{"id":73213,"date":"2023-04-14T08:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=73213"},"modified":"2023-04-14T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:33:28","slug":"photos-thunder-thursday-returns-to-kick-off-grand-prix-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/photos-thunder-thursday-returns-to-kick-off-grand-prix-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Thunder Thursday returns to kick off Grand Prix weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach needs to start with a bang, and this year was no different, as the annual kick-off event, Thunder Thursday<\/a>, returned to the Pike Outlets.<\/p>\n

Race fans gathered to watch all the motorcycle stunt shows, pit stop competitions and antique car displays that have made the evening event a local pastime for the last decade.<\/p>\n

Here are some of our best photos of the action.<\/p>\n

\"Bunnie
Bunnie Geer of the Iron Goddess Motorcycle Show poses for photos on her motorcycle during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Attendees
Attendees sing along and cheer during the Brobots performance at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The
The pit crew gets ready as Graham Rahal comes down the track during the Indy Series pit stop competitions at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Graham
Graham Rahal straps on his helmet before participating in the IndyCar Series pit stop competitions during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Moeko
Moeko Zapata, 4, roars back at the dinosaur posing next to Porsche\u2019s \u201cGT3Rawr\u201d race car during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Families
Families take a look inside Rome Charpentier\u2019s Formula Drift car during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Joao
Joao Barion and Renata Ghiraldi pose with Beachy the parrot next to the race cars on display during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Moeko
Moeko Zapata, 4, and family play along with Porsche\u2019s \u201cGT3Rawr\u201d race car dinosaur during Thunder Thursday at the Pike Outlets on Thursday, April 12, 2023. Photo by Sarahi Apaez.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Race fans gathered to watch all the motorcycle stunt shows, pit stop competitions and antique car displays that have made the evening event a local pastime for the last decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":73222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[778],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[1798],"class_list":["post-73213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-thunder-thursday","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73213","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\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73226,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73213\/revisions\/73226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73213"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=73213"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=73213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}