B&w photo I took in 1984 before the whales were painted on the Long Beach Convention Center. The first CART race at Long Beach was the reason I was there.

B&w photo of graffiti along the LBGP CART race track that says “GO MARIO” referring to a famous driver. 1984. Long Beach Grand Prix.

Took these photos at the first CART race in Long Beach. It was 1984 & the whales were not on the convention center yet. They appeared in July 1992. I worked for the local cable TV company & had access to the track & pits. #LBGP #indycar #CART

So grabbed some Friday general admission tickets to the Long Beach Grand Prix. Not sure if we'll go for the whole day or just pop in for a little bit, but should be fun nonetheless. #LBGP #LongBeach

Photo of poster from the 1982 Long Beach Grand Prix Formula1 race. Shows one of the drivers (Nelson Piquet) and his car (Brabham Ford).

Formula1 cars racing in the 1982 Long Beach Grand Prix Formula1 race. The two cars are red and white McLarens. There is a Toyota Celica pace car in the lower right corner of the photo.

From the 80s when Long Beach still had an F1 race. Went to the '81, '82, & '83 races. Went to the '84 race which was the first CART event there. Took the photo from the Marlboro bridge on the old race circuit. #LBGP #F1 #Formula1 #motorsports

15 laps to go in the Indycar race and it hasn’t been my drivers day #LBGP

Indycar quals at 2:25pm this afternoon. They are in beautiful Long Beach #LBGP

Pato O’Ward fastest in practice 1 this evening in Long Beach 💙 27 cars entered for the race. #Indycar #LBGP

Posters from two of the #F1 races I've attended over the years. Have more but they are rolled up and not framed. #Formula1 #LBGP #Monaco #Senna #Piquet 🏁

Ok, @imbutafool booked the hotel and flights for the Long Beach Grand Prix. Its going to be a busy spring ;) #alms #lbgp #photo

Team @falkentire Porsche takes 2nd place in GT2 at the Long Beach Grand Prix #alms #lbgp http://bit.ly/aGBEl2

Arrived back in the ATH with @imbutafool after a long day of travel back from the #lbgp

At the hairpin, wondering if anybody will ever pass a car #lbgp #indycar

So Milka has pitted both times the pack has caught up with her.??? #lbgp

Brunch at Sevilla has arrived! #Lbgp http://tweetphoto.com/18990506

All you can drink Bloodies made with gazpacho at Sevilla, probably a bad idea but I'm not shooting today :) #lbgp #fb

What are the scanner freqUs for Long Beach? #lbgp #alms

Sitting next to Marino & Dario's godfather at the bar. Lucky for me a picture of Dario is on one of my cards :) #photo #lbgp

Ok, what the ding? Only Milka is on the track. #lbgp #photo

Waiting for the Izods to start driving about. Need food... #lbgp #photo

Waiting for the drifters to come on course #alms #lbgp #photo #fb http://twitpic.com/1g13a6

615 am photo meeting #alms #lbgp http://twitpic.com/1fzrn5

Let's get this bird in the air. #alms #photo #lbgp http://tweetphoto.com/18562652

Up since 630am, finally sitting down for coffee near our gate at ATL #alms #photo #lbgp http://twitpic.com/1frp3n