{"id":146,"date":"2017-04-08T00:54:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/quick-guide-to-the-upcoming-sights-and-sounds-of-the-43rd-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach\/"},"modified":"2017-04-08T00:54:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T00:54:09","slug":"quick-guide-to-the-upcoming-sights-and-sounds-of-the-43rd-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/quick-guide-to-the-upcoming-sights-and-sounds-of-the-43rd-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach","title":{"rendered":"Quick Guide to the Upcoming Sights and Sounds of the 43rd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Photo by Dave Newell.<\/em><\/p>\n

Following a rip roaring Thunder Thursday and Wednesday\u2019s \u201cRoar in the Shore,\u201d tonight marks the first race of the 43rd annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

Mexican cover band Moderatto<\/a> will begin at 6:45PM during the Tecate Light Fiesta in the plaza of the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center preceding the start of the Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge Competition #1, set to take place from 7:30PM to 8:45PM.<\/p>\n

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Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Practice sessions for the truck race will be held from 12:20PM to 12:40PM and another sports car race will be underway by 3:30PM. The final portion of the drifting competition will take place from 6:00PM to 8:00PM.<\/p>\n

Replacing the Toyota Pro\/Celebrity Race, discontinued because Toyota moved its headquarters from Torrance to Plano, Texas, will the be the Can-Am Challenge race<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The race on the 1.97-mile, 11-turn street circuit surrounding the Long Beach Convention Center will show off the 1,000-plus horsepower cars originally built and raced in the late 60s and early 70s, from noon to 12:20PM.<\/p>\n

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The IMSA Sportscar Grand Prix of Long Beach will take place from 1:05PM to 2:45PM, followed by INDYCAR qualifying. At 5:05PM the Super Stadium Truck Challenge will start, followed by the second Motegi drift challenge at 6:00PM.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the much anticipated Rock-N-Roar concert starring Kings of Chaos, Billy Idol, Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park will take place at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center outdoor stage.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start your morning off with the The Pirelli World Challenge Race at 10:00AM, followed by Mothers 10th Annual Exotic Car Parade at 11:50AM.<\/p>\n

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, the second race of the 2017 Verizon INDYCAR Series, will kick off at 1:30PM. Watch the cars rip around the track until 3:30PM, when the Super Stadium Truck Challenge race #2 will take place at 4:05PM and mark the conclusion of the event.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City News Service contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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