Tickets on Sale Today for Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

Tickets for the 41st Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, featuring the return of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship on April 17-19, 2015, went on sale on Monday at 10 a.m. PT.

Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas won the inagural TUDOR Championship race  on the famed 1.97-mile, 11-turn circuit through downtown Long Beach last April, while Antonio Garcia and Jan Magnussen scored the first GT Le Mans victory for the Corvette C7.R.

Both the Prototype and GTLM classes will return for the 2015 editor of the Tequila Patron Sports Car Showcase.

“Having celebrated our 40th annual event last April, our most successful in a decade, we’re looking to make next year’s weekend even more spectacular,” said Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. “As the number one street race in America combined with all that the City of Long Beach has to offer, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues to be the best family entertainment value in Southern California.”With a variety of entertaining on- and off-track activities for the entire family, the 2015 Grand Prix will also include a round of the Verizon IndyCar Series, expected to include celebrated drivers such as defending series champion and two-time Long Beach winner Will Power; Long Beach winners Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Takuma Sato, as well as Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti and defending Long Beach winner Mike Conway.

Other series currently scheduled include the Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge under the lights on Friday and Saturday nights, and the Pirelli World Challenge, with more races to be announced in the coming weeks.

Race weekend’s family entertainment menu also includes free Friday and Saturday night concerts and the Lifestyle Expo featuring a huge Family Fun Zone with racing simulators, kids’ racing cars, computer games and action sports. Also in the Expo will be the ever-growing Green Power Prix-View, featuring the latest in environmentally conscious products for the car and home. Add to that multiple driver autograph sessions, special events and exhibits highlighting the Grand Prix’s history, the popular Food Truck Experience and Sunday’s Mothers Exotic Car Paddock, it’s a weekend that will be packed full of activity.

Ticket prices for the three-day event range from $30 for a Friday General Admission ticket to $135 for a three-day ticket that includes Sat./Sun. reserved seating in grandstand upper levels.  Pre-paid parking packages are also available, along with handicapped seating, Verizon IndyCar Paddock access passes, Super Photo tickets and a wide variety of Hospitality Club packages.

Fans can select and pay for their 2015 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach seats, parking and paddock passes online at gplb.com. Ticket orders can also be placed by calling the toll-free ticket hotline, (888) 827-7333.  A printed ticket brochure that includes a circuit map, ticket prices, order form and other information can be obtained by calling the hotline.

Fans can also follow the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on Facebook at GrandPrixLB, Twitter @ToyotaGPLB and Instagram at ToyotaGPLB.