Thread: Round 2: 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 11 - 13, 2014
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Old 10 Apr 2014, 01:33 (Ref:3390683)   #1
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Round 2: 40th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, April 11 - 13, 2014
This will be the 40th anniversary of the Long Beach Grand Prix. It is the longest running major street race in North America and started in 1975 as a Formula 5000 event and became the United States Grand Prix West for F1, from 1976 to 1983.

From 1984 to 2008 it was a CART/Champ Car perenial event and became an IndyCar Series race after reunification.

Track information
The original layout of the track has changed since 1975 as has the Start/Finish line.

Old layout


Current layout


Length: 1.968 Miles / 3.167 Km
Turns: 11
Lap record: 1:06.886 (Sébastien Bourdais, Lola B02/00-Cosworth, 2006, CCWS)

Last year's winner:
Takuma Sato
A. J. Foyt Enterprises
Dallara Honda
Laps 80
Distance 157.44 Miles (253.375 Km)
Race Time 1:50:09
Average Speed 85.763

TV Coverage
NBCSN are televising the race with the Green flag at 4:40pm ET.
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