The Verizon IndyCar Series is en route - or in many cases already on-site - for its third race of the 2015 season. The 41st Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach takes place this weekend on the 1.968-mile, 11-corner Long Beach, Calif. streets. The “Indy 500 of street course racing,” according to 2014 pole sitter Ryan Hunter-Reay is one of the most highly anticipated events of the year. It isn’t just the Hollywood-centric, picturesque aspects of the venue that entices drivers, teams, suppliers and close to 100,000 fans to the 200mph Beach Party abutting the Pacific Ocean. The Long Beach circuit hasn’t changed very much over years, even as the city has grown up around it. It’s fair to say...
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