39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

[heliocastroneves#3]

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Race - 39th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Location - Streets of Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Date - Sunday, April 21st

Time & TV Schedule - Green Flag -4:45 PM - NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 1.968 Mile Street Course

Distance - 80 Laps

Practice Sessions -

Friday, April 19th -1:30 PM
Friday, April 19th - 5:30 PM
Saturday, April 20th - 1:40 PM

Qualifications - Saturday, April 20th - 5:00 PM

2012 Pole Sitter -#2 Ryan Briscoe - 1:08.609

2012 Winner - #12 Will Power

Track layout


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Entry list

#1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport
#2 - A.J. Allmendinger - Penske Racing
#3 - Hélio Castroneves - Penske Racing
#4 - J.R. Hildebrand - Panther Racing
#5 - E.J. Viso - Andretti Autosport & HVM Racing
#6 - Sebastian Saavedra - Dragon Racing
#7 - Sebastien Bourdais - Dragon Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 - Tony Kanaan - KV Racing Technology
#12 - Will Power - Penske Racing
#14 - Takuma Sato - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#15 - Graham Rahal - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#16 - James Jakes - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#17 - Mike Conway - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#18 - Ana Beatriz - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 - Justin Wilson - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 - Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing
#22 - Oriol Servia - Panther DRR
#25 - Marco Andretti - Andretti Autosport
#27 - James Hinchcliffe - Andretti Autosport
#55 - Tristan Vautier (R) - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#67 - Josef Newgarden - Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
#77 - Simon Pagenaud - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#78 - Simona de Silvestro - KV Racing Technology
#83 - Charlie Kimball - Chip Ganassi Racing
#98 - Alex Tagliani - Barracuda Racing

[garyshell]

Thanks again!

[heliocastroneves#3]

Thanks again!
Your welcome my friend!

[Jag_Warrior]

27 entries? Did I count correctly? That's good. Now, like a bear doing #2 in the woods, it only counts if people watch. I hope more people tune in this weekend.

[heliocastroneves#3]

27 entries? Did I count correctly? That's good. Now, like a bear doing #2 in the woods, it only counts if people watch. I hope more people tune in this weekend.
Not going to happen, first fix the TV deal and get it off NBC and put it back on ESPN.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Results of Practice 1

P Driver Team Time
1. J. Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport 1:09.816
2. M. Conway Rahal Letterman 1:09.823
3. T. Sato A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:10.018
4. S. De Silvestro KV Racing 1:10.077
5. R. Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 1:10.083
6. J. Wilson Dale Coyne 1:10.103
7. S. Dixon Ganassi Racing 1:10.148
8. G. Rahal Rahal Letterman 1:10.191
9. J. Newgarden SFHR 1:10.208
10. JR. Hildebrand Panther/DRR 1:10.400
11. J. Jakes Rahal Letterman 1:10.424
12. S. Pagenaud Sam Schmidt 1:10.470
13. W. Power Penske 1:10.481
14. D. Franchitti Ganassi Racing 1:10.498
15. H. Castroneves Penske 1:10.649
16. T. Kanaan KV Racing 1:10.712
17. Mo. Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:10.732
18. C. Kimball Ganassi Racing 1:10.816
19. S. Bourdais Dragon Racing 1:10.817
20. E. Viso Andretti Autosport 1:10.834
21. T. Vautier (R) Sam Schmidt 1:10.897
22. A. Beatriz Dale Coyne 1:11.001
23. A. Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA 1:11.058
24. O. Servia Panther/DRR 1:11.059
25. S. Saavedra Dragon Racing 1:11.069
26. A. Allmendinger Penske 1:11.169
27. E. Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing 1:12.241

Go Mike Conway! I'll definitely be rooting for him during this weekend, of course besides Hélio. ;)

[Civic]

I took this pic today. Justin hit the wall at the back straight. Simona came upon him a second or two later. Simona's left rear can be seen shearing off the right rear wheel guard from Justin's car.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/HybridsRacing/DSC07619_zps45f8a70b.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/HybridsRacing/media/DSC07619_zps45f8a70b.jpg.html)

[heliocastroneves#3]

Great shot, Civic!

Congratulations to Dario Franchitti on winning the pole, hopefully his race will go better than last years' when he started on P1 as well but was falling back slowly. I have the feeling we will get a great race, which will be full of attrition as well..

[heliocastroneves#3]

Congratulations to Takuma Sato on winning the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach!!

[Jag_Warrior]

Not going to happen, first fix the TV deal and get it off NBC and put it back on ESPN.

I think the main thing that ICS has to face is that no matter where you go... there you are.

And yes, congrats to Sato. That first win was a long tome coming, but he drove very well! Is he the first Japanese to win an open wheel race in the upper ranks here?

[gm99]

Is he the first Japanese to win an open wheel race in the upper ranks here?

I'm pretty sure he is, although Shigeaki Hattori, of all people, won a couple of races in Indy Lights in 1998.
Also, first IndyCar win for A.J. Foyt's team in quite a while (2002?)

[NY2IA]

Yes, congrats to Sato! Nice run by the Rahal family too.

[Civic]

A few more pics I took of the winner and runner up.

Graham Rahal
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/HybridsRacing/DSC08253_zpsfc889007.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/HybridsRacing/media/DSC08253_zpsfc889007.jpg.html)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/HybridsRacing/DSC07363_zps8141149d.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/HybridsRacing/media/DSC07363_zps8141149d.jpg.html)

Takuma Sato
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/HybridsRacing/DSC08252_zps1d3c7b8c.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/HybridsRacing/media/DSC08252_zps1d3c7b8c.jpg.html)
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a222/HybridsRacing/DSC07311_zpse9a64d5f.jpg (http://s12.photobucket.com/user/HybridsRacing/media/DSC07311_zpse9a64d5f.jpg.html)