Student Blogs from Long Beach Grand Prix
2009.04.22(Wed)
Here are blog posts from students who attended the Long Beach Grand Prix with Interush. Thank you for the support!
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was actually the first time at an Indy Car event for both of us. It was one of the most exciting things we've ever seen! The noise of the engines, the roars of the crowd. The people behind our group saw our shirts and helped us cheer too! The whole experience was spectacular! On top of that we were actually able to meet a real Indy Car driver. Stanton Barrett is a very nice and open person. Although he's just started racing Indy Cars, he did very well. After the race he took pictures with all of us and answered all our questions. We were both particularly moved by his story of having to do stunt work to pay off his racing dream. It was very motivating. Thank you Interush and Stanton! We'll be watching your future races! We both had an amazing time!
Keiko and Lee
Just the other day I went to my very first Indy race in Long Beach. I was very excited about the race, and on the day of the race, I had a great time. Being able to meet Stanton and getting access to the Paddock area was wonderful. Each time I hear the race cars zoom by, my body was filled with adrenaline. It was exciting. At first, I heard that the race was 85 laps and I thought that this will take forever, but each lap had it's own drama and the race ended before I even knew it. The racers and staff members teamwork was wonderful. Being able to change tires in matter of seconds was very exciting to me. I'm very glad that I was able to see places that I normally wouldn't be able to see on TV here in real life.Thank you very much Interush, for giving me such a wonderful opportunity. I will continue cheering on Stanton whether it's in the stand or on TV.
Maiko
Thank you Interush for letting me have this great oppurtunity to join this activity, and have a really special experience to get so close to a race car and the driver. It's so fun to cheer with the people sitting next to you which you don't know at all, and it was a great experience. Thank you very much.
Mandy
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was actually the first time at an Indy Car event for both of us. It was one of the most exciting things we've ever seen! The noise of the engines, the roars of the crowd. The people behind our group saw our shirts and helped us cheer too! The whole experience was spectacular! On top of that we were actually able to meet a real Indy Car driver. Stanton Barrett is a very nice and open person. Although he's just started racing Indy Cars, he did very well. After the race he took pictures with all of us and answered all our questions. We were both particularly moved by his story of having to do stunt work to pay off his racing dream. It was very motivating. Thank you Interush and Stanton! We'll be watching your future races! We both had an amazing time!
Keiko and Lee
Just the other day I went to my very first Indy race in Long Beach. I was very excited about the race, and on the day of the race, I had a great time. Being able to meet Stanton and getting access to the Paddock area was wonderful. Each time I hear the race cars zoom by, my body was filled with adrenaline. It was exciting. At first, I heard that the race was 85 laps and I thought that this will take forever, but each lap had it's own drama and the race ended before I even knew it. The racers and staff members teamwork was wonderful. Being able to change tires in matter of seconds was very exciting to me. I'm very glad that I was able to see places that I normally wouldn't be able to see on TV here in real life.Thank you very much Interush, for giving me such a wonderful opportunity. I will continue cheering on Stanton whether it's in the stand or on TV.
Maiko
Thank you Interush for letting me have this great oppurtunity to join this activity, and have a really special experience to get so close to a race car and the driver. It's so fun to cheer with the people sitting next to you which you don't know at all, and it was a great experience. Thank you very much.
Mandy
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