2010 Toyota GP Pro/Celebrity driver line-up
It's that time again as the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race take to streets of Long Beach. The race will raise more than $100,000 for Racing For Kids and children's hospitals of southern California.
Celebrities include Keanu Reeves, Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody, Christian Slater and pop star Jesse McCartney among others, while skate-boarding icon Tony Hawk will join with professional drivers Jimmy Vasser (1996 Toyota GP winner, who also closed out his Indy car career by racing one final race at Long Beach in 2008), Steve Millen, XGames gold medalist and drifting star Tanner Foust, Olympic gold medalist Marty Nothstein and BMX rider Jamie Bestwick.
2010 TOYOTA PRO/CELEBRITY RACE
Celebrities Scheduled to Participate
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TELEVISION & FILM |
CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| ADRIEN BRODY | Academy Award Winner – The Brothers Bloom," Limited," “The Village," “The Jacket," “King Kong," “The Pianist" (Oscar), “Dummy," “Summer of Sam" etc. |
| BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN | “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," “Freddie," “Beverly Hills 90210" (David Silver) |
| ZACHARY LEVI | “Chuck" (Chuck Bartowski), “Less Than Perfect," “Stuntmen," “Shades of Ray," “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Sqeakquel," “Big Momma’s House 2" etc. |
| MEGYN PRICE | “Rules of Engagement" (Audrey), “Grounded for Life" (Claudia Finnerty), “LateLine" (Gale Ingersoll), etc. |
| CHRISTIAN SLATER | “The Forgotten" “My Own Worst Enemy," “The Good Shepherd," “Windtalkers," “3000 Miles to Graceland," “Robin Hood," “Pump Up the Volume" etc. |
| PATRICK WARBURTON | Star of “Rules of Engagement" (Jeff) “Rock Slyde", “Bee Movie," “Sophomore", “Less Than Perfect," “The Tick," “Seinfeld" (David Puddy), “Dave's World" etc. |
| MUSIC | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| JESSE MCCARTNEY | Singer/Songwriter, “Leaving", “Beautiful Soul", formerly in boy band Dream Street, co-wrote “Bleeding Love" |
| DAY-TIME/SOAP | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| TIKA SUMPTER | “One Life to Live" (Layla Williamson), “Stomp the Yard 2" |
| SPORTS | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| TONY HAWK | Iconic pro skateboarder |
| MISC. | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| ADAM CAROLLA | Radio/Television Host, Comedian, Actor “Crank Yankers," “The Man Show," “Dancing With the Stars" (2008-2009) |
| TOYOTA DEALER | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| CHRIS ASHWORTH | VP & General Manager, Toyota of North Hollywood |
| PROS | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| JAMIE BESTWICK | Pro BMX rider, 5 XG Vert gold medals and 4 straight overall Dew Tour Vert titles. |
| TANNER FOUST | Drift Champion and X Games Rally Gold Medalist |
| STEVE MILLEN | Multi-series racing champion and open wheel, sports cars and twice off road champion with Toyota. Owner of Stillen Performance Auto Parts for past 25 years. |
| MARTY NOTHSTEIN | American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist. Now drives an NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car for Follow A Dream |
| KEANU REEVES | Last year’s celebrity winner – “Matrix" “Replacements" |
| JIMMY VASSER | CART and TGPLB champion in 1996; Won 1991 LB Toyota Atlantic race; drove his final Indy car race at Long Beach in 2008;Currently an IRL team owner and Toyota dealer. |
| CHARITY AUCTION WINNERS | CREDIT/BEST KNOWN FOR |
| DAVE PASANT | Charity auction winner |
| JERRY WESTLUND | Charity auction winner |