GET LIVE UPDATES TO YOUR MOBILE PHONE Subscribe Today! The IndyCar Series will debut at Long Beach and Toronto in 2009, but the street-course venues have a long history of hosting open-wheel racing. The Long Beach Grand Prix (April 19) will recognize its 35th year of operation, while the first race on the streets of Toronto was held in 1986. "There's so much history here," Kevin Savoree, co-owner and managing director of Andretti Green Promotions said of the Toronto event July 12. "So many great champions that feeds into the heritage of IndyCar racing. Wee walked in (to its offices) and I see this huge picture of Bobby Rahal, and he was the inaugural winner." Andretti Green Promotions, co-owned by seven-time Toronto race winner Michael Andretti, purchased the assets of the Toronto Grand Prix earlier this year. AGP already...
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