Grand Prix Of Long Beach News & Notes



The Grand Prix of Long Beach marks the third round of the 2007 American Le Mans Series season and the Series first appearance at the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit on the pristine southern California waterfront. Long Beach becomes the 24th different circuit and seventh different street course to hold an American Le Mans Series event. Two more street circuit events are on the 2007 schedule: Houston on April 21 and the Series first appearance in Detroit at Belle Isle on September 1.

Twenty-one drivers entered in the Long Beach Grand Prix have recorded at least one class victory in the eight previous Series events: Olivier Beretta (2007 St. Petersburg GT1, 2006 Houston GT1, 2000 Adelaide GTS), David Brabham (2002 Washington P900 and 2003 Miami GTS), Ryan Briscoe (2007 St. Petersburg P2), Rinaldo Capello (2007 St. Petersburg P1, 2006 Houston P1, 2000 Adelaide GTP, 2002 Trois Rivieres P900), Duncan Dayton (2003 Trois Rivieres P675), Chris Dyson (2003 Miami P675), Clint Field (2006 Houston P2, 2002 Washington LMP675), Jon Field (2002 Washington, 2003 Trois Rivieres P675), Oliver Gavin (2007 St. Petersburg GT1, 2006 Houston GT1, 2003 Trois Rivieres GTS), Klaus Graf (2006 Houston GT2), Sascha Maassen (2007 St. Petersburg P2, 2002 Washington, Trois Rivieres, Miami, 2003 Trois Rivieres and Miami GT), Jan Magnussen (2002 Washington P900), Chris McMurry (Trois Rivieres 2002 P675), Allan McNish (2007 St. Petersburg P1, 2006 Houston P1, 2000 Adelaide GTP), Jaime Melo (2007 St. Petersburg GT2), Dirk Muller (2000 Adelaide GT), Johnny O Connell (2002 Washington and Miami GTS), Emanuele Pirro (2002 Miami P900), Mika Salo (2007 St. Petersburg GT2), Andy Wallace (2003 Miami P675) and Marco Werner (2003 Trois Rivieres P900).

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