Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame

The Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame is located on South Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach, California. Long Beach has hosted its downtown open wheel street race since 1975, the longest running major street race in North America. The Walk of Fame was created to honor key contributors to motorsports and annually inducts new members during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race week.

City of Long Beach City Manager Pat West presenting Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame plaque to Mario Andretti on April 17, 2008

Each inductee is honored by a 22-inch bronze medallion in the sidewalk that includes a rendition of the racer's car and lists top achievements in motor sports. The medallions proceed up the center of the palm-lined sidewalk alongside the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race circuit in front of the Long Beach Convention Center.

Inductees

Inductee[1]YearNotes
Dan Gurney2006California native, driver and team owner in Formula One, Indy car, and sports cars
Phil Hill2006California native, first American to win Formula One World Drivers' Championship (1961)
Newman/Haas Racing20077-time winning team at Long Beach (1975, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2005, 2006, 2007)
Chris Pook2007Founder and organizer of the Grand Prix of Long Beach
Brian Redman2007Winner of the inaugural Long Beach Grand Prix
Mario Andretti20084-time Long Beach winner (1977, 1984, 1985, 1987)
1978 Formula One champion
4-time Indy car champion
Gary Gabelich2008Long Beach native and Land Speed Record holder
Parnelli Jones20081963 Indianapolis 500 winner, Formula One and Indy car owner
Bobby Rahal20093-time CART series champion
Al Unser, Jr.20096-time winner of Long Beach Grand Prix (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995)
2-time CART Indy Car champion
3-time winner (Pro) of Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (1985, 2009, 2014)
Michael Andretti[2]20102-time Long Beach winner (1986, 2002)
1991 CART Indy Car champion
Danny Sullivan[2]20101992 Long Beach winner
1988 CART Indy Car champion
Chip Ganassi Racing20115-time Long Beach winning team (1996–1999, 2009)
Jimmy Vasser20111996 Long Beach winner
1996 CART Indy Car champion
2008 Long Beach winning car owner
Galles Racing20125-time Long Beach winning team (1988-1992)
Scott Pruett20122-time Long Beach sports car winner (Grand-Am 2006, Trans-Am 1987)
Adrián Fernández20132009 Long Beach sports car winner, former IndyCar team owner and driver
Paul Tracy20134-time Long Beach winner (1993, 2000, 2003, 2004)
2003 CART Champ Car series champion
Gerald Forsythe20142-time Long Beach-winning car owner (2003, 2004)
Dario Franchitti20142009 Long Beach winner
4-time IndyCar Series champion
Kevin Kalkhoven20142008 Long Beach winning car owner
Robby Gordon20152 victories in CART, former IndyCar team owner and driver
Bryan Herta20152 victories in CART, IndyCar team owner and former driver
Bruce Flanders2016Longtime Long Beach Grand Prix announcer
Roger Penske20166-time Long Beach winning owner
14-time Indy car championship team
16-time Indianapolis 500 winning team
Emerson Fittipaldi20172-time Formula One World Champion
1989 CART Indy car champion
Tommy Kendall2017Sports car champion
Helio Castroneves2018
Juan Pablo Montoya2018
Sébastien Bourdais2019joining Al Unser Jr. as the only drivers to win three or more consecutive Grands Prix in Long Beach
Will Power2019
Oriol Servià2020
Willy T. Ribbs2020

See also

References

  1. Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame - Past Honorees Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Long Beach Motorsports Walk Of Fame Adds Danny Sullivan, Michael Andretti During Grand Prix Ceremony". Everything Long Beach. 5 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.


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