In honor of its 50th anniversary, the Grand Prix of Long Beach is celebrating its past — with cars, of course. For five ...

Reynard (photo, front) will be among five iconic race cars that competed on the streets of Long Beach in a display at the Petersen Museum.

Then IndyCar took over in 2008 and has been running at Long Beach since.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Petersen Automotive Museum will host a ...

Two of Southern California motorsports and automotive institutions are celebrating five decades of racing on the streets of ...

GT racer Garnet Patterson was also fastest in a Vern Schuppan Porsche 962C sportscar. The Top 10 Shootout saw some of the fastest cars get pushed to the limits around the Victoria Park complex. The ...

2pm: Pagani demonstration. The Pagani Huayra R and Pagani Zonda R on track. 3:15pm: Vern Schuppan McLaren IndyCar demonstration – click here for details.

Interestingly, the car was first owned by Vern Schuppan. The South Australian-born ex-racing car driver is perhaps best known for being a driver of the 1983 Le Mans-winning Rothmans Porsche 956.

One regular at the festival, 1983 Le Mans winner and proud South Australian Vern Schuppan, knows the story of how the city won over a reluctant Bernie Ecclestone better than most. “After I won Le Mans ...

In 1988, former factory driver Vern Schuppan bought the car and owned it until after the turn of the century, after which it was part of the impressive Group C collection of Briton Henri Pearman for ...

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