Road Race in Sunny Long Beach: Race & Relaxation along the Beach
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Practice & Qualifying
Friday
Saturday
practice & provisional qualifying
practice & final qualifying
Celebrity Race
(1 day)
Let's Go Racin'
Sunday
and the winner is?
Post-Race Addenda
Race Notes
PHOTO Archive
VIDEO Archive
QTVR
Logbook & war-stories from each race
Photos, categorized by Class & individual racer
Videos, summary of the best highlights
(Virtual Reality Experience)
Experience off-road racing, via the QTVR Virtual-Reality technology & the Internet
Feedback
Contact Bob Yen for comments & suggestions
Gnarly Air-Time & Paying the Price
San Felipe 250
Off-Road Racing (Archives)
Crashes (Archives)
Mad Mitch MacAleer
Another recent race along the Beach
Warriors of the Desert, knarly "air-time"
notable "out-of-shape" event-horizons..
"Leading From The Front", Hang Glider Aerobatics World Champion
Long Beach Grand Prix
April 16/17/18
SAME DAY COVERAGE
 "loose" rear.. |
 ..sideways.. |
 ..contact! |
limp to pits
 B. Herta/Team Rahal making adjustments during qualifying |
 D. Franchitti/Team Kool Green winking to wailing fans |
 R. Hearn prressuring T. Marques at beginning of back-straight |
 R. Gordon & M. Jourdain dicing at the end of back-straight |
 P. Carpentier discussing car-handling w/engineer |
 M. Andretti in for adjustments during qualifying |
 pre-race festivities: Navy Seals parachute in |
 big-screen TV along pits |
 A. Fernandez mobbed by autograph-frenzied fans |
 R. Hearn in a throng of fans |
 Team Penske attaching trans-axle to engine |
 Team Target crew member getting after it |
 REAL race-fan (front) |
 celebrity-race on Sat |
 M. Gugelmin (pre-race warmup) |
 Jourdain, D'Matta, Pruett (pre-race warmup) |
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Qualifying Session (Group 1), after 1st lap |
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Target car exiting pit-lane, into oncoming traffic on front-straight |
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Qualifying (Group 2), closely packed cars |
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BIG hit during pre-race warmup (S. Hattori) [ NOTE: the idiotic shouting was from the dork next to me ] |
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R. Gordon passing Marques, followed by throng of cars |
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front-straight, just before Texaco bridge (approaching Turn 1) |
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Turn 1: Kanaan, Montoya, Franchitti leading the way.. |
INDEX
- Friday
Practice & Provisional Qualifying
- (Race) Saturday
Practice & Final Qualifying
- (Race) Sunday
Race Day
- VIDEO
Select Videos
- Race Notes
Logbook & war-stories from each race
- Feedback
Contact Bob Yen for comments & suggestions
- Virtual Reality Experience
Experience off-road racing, via the digital revolution & the Internet
BACK to '99 Season Off-Road Racing page (SCORE / BITD / MDR)
(featuring SAME DAY coverage)
UPDATE TIMELINE:
- 4/16/99 (1st stills & video posted)
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Thanks to Jeff Huber/PPI for assistance with garage-access
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