Mario Andretti and Al Unser Jr., both Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame inductees, with be the grand marshals for the 2025 Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Winner of the 1987 Grand Prix of Long Beach, the #5 Hanna Auto Wash Chevrolet driven by Mario Andretti. Two racing legends — Mario Andretti and Al Unser Jr. — have been tapped to be the grand marshals during the city’s biggest annual event next year, the 50th anniversary of the Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The “King of the Beach” Al Unser Jr. prepares to drive the pace car for the Historic IndyCar Challenge race at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Unser Jr. won the Grand Prix of Long Beach 6 times, including four-in-a-row. Al Unser Jr. waves to the crowd after winning the first of four straight Long beach Grand Prix titles in 1988. He would add two more in 1994 and 1995 and he holds the race records for most wins and podium finishes .
Andretti’s first Grand Prix win in Long Beach, according to the GPALB, helped solidify his status as an international star of the sport, but it also gave the budding local event the shine it needed to earn a place as a major international racing event. After the elder Andretti’s retirement, his son Michael carried on the Andretti legacy — securing both his first IndyCar win in 1986 and, later, his 42nd — and final — IndyCar win in 2002 in Long Beach, GPALB said.
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