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In RACER Magazine: A Wild Idea

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In RACER Magazine: A Wild Idea

By Robin Miller - Apr 16, 2018, 7:37 PM ET

The first Grand Prix of Long Beach, run for Formula 5000 cars in 1975.A Formula 1 race around downtown Long Beach? Yeah, right... But bring in Dan Gurney to open doors and pretty soon it's go time.It was the summer of 1973 and Chris Pook had an idea for an...

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