{"id":274272,"date":"2026-04-18T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274272\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T14:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T14:41:11","slug":"feel-the-roar-its-grand-prix-weekend-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/274272\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel the roar: It&#8217;s Grand Prix weekend in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crowds packed into the Pike Outlets in downtown Long Beach on Thursday evening for the free motocross and car show that marks the beginning of Grand Prix weekend every year: Thunder Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Motorcyclist in white suit and helmet performs aerial stunt above crowd at nighttime outdoor event near Ferris wheel.\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776523271_509_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stunt motorcyclist rides in the air for the Thunder Thursday event by The Pike Outlets, Long Beach on April 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>(<\/p>\n<p>Justin Enriquez<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Post<\/p>\n<p>)<\/p>\n<p>Already, the area has transformed into 1.97 miles of track that, on Sunday, will belong to the world\u2019s best IndyCar racers as about 200,000 fans watch them during the 51st annual Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>      Grand Prix in Long Beach<\/p>\n<p>See the full weekend event schedule <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/gplb.com\/weekend-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Keep up with LAist.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re enjoying this article, you&#8217;ll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.  <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Two race cars speed past a blurred Ferris wheel and crowd at an outdoor event.\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776523271_515_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Ericsson driving the purple and black indy car races against Rinus Veekay driving blue and white car race on Shoreline Drive, Long Beach on April 16, 2026 <\/p>\n<p>(<\/p>\n<p>Justin Enriquez<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Post<\/p>\n<p>)<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, families, fans and revelers got a taste of the high-energy fun with motocross stunt shows, exhibition races, classic car displays and pit crew competitions.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Crowd behind chain-link fence captures race on phones as cars speed by on track surrounded by palm trees.\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" width=\"672\" height=\"448\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776523271_154_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Audiences took their phones to record the final race for the Thunder Thursday event on Shoreline Drive by The Pike Outlets, in Long Beach, April 16, 2026 Photo by Justin Enriquez<\/p>\n<p>(<\/p>\n<p>Justin Enriquez<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach Post<\/p>\n<p>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crowds packed into the Pike Outlets in downtown Long Beach on Thursday evening for the free motocross and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-274272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}