The 38th Annual Grand Prix of Long Beach – often referred to as America’s Monaco – is next weekend. American LeMans Series, IndyCar, Pirelli World Challenge, and the Toyota Celebrity Race will be taking to the streets of Long Beach in sunny Southern California.  The ALMS race, featuring great competition in the GT class from Porsche, BMW, Corvette, Ferrari, and for the first time years, Dodge Viper, is next Saturday at 4:30 PM PT. IndyCar takes to the streets on Sunday at 1:15 PM PT.

IndyCar – Will Power will be eager to continue his success on street and road courses.  In the Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park, Power made a fantastic charge from 9th to win the event.  Helio Castroneves took the first race in St. Petersburg.  Penske is on a roll.

ALMS – In the Sebring opener, which featured a somewhat confusing grid of ALMS and WEC entries, Joey Hand, Dirk Mueller, & Jonathan Summerton brought the RLL BMW M3 home first in GT.  Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia, & Jordan Taylor came in second in their Corvette C-6 ZR1.