmo, Henrique Cisneros, Honda, HPD, Jan Magnussen, Johnson Controls, Klaus Graf, LBGP, LMP, LMP1, LMP2, Lola B12/60, Long Beach Grand Prix, Lucas Luhr, Michelin GREEN Challenge, Mike Kim, Muscle Milk, Neel Jani, NGT Motorsports, Nick Heidfeld, Oliver Petalver, ORECA, Pickett Racing, Porsche, Porsche GT3 RSR, prototype, Rebellion, Recaro, Scott Sharp, Sean Edwards, Streets of Long Beach, Tequila Patron, Tom Stahler, ToyotaGPLB, United SportsCar Racing, Willie T. Ribbs, Wolf Henzler, Z4, Z4 GTE | 10 Comments »
The
Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach kicked off this morning with the
American LeMans cars circling the track. At 7:30AM, the pleasant sound of birds chirping was interrupted by an even better sound - a symphony of exhaust notes produced by the thirty three competition cars of the ALMS Series. All the people in the neighboring apartments definitely woke up to the sound of screaming engines if they weren't awake already!
The Streets of Long Beach get transformed into a race track about 2 months before the annual
Long Beach Grand Prix and as it gets closer to race day you can almost feel the excitement in the air. This will be the last year in which the ALMS will be running as a stand alone series, merging with Grand Am racing in 2014, and ultimately becoming the
United SportsCar Racing Series.
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Posted by: Antonio Alvendia | Apr 19, 2013 | Categories: Coverage | Tags: 911, Alex Job Racing, ALMS, American LeMans, Antonio Alvendia, Dominik Farnbacher, Dyson Racing, Fast & Furious 6, FLM09, Giuseppe Risi, Long Beach Grand Prix, Luis Diaz, Marc Goossens., Mazda, Mazdaspeed, Mike Kim, ORECA, Porsche, Rex Torres, Risi Competizione, SRT Motorsports, Streets of Long Beach, Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, United SportsCar Racing Series, Weathertech | 7 Comments »
Due to the slowing of DVD sales and my incessant need to share my work with the world, I present to you my Formula Drift 2010 Recap video. With footage of every FD stop I made last year, including Long Beach, Atlanta, Evergreen, Las Vegas, and Irwindale. This video represents my first year as a full-time drifting videographer and exemplifies my feelings of the sport in general. There is so much drama and heartache, but like life itself, we find joy through the pain and misfortune. Cars break down, wrecks happen, sponsors bail, but when it’s all over, we come away with more friends, wisdom, and courage than ever before. (more…)
Posted by: Justin Shreeve | Feb 19, 2011 | Categories: Video | Tags: Atlanta, drifting, Evergreen, Formula Drift, Irwindale, Joe Ayala, Justin Shreeve, Las Vegas, Long Beach, ProAm, Seattle, Shreeve Films, Streets of Long Beach, Toyota Speedway | 7 Comments »