Podium Dreams at the 2015 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race DrivingLine
Scion invited us to drive the Toyota Pro/Celebrity FR-S at Willow Springs International Raceway. The FR-S is destined to replace the Scion TC as the race car of choice for the annual Toyota.
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Toyota launched the Pro/Celebrity Race in 1977 alongside the Grand Prix of Long Beach. There are two classes, celebrities and professional drivers, who race the 2-mile Grand Prix street.
Toyota Ends Sponsorship for Celebrity Race at LB Grand Prix
Posted by Preston Lerner | Apr 12, 2023 | History | 4 (Ahead of this weekend's Long Beach Grand Prix, we pulled a lovely piece from the cupboard. Two years ago, Preston Lerner profiled the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. Since 1975, the race served as the action-packed undercard to sports car racing's Long Beach takeover. Actors, start your engines.)
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The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race was an annual 10-lap auto race held each April since 1977 until 2016 as part of the United States Grand Prix West, and later the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend at Long Beach, California.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- When the checkered flag drops on the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race next month, it will be for the 40th and final time. The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach and Toyota.
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The first thing you need to know about the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is that the concept was pure genius: Put a dozen or so big-name actors, musicians and athletes with no racing experience in identical cars. Add a quartet of pro drivers starting 30 seconds behind the celebrities.
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Tosco was officially renamed Toyota Racing Development, or TRD, in 1976. As well as continuing to race in various series across Japan, bosses set their sights on more high-profile, international.
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That would be, in general, the 41st Toyota Grand Prix of Long beach. And specifically, the 39th Annual Pro Celebrity Race. Cars! Celebrities! Celebrities driving race cars, sort of, taking lines.
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Saturday's race was the final event of the longest-running corporate-sponsored charity race in the country. It has also helped Toyota donate more than $2.3 million to "Racing For Kids" since.
Celebrity race cars (Scion FRS) from Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) Alfonso Ribeiro won the 40th and final Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, a fan favorite event at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. Ribeiro was also the celebrity winner in 1994 and 1995, and the Pro winner in 2015. The of "America's Funniest Home Videos" also won "Dancing with the Stars" in 2014. "I owe an awful lot to.
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The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is an annual 10-lap auto race held each April since 1977 as part of the United States Grand Prix West, and later the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend on the street course at Long Beach, California. Since 1991, the event has raised money for "Racing for Kids," a national fund-raising program benefiting children's hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County.
Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race to Use Scion FRS Coupes for 2013
The 31st installment of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race was run yesterday, and it was another smashing success. Perhaps better known for its high-profile crashes than the more deserving close racing.
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Dara Torres (@DaraTorres) 2002, 2004 and 2015 - Celebrity/ Overall winner in 2002. 12-time Olympic medalist swimmer, who was named as one of the "Top Female Athletes of the Decade" by Sports Illustrated. In 2002, she was the first woman to win the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race. Max Papis (@MaxPapis) 2004 - Pro/ Overall winner in 2004. "Mad.
Toyota Ends Sponsorship for Celebrity Race at LB Grand Prix
It's rare that an exhibition race has a 40-year lifespan, yet the Pro/Celebrity race has been a rare race indeed. Sure, there are "celebrity" races on occasion at various race tracks and in various sanctioning bodies, but the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race was all business from green flag to checkered flag.
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2002 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race: Held on April 13, 2002 at Long Beach Street Circuit in Long Beach, CA: 10 L, 19.68 M, 31.67 KM - Scheduled Distance: RESULTS Pos Grid Cls Cls Fin Cls St #. RACE DATA Did not start: Did not qualify: Time of Race: 0h:18:21 Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
ยฉ Automotiveblogz 2013 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Photos
The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race was an annual 10-lap auto race held each April since 1977 until 2016 as part of the United States Grand Prix West, and later the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend at Long Beach, California.