| Re: ALMS at Long Beach Info |
Subject: Re: ALMS at Long Beach Info by bogus on 2012/3/21 20:30:53 The upside of Long Beach? Infrastructure. I live about 10 miles north of Long Beach, in San Pedro. Both towns boarder what is essentially the same port, the Port of Los Angeles. Being surrounded by LA, as Long Beach is, we have tons of hotels, tons of food options and nearly unlimited cell access. If you have read the issues with Sebring, these issues are all solved at LB. The downside to LB, no camping. There simply isn't space. The upside? Drive 10 miles and hotel rooms get cheap as sin. This is such a massive area, that short of being within walking distance do you get nailed with high hotel bills. Please refer to the attached map for some of the locations. The big red circle is an approximately 20 miles from San Pedro. The pin mark is actually kinda close to where I live. If you consider coming, a few nearby areas to check hotels in: Torrance, Gardena, San Pedro, Seal Beach, LAX area (El Segundo to the south and Marina Del Rey to the north). I wouldn't stay in Compton or Wilmington. Also, Manhattan, Redondo, and Hermosa Beaches are nice, but pricey! There are a couple of hotels on the 405 that would make for easy access. There is a Marriott property on 190th Street in Torrance that is real close to a freeway access. Do a route from LAX to Long Beach and look for hotels along that route. As for air travel, there are a number of airports, plus a couple that are not on the map below. On the map, LAX, Long Beach and John Wayne. Outside the map are Ontario and Burbank. Regardless of where you are staying, the best way to get to the race is via the freeways. There are street routes, but they are not as well marked, and you don't want to get lost in some of these neighbourhoods. Use the 710 to get into LB proper. The arrow pointing north on the coast, is pointing at where the race is held. In the second map, there is a close up of the track area and where the Corral has been the last few races. It could move, but I kinda doubt it. There are spaces for about 100 Vettes, and a few more will be parked down the middle. If it's like the past, the overflow is really nice parking shared with all the exotics - Ferrari, Porsche, Vette, etc. The red circle is about where the corral and parking are located. The red line to the right of the map is where one must go off road to get to the parking area! Each year, the turn out gets better and better. If you are in SoCal, I recommend you come to at least one LBGP. I will be there for Friday and Saturday, at least. I may do Sunday, donno yet. Whew... any questions? |
