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

NOT TRYIN' TO BUG YOU OR NUTHIN.....

...but if you liked the seats you had at last year's race, you've got 'til Friday, Sept. 26 to renew them....at NO increase in price, by the way! All you gotta do is return the renewal form you received by the due date and it's a done deal. If you lost the form or the dog ate it or whatever,...

IF YOU LIKE DRIFTING, YOU GOTTA LIKE CINDY McCAIN...

I don't know your political leanings -- being of the Canadian persuasion, it's no never-mind to me -- but if you like Drifting, you gotta like Cindy McCain. Turns out the 54-year-old wife of Republican presidential nominee John McCain not only digs drifting, she went to Japan with son Jack to...

SAVE THE DATE: WORLD DRIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS COMING TO LONG BEACH NOV. 15-16

The Red Bull World Drifting Championships are coming to The Beach! Upwards of 32 drivers from 12 nations -- including the top 16 in Formula Drift points at the end of the season -- will be battling it out November 15-16 for the largest purse in drifting history. Invitations have gone out to...

HELIO WINS RACE, DIXON WINS CROWN

Just 12-1/8 inches. That was the miniscule margin of victory last weekend in the PEAK Antifreeeze & Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway. And for race winner Helio Castroneves, it's gotta rank as one of his most outstanding efforts behind the wheel. Castroneves started dead last --...

HEY HELIO.....BLOCKING IS FOR FOOTBALL, NOT RACING!

Helio Castroneves had the lead for most of the Detroit Indy Grand Prix on Belle Isle...until he was socked with a penalty for blatantly blocking Justin Wilson. And, it cost him the win. Castroneves was forced to relinquish the lead to Wilson with less than 20 laps to go after, in the words of...
 
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