On Tuesday the Celebrity drivers had their very first opportunity to have a hand to show their skill of driving at much high speed near the high rises of Ocean Boulevard. The incident was nothing but just for their practice to part in Grand Prix at the weekend.
Other than the mechanical capabilities of the vehicles themselves, the one and only thing which was limiting Gault as well as another 17 drivers at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity Race was contestants’ own skills. These drivers have to be prepared by April 18y to compete in the 1.97-mile track which is there in the city’s shoreline area.
The Pro/Celebrity Race is a part of the Grand Prix contest which lasts for almost as long as the main event. The current year’s Pro/Celebrity Race to be the 39th race in the yearly series, and the Long Beach Grand Prix is two years old only.
In a previous contest the celebrity drivers included were famous creator George Lucas who is known for its creation “Star Wars”, actor Keanu Reeves and Long Beach Poly alumna Cameron Diaz who is a famous actress too. The Pro/Celebrity race is known as a fundraiser for Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach and Children’s Hospital of Orange County.
The Celebrity racers are taken on the track by sport coupes of Scion FR-S which are rated with horsepower of 210, as per the race organizers. As per Ribeiro, who has estimated that the optimum speeds of 110 mph could be attained during truly racing conditions, but he as well as other drivers were taking things easy and did not take it that seriously because they have now got used to shoreline course.
The primary cause behind this contest is dedicated to humanity and all these pros and celebrities take part in the contest to serve the noble cause. The fund raising becomes easier with the help of such events which can be provided to the needy sections of the society such as the hospital. For such causes only these events run and various celebrities who are willing to serve the purpose of mankind with humanity actively participate by sparring a day from their busy schedule. The event is organized by the organizers in such a nice manner that it also becomes a fun activity for celebrities also. Hence, they also take part actively and enjoy the moments of the event and at the same time can have self satisfied feeling for doing something useful to our loving society. The event is usually organized ant the Boulevard’s shore, which is a perfect location for driving as well as an event hosting.
The fund whatever is raised by this event is donated to the Miller children’s hospital at Long beach as well as the children’s Hospital of Orange County. As per the organizer they have invited a number of celebrities from various fields and there is hardly anyone who has denied to help or rejected the offer to participate in the contest.
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