{"id":129,"date":"2017-10-23T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/44th-annual-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach-to-return-with-new-trans-am-challenge\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:56:45","slug":"44th-annual-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach-to-return-with-new-trans-am-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/44th-annual-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach-to-return-with-new-trans-am-challenge","title":{"rendered":"Tickets Now on Sale for the 44th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-56385\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MG_5134.jpg\" alt=\" MG 5134\" width=\"620\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>File photo by De\u2019Niro Pankey<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are now on sale for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, with the \u201cbigger, better, bolder\u201d 44th annual event set to return April 13-15, it was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Headlined by the third round of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, defending series champion Josef Newgarden and 2017 Long Beach winner James Hinchcliffe are expected to return to the course, along with past Long Beach winners Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon, Will Power and Ryan Hunter-Reay. Fans can also keep an eye out for Marco Andretti and Graham Rahal going head to head on the famed 1.97-mile, 11-turn seaside circuit through downtown.<\/p>\n<p>The grand prix will also feature the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, featuring prototype and GT sports cars, the Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge, Robby Gordon\u2019s SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks, the Pirelli World Challenge, and new this year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/new-trans-am-challenge-added-to-next-year-s-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach\/\">Historic Trans Am Challenge<\/a> featuring American muscle cars from the 60s and 70s.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"width: 100px; height: 100px; background-image: url('images\/stephanie\/Trans_Am.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-position: center center; float: left; margin-right: 30px; display:none;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p> <small style=\"font-weight: lighter;\">RELATED<\/small> <\/p>\n<h2 ><a onclick=\"ga('send', 'event', 'Related Link', 'click', 'Realted Link v1');\" href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/life\/new-trans-am-challenge-added-to-next-year-s-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach\/\">New Trans Am Challenge Added to Next Year\u2019s Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 0;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<hr style=\"width:100%; float:left;\" \/>\n<p>On-and off-track activities will include free Friday and Saturday night concerts, a Lifestyle Expo featuring a Family Fun Zone with racing simulators, kids\u2019 racing cars, computer games and action sports, in addition to driver autograph sessions, special events and exhibits showcasing the grand prix\u2019s history, the Food Truck Experience and Sunday\u2019s Mothers Exotic Car Paddock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited about our lineup of family entertainment for the 2018 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach,\u201d Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, said in a statement. \u201cWith America\u2019s #1 street race, the concerts, Lifestyle Expo and all that the City of Long Beach has to offer, the Grand Prix remains the best entertainment value in Southern California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices for the three-day event range from $33 for a Friday General Admission ticket to $147 for a three-day ticket that includes Saturday and Sunday reserved seating in grandstand upper levels. Pre-paid parking packages are also available, along with handicapped seating, Verizon IndyCar Series Paddock access passes, Super Photo tickets and an array of VIP Club packages.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets, visit the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gplb.com\">here<\/a> or call (888) 827-7333, and keep up to date with grand prix-related happenings via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GrandPrixLB\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToyotaGPLB\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tickets are now on sale for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, with the \u201cbigger, better, bolder\u201d 44th annual event set to return April 13-15, it was announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":16476,"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":"","_":"","_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":[3],"tags":[58],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}