Long Beach Grand Prix Field Announced

[WhiteHatBobby]

The famous Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro-Celebrity Race, long an iconic part of the schedule through the F1, CART, and CCWS era of the race, will be part of the first-ever full IRL race at Long Beach April 18.

The 20-driver field for the race, where drivers will be in identical street-legal Scion tC coupes, was announced Tuesday.

The race: 10 laps, 19.7 miles.
Cars: Scion tC coupes

The Field:

Celebrities:

Adrien Brody
Luke Wilson
Keanu Reeves
Jon Hamm
Tim Daly
Tyson Beckford (Make Me a Supermodel)
Alex Trebek (host, Jeopardy!)
Raven-Symone (Cosby Show)
Eric Close
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe on 24)
Carlos Mencia
Danny Way (jumped the Great Wall of China on skateboard)
Ken Baker (news editor, E!)
Douglas Fregin (retired vice president of operations, RIMM)
Annamarie Dean (Boys and Girls Club charity auction winner to race)

Professionals (30 second penalty at start)
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Jamie Little (NASCAR on ESPN pit reporter - 2008 winner)
Al Unser, Jr. (2-time Indy 500 winner)
Johnny Benson, Jr. (2008 Camping World Truck Series champion)
Coy Gibbs (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Tom Rudnai (President, Longo Toyota, El Monte, CA - 2001 winner)

NOTE: All former winners must race as professionals.

Your favourite for this race will be . . .

[AutoRacer55]

I've heard of 5 of the celebrities, and I've heard of 4 of the professionals.

Al Unser Jr. was my racing hero (or one of them, but the biggest one) when I was growing up.