Ryan Hunter-Reay Tops Speed Charts in Practice for Sunday’s Long Beach Grand Prix
LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 10, 2013) – At the conclusion of today’s two practice sessions for the Grand Prix of Long Beach Indy, defending IZOD IndyCar Series champion, Ryan Hunter-Reay turned in the fastest time of the combined sessions behind the wheel of his No. 1 DHL Andretti Autosport Chevrolet.
Other Team Chevy drivers turning in times that landed them in the top-10 were: Will Power, No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet – 3rd; Helio Castroneves, No. 3 Auto Club of Southern California Team Penske Chevrolet – 5th and James Hinchcliffe, No. 27 GoDaddy.com Andretti Autosport Chevrolet – 9th.
The IZOD IndyCar Series will return to the track for a 35-minute practice session at 10:00 a.m. PDT Saturday morning in preparation for qualifying that is slated to start at 2:00 p.m. PDT.
In addition to the on-track competition, Chevrolet will debut its all-new 2013 Chevrolet Racing Display in the Lifestyle Expo at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. In addition to a number of Chevrolet vehicles for fans to see, there will be games and other interactive activities for fans of all ages. The display will open at 8:00 a.m. PDT Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The highlight of the display activities for the fans will be several Question and Answer sessions with many of the Chevrolet IZOD IndyCar Series drivers. Scheduled to appear are: Team Penske’s Will Power, Helio Castroneves and A.J. Allmendinger at 12:45 p.m. on Saturday; KV Racing Technology drivers Tony Kanaan and Simona de Silvestro on Sunday at 10:30 a.m., and the “Champ”, Ryan Hunter-Reay from Andretti Autosport, will meet the fans at 10:45 a.m. All times are Pacific Times.
The Grand Prix of Long Beach Indy is scheduled to start Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. PT (3:15 p.m. ET) with live television coverage on NBC Sports Network (Verizon FiOS 90/590, DirecTV 220, DISH 159 and AT&T UVerse 640) and broadcast by the IMS Radio Network, including on Sirius and XM Channels 211 and www.indycar.com. Race timing and scoring can also be found on
