MTVs Brett Davern Wins Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race
Brett Davern Brett Davern won the 2014 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity Race, triumphing over a field of film, television, music and sports stars in the annual charity … Read More
Month: April 2014
Overheard in Long Beach – Saturday
Another beautiful day in Long Beach, California where we saw Indy Lights and IndyCar qualify and the Tudor Sports Car Series race with the Ganassi Ford duo of Scott Pruett … Read More
Langdon, Capps, McGaha, Ray Fastest at zMax
Shawn Langdon Mike Mercurio/AR1.com Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Chris McGaha (Pro Stock) and Michael Ray (Pro Stock Motorcycle) took the top qualifying positions in Saturday’s final … Read More
Brian C.’s Saturday Long Beach Notebook
Good day for Josef Newgarden in Long Beach. I had an opportunity to speak with a few Verizon IndyCar Series drivers after today’s qualifying session. One of the topics I … Read More
Townsend Bell to drive for KV Racing at Indy
Townsend Bell Townsend Bell recorded his best Indianapolis 500 finish of fourth in 2009 with KV Racing Technology. The veteran driver will rejoin the team co-owned by Jimmy Vasser and … Read More
Jack Hawksworth is the real deal
Jack Hawksworth Jack Hawksworth is following up his solid St. Pete season opener with an impressive weekend on the streets of Long Beach, starting fifth for Sunday's Toyota Grand Prix … Read More
Pruett and Rojas win Long Beach Tudor USCC race
Another win for the #01. Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas made it look easy Saturday as they took the checkered flag after leading for almost the entire … Read More
Hunter-Reay wins Long Beach Pole
Ryan Hunter-Reay scores his sixth career pole. With a lap of 1:07.8219 seconds, Ryan Hunter-Reay won the pole for tomorrow's Verizon IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. It's … Read More
Veach wins Indy Lights pole
Zach Veach will start from pole tomorrow as he tries to score his second victory of 2014. Ohio native Zach Veach has won the pole for tomorrow's Long Beach 100. … Read More
Long Beach Qualifying Groups, Power tops final practice
Will Power tops the time sheets for P3. Morning practice has just wrapped here in Long Beach for the Verizon IndyCar Series. Will Power led the session with Josef Newgarden … Read More
Chaves tops final Indy Lights practice in LB
Pos Car Driver C/E/T Time Speed Diff Gap Best Lap Laps1 5 Chaves, Gabby D/ /C 01:15.0709 94.375 –.—- –.—- 17 192 83 Brabham, Matthew (R) D/ /C 01:15.5012 93.837 … Read More
Chase Elliott wins 2nd straight
Chase Elliott Getty Images for NASCAR There's a new sheriff in town, and he's barely legal. With a banzai run in a two-lap dash to the finish of Friday night's … Read More
Richard Petty adjusting to life alone
Richard Petty is spending his weekends at home mourning the death of his wife instead of his familiar spot at the racetrack. Lynda Petty died last month after battling cancer … Read More
Larson & Dillon discuss practice incidents
#3-Austin Dillon & #42-Kyle Larson hit the Darlington Raceway wall and gained a Darlington Stripe. Larson's car was damage so bad that the team pulled out the backup car. Comments … Read More
Childress Testifies for Biofuels
The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing this week on advanced biofuels. Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow of Michigan says advanced biofuels are here now, and they are an important part of … Read More
FIA confirms Formula E updates, LA date
The FIA has approved a series of updates to the Formula E Championship following today’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Marrakech, Morocco. The 10 Formula E teams have now … Read More
Giedo van der Garde to replace Sutil for FP1 in China
Giedo van der Garde Sauber test driver Giedo van der Garde is set to get his second practice run-out of the season at next weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix when he … Read More
Pruett wins Prototype and Magnussen GT pole in LB
Scott Pruett puts the Ganassi Ford on pole It’s been a month since Scott Pruett drove his Ford EcoBoost-powered Riley to Sebring’s victory lane. That didn’t stop him from carrying … Read More
Langdon, Capps, McGaha, Ray Lead zMax Qualifying
Ron Capps Mike Mercurio/AR1.com Shawn Langdon (Top Fuel), Ron Capps (Funny Car), Chris McGaha (Pro Stock) and Michael Ray (Pro Stock Motorcycle) lead the second round of qualifying for Sunday's … Read More
Ford, IMSA join forces on official automotive partnership (2nd Update)
UPDATE #2 A reader writes, Dear AR1.com, I told you that Ford would win the pole and race in Long Beach as reward for this sponsorship. In Long Beach pole … Read More
Wayne Taylor Racing lands Konica Minolta sponsorship
Wayne Taylor Racing has inked a multi-year sponsorship deal with Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. to sponsor the team’s No. 10 Corvette DP in the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar … Read More
Rocker Roger Daltery to attend Long Beach
Roger Daltrey, founding member and lead singer of The Who, will mix racing with philanthropy at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Daltrey will attend the Verizon IndyCar Series … Read More
Harvick wins pole in Darlington
Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick won the Coors Light Pole Award at Darlington Raceway for Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500. Harvick won his seventh career pole and his … Read More