{"id":1417,"date":"2010-04-21T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/grand-prix-gallery-drifting-indycar-american-le-mans\/"},"modified":"2010-04-21T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T05:30:00","slug":"grand-prix-gallery-drifting-indycar-american-le-mans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/grand-prix-gallery-drifting-indycar-american-le-mans","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Gallery: Drifting, IndyCar &#038; American Le Mans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A final look at the cars that roared and tore through the streets of Long Beach in the two biggest races of the weekend, through the visual stylings of Nate Toering.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723565-92769.jpg\"><br \/><em>The #81 Alex Job Racing leads the #63 The Racers Group as the Porsche GT3 Cup cars battle in the GTC class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723598-15054.jpg\"><br \/>The Alex Job Racing car finished first in GTC class and 19th overall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723636-50577.jpg\"><br \/>The #40 Robertson Racing Ford GT leads the #8 Drayson Racing Lola through the hairpin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723751-72400.jpg\"><br \/>Risi Competizione and their Ferrari F430GT could not defend their 2009 win in Long Beach.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723783-25775.jpg\"><br \/>The #17 Team Falken Tire Porsche rounds the hairpin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723818-6887.jpg\"><br \/>The #02 Extreme Speed car opens up that Ferrari V8 engine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723848-2030.jpg\"><br \/>Tough weekend for the #95 Level 5 Motorsports car in the LMPC class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723877-44211.jpg\"><br \/>The #11 Primetime Racing Group car heads down Turn 1.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723906-43915.jpg\"><br \/>Flying Lizard Motorsports won the GT class but it was a difficult weekend for their #44 car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723944-13700.jpg\"><br \/>The #3 Corvette Racing C6.R leads the #007 Lola-Aston Martin into the fountain turn.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723968-22182.jpg\"><br \/>Two GTC class cars battle it out in Turn 3.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 531px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271723998-60453.jpg\"><br \/>The #99 Green Earth Team Gunnar car won the LMPC class and finished 5th overall.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724025-94512.jpg\"><br \/>The #90 BMW Rahal Letterman car finished 5th in the hard-fought battle in GT class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724052-23930.jpg\"><br \/>The #52 PR1\/Mathiasen car was a late entry and only ran a few laps in the race.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724364-62246.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725056-5680.jpg\"><br \/>The #90 BMW Rahal Letterman car speeds down the front straight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; margin: 2px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725129-78316.jpg\"><br \/>The #45 Flying Lizard Motorsports car would eventually overtake the BMWs and win the GT class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725098-35352.jpg\"><br \/>The #90 BMW Rahal Letterman car speeds down the front straight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725161-27699.jpg\"><br \/>The #40 Robertson Racing GT40 leads the #17 Team Falken Tire Porsche down the front straight.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725192-87558.jpg\"><br \/>The #55 Level 5 Motorsports car finished 2nd in LMPC class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725218-67931.jpg\"><br \/>The #3 Corvette rebounded nicely from a disaster in the previous race and finished 2nd in GT class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725246-47057.jpg\"><br \/>The #36 Genoa Racing LMPC car makes a move past the #88 Velox Motorsports GTC Porsche.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724803-70122.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; margin: 2px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725309-91017.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725797-25580.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725868-23258.jpg\"><br \/>Samuel Hubinette burns rubber in his new Dodge Challenger.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725893-92791.jpg\"><br \/>Three-wide around the hairpin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725923-34764.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724829-78922.jpg\"><br \/>Takuma Sato blazes up Pine Avenue in his #5 KV Racing Technology car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724877-68905.jpg\"><br \/>Milka Duno had a tough weekend in her #18 Dale Coyne Racing car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724904-49916.jpg\"><br \/>Mario Moraes in his #32 KV Racing Technology car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271724971-12010.jpg\"><br \/>Marco Andretti drove impressively for Andretti Autosport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725382-74101.jpg\"><br \/>Danica Patrick leads the field through Turn 10.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725453-72672.jpg\"><br \/>Marco Andretti in the main event IndyCar race.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725491-79259.jpg\"><br \/>Justin Wilson continued his strong performances at Long Beach for Dreyer &amp; Reinbold Racing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725516-86189.jpg\"><br \/>Tony Kanaan was another strong performer for Andretti Autosport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725543-45774.jpg\"><br \/>Ryan Briscoe rounds the hairpin for Team Penske.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725578-69643.jpg\"><br \/>Mario Moraes<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725608-54017.jpg\"><br \/>Simona DeSilvestro leads Vitor Meira and E.J. Viso around the hairpin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725652-87305.jpg\"><br \/>Alex Lloyd had little luck for Dale Coyne Racing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725705-12879.jpg\"><br \/>Ryan Briscoe down the back straight for Team Penske.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725732-99421.jpg\"><br \/>Eventual winner Ryan Hunter-Reay for Andretti Autosport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px; width: 600px; height: 386px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725763-91126.jpg\"><br \/>Hunter-Reay leads Raphael Matos in his #2 Luczo Dragon Racing\/de Ferran Motorsports car.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725343-22634.jpg\"><br \/>Crowds eat, shop and hurry to their seats outside the Long Beach Arena.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  alt=\"\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; width: 600px; height: 386px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"images\/archive\/sports\/image1271725028-32227.jpg\"><br \/>The Long Beach Hyatt looms high above the lagoon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A final look at the cars that roared and tore through the streets of Long Beach in the two biggest races of the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"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":"","_":"","_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":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}