The Long Beach Grand Prix has to be one of the most famous street race courses in history. Like Monaco, it sits right on the water and runs in between buildings and parks right in the heart of downtown Long Beach California. There are parts of this city road course that are tight , and yet there are some ultra high speed sections too. It’s tough enough for open-wheel race cars and Trans-Am series cars, but when you throw Stadium Super Trucks around the course on three wheels, smoking the tires under braking AND on the throttle, and of course flying through the air the action looks nearly impossible.
Stadium Super Trucks are always fun to watch and nothing says America more than seeing them hauling ass around a course normally reserved for the wine and cheese crowd. These trucks make 650 ish horsepower, are all equipped with nearly identical components, and that makes super close racing in an environment you might not normally expect. They race on the tarmac, with jumps made of steel, and that means three-wheel corners, lots of banging and bashing, big air, and lots of sideways cornering. It’s off-road style racing, in town, and in front of crowds that are used to watching open-wheel racing instead of big tired trucks. And the action and excitement level is always on kill with racers and spectators alike never know what might happen. Watch this race here and you’ll know exactly what we’re talking about.
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2024 Long Beach SST Race 1 Lineup
1. David Bernstein 2. RJ Stidham 3. Zoey Edenholm 4. Trey Hernquist 5. Ben Maier 6. Bill Hynes 7. Myles Cheek 8. Max Gordon 9. Matt Brabham 10. Robby Gordon
