{"id":501479,"date":"2023-04-23T17:19:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T00:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=501479"},"modified":"2024-01-04T22:20:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T22:20:34","slug":"the-sounds-of-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-sounds-of-long-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sounds of Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>This past weekend I made the annual pilgrimage to the Long Beach Grand Prix. This year was the event\u2019s 48th running\u2026whew!&#8230; that realization hit kind of hard when it dawned on me that this was the 48th Long Beach Grand Prix that I\u2019ve attended! The inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix, in <a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/building-long-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1975 for F5000 cars<\/a>, was the first race I ever attended (at the tender age of 9) and clearly the initial infection point for a lifelong, terminal disease.<\/p>\n<p>While my interest in the LBGP has ebbed and flowed over the past 48 years, with the various transitions from F5000 to F1 to CART\/Champcar\/IRL\/Indycar\/et. al., I have to say that this year\u2019s event was one of the very best in recent memory for the overall quality of racing, up and down the board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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