Gordie's Shore Things

Information concerning the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, provided by Gordie Morris, former sports writer, updated frequently to highlight the activities and events before, after and during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

SO SAYS PAUL TRACY:

Four-time Toyota Grand Pirx of Long Beach winner Paul Tracy is back for the Champ Car finale...and glad to be here. "It feels good to be back in the car and qualifying," Tracy said. "Today didn't go so well (he was 8th-fastest) and it was basically mostly on me. I made a lot of...

SO SAYS JUSTIN WILSON:

Champ Car provisional polesitter Justin Wilson said he was "quite relieved" to do so well in today's qualifying session. "Before qualifying, I thought there would be a lot of pressure taking this seat at a track like this where Sebastian (Bourdais) has always gone so well,"...

SO SAYS JONATHAN BOMARITO:

Jonathan Bomarito, the provisional polesitter for the Imperial Capital Bank Atlantic Series race, says it's been a whirlwind off-season. "I have to thank the whole Mathiasen Motorsports Team," he said. "This all happened real late, we did the last test series in Houston and here...

FIVE MORE YEARS!

The American Le Mans Series announced this morning that an extension has been reached with the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach to keep the ALMS racing on the city streets for five more years, thru 2013. "There's no doubt that Long Beach and Southern California represent a 'dream...

'FAST FRIDAY' FUN BEGINS....

...with a look back at yesterday, when I and a bunch of other ink-stained wretches had the pleasure of lunching with Mario Andretti just after his induction into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame. Turns out one of the major factors in bringing about the Champ Car/IndyCar unification was...
 
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