The fiftieth Anniversary Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore, set to happen April 11-13, 2025, has introduced an thrilling addition to the occasion’s lineup: the Historic System Exhibition, a tribute to the heritage of open-wheel racing in Lengthy Seashore. For the primary time, legendary automobiles from three iconic sequence that raced right here – System 5000, System 1, and IndyCar – will compete collectively Saturday and Sunday of race weekend on Lengthy Seashore’s metropolis streets.
Organized by the Historic Motor Sports activities Affiliation (HMSA), the Historic System Exhibition guarantees a showcase of the technological evolution and wealthy motorsport legacy of every sequence whereas giving followers the chance to witness the facility and sweetness of those historic machines throughout twin 20-minute races on Saturday and Sunday of race weekend.
Among the many automobiles scheduled to take part within the occasion:
From System 5000: the No.48 All-American Racers Gurney Eagle, which was the occasion’s first pole winner and first-ever to show a wheel on the racetrack in 1975, piloted on the time by Vern Schuppan and at present owned by Tom Malloy, whose spectacular automotive assortment is situated in close by Corona.
From System 1, the 1977 race-winning No.5 John Participant Lotus 77 which was famously pushed by Mario Andretti (essential picture). Andretti’s well-liked win made him the primary American to win a United States Grand Prix and propelled the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore to iconic standing on the world motorsport calendar.
The IndyCar entries might be headed by the 2005 Lengthy Seashore-winning automotive of Sebastien Bourdais, the No.1 Ford Lola 05/00. Bourdais’ 2005 win was the primary of three consecutive Lengthy Seashore wins the Frenchman would writer for Newman/Haas Racing.
“This 12 months’s occasion is such an incredible celebration: the fiftieth anniversary Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore,” stated HMSA President Cris Vandagriff. “Will probably be nice showcasing the automobiles which have made motorsports an occasion to have a good time in Lengthy Seashore. We could have an incredible area representing automobiles which have been an enormous a part of the Grand Prix’s historical past.”
“The fiftieth Anniversary of the Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore is a historic milestone for our occasion, and we’re thrilled to supply followers a visit via the annals of our racing historical past with the Historic System Exhibition,” stated Grand Prix Affiliation of Lengthy Seashore President & CEO Jim Michaelian. “The sights – and equally essential, the sounds – of those automobiles, will create an unforgettable expertise for all our followers, younger and outdated.”
Along with the Historic System Exhibition, followers can get pleasure from a full weekend of racing, dwell leisure, autograph periods, household actions, and way more. Additional bulletins about help races are forthcoming.
The fiftieth Anniversary Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore might be headlined by the third spherical of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection, in addition to the third spherical of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Followers who had tickets, parking and paddock passes in 2024 could have the chance to resume their orders starting Oct. 1 via Oct. 18. On Nov. 4, tickets, parking and paddock passes will go on sale to the general public at gplb.com or by calling the toll-free ticket hotline, (888) 827-7333.
