{"id":5579,"date":"2010-04-19T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/photo-gallery-indycar-race-at-long-beach-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2010-04-19T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T10:33:00","slug":"photo-gallery-indycar-race-at-long-beach-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/photo-gallery-indycar-race-at-long-beach-grand-prix","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: IndyCar Race At Long Beach Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning images of a thrilling race on a beautiful day in downtown Long Beach, through the lens of Samuel Lippke. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lbpost.com\/sports\/general\/9357\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a> for the story of the race and much more Grand Prix coverage from the entire weekend!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; margin: 2px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687033-1184.jpg\"><br \/><em>Eventual winner Ryan Hunter-Reay takes the field around the fountain at Turn 3<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687037-18986.jpg\"><br \/>Hunter-Reay leads eventual runner-up Justin Wilson<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687042-84910.jpg\"><br \/>Dario Franchitti, winner of the 2009 Long Beach Grand Prix, had a tough weekend and finished 12th.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687046-79869.jpg\"><br \/>Raphael Matos leads Takuma Sato and Danica Patrick through Turn 3.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687049-96242.jpg\"><br \/>Photographers vie for positioning at the one of the most scenic spots on the course.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687053-63385.jpg\"><br \/>Fan favorite Danica Patrick had a difficult weekend and finished at the back of the pack. She took fourth place at the Long Beach Grand Prix in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687061-8299.jpg\"><br \/>Dan Wheldon dives into Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687064-12162.jpg\"><br \/>Graham Rahal struggled through the weekend and was involved in the race&#8217;s only accident when Mario Romancini clipped his back wheel and sent Rahal spinning into a tire barrier. Both drivers were uninjured.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687068-89939.jpg\"><br \/>Pole-sitter Will Power drove well but finished in third.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687071-35782.jpg\"><br \/>Graham Rahal leads Raphael Matos and Mario Romancici into Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687076-46610.jpg\"><br \/>Dan Wheldon and Mario Romancini head from Shoreline Drive to Pine Avenue in Turn 6.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687079-62613.jpg\"><br \/>The grandstands near The Pike are some of the most popular seats on the track.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687083-55257.jpg\"><br \/>Dario Franchitti tries to catch up to the leaders.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687089-43106.jpg\"><br \/>Fans draped over the Shoreline Drive bridge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687094-98428.jpg\"><br \/>The winning crew of Ryan Hunter-Reay in pit lane.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 400px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/m_image1271687098-9250.jpg\"><br \/>Crowds line the track to catch some action.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning images of a thrilling race on a beautiful day in downtown Long Beach, through the lens of Samuel Lippke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=5579"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}