{"id":541159,"date":"2010-04-22T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/22\/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-records-broken-in-world-challenge-s\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T17:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T21:58:00","slug":"long-beach-grand-prix-2010-records-broken-in-world-challenge-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/541159","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Grand Prix 2010: Records broken in World Challenge [Spoilers]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplbo---56.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2010 Toyo Tires World Challenge at Long Beach &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nThe final race of the weekend-long Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 2010 Toyo Tires World Challenge event, held at dusk on this downtown\/oceanside street course as the crowds streamed out following Ryan Hunter-Reay&#8217;s IndyCar victory. The track had picked up a lot of rubber during the week, with Indy Lights, ALMS, IndyCar and Drifting demos going on along with the SCCA Pro action. The skies were clear but the track was cooling as the cars lined up for round three of the championship.<\/p>\n<p>The race was the third on the WC schedule following a double-header in St. Petersburg. That set of races had seen Peter Cunningham and Todd Buras sweep in GTS and Touring Class respectively, while GT crowned two winners. Randy Pobst had won from pole position on Saturday, besting teammate Andy Pilgrim to the checkers. On Sunday, it was second-place qualifier, Dino Crescentini who took the win, having dropped out of the first race due to electrical problems.<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach is something of a home-track for several of the racers and everyone seemed pumped to do good in front of their family and friends. Last but not least, by Sunday afternoon it was time to run the final race on the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach card. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/22\/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-records-broken-in-world-challenge-s\/#continued\">Follow the jump<\/a> to see how the race went down and be sure to check out our gallery of pics below.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/\">2010 Toyo Tires World Challenge at Long Beach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/#2912433\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplb---01_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/#2912434\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplb---02_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/#2912435\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplb---03_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/#2912436\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplb---04_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/2010-toyo-tires-world-challenge-at-long-beach\/#2912437\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/world-challenge2010tgplb---05_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<em><strong><small>Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/about.frank4cars.fotki.com\/\">Frank Filipponio<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/alrphotography.zenfolio.com\/\">Andre Ravinowich<\/a>\/Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc<\/small><small>.<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/22\/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-records-broken-in-world-challenge-s\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>Long Beach Grand Prix 2010: Records broken in World Challenge [Spoilers]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/22\/long-beach-grand-prix-2010-records-broken-in-world-challenge-s\/\">Long Beach Grand Prix 2010: Records broken in World Challenge [Spoilers]<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:58:00 EST.  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