James Cameron, Angie Everhart and Patrick Stewart Among Stars Participating in the 26Th Annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race.Entertainment Editors and Sports Writers The following is a list of sports writers. Historical sportswriters
LONG BEACH, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2002 Major stars from film, television, music and sports are set to face off in the world's longest-running, most successful celebrity auto racing event. Toyota Motorsports today announced its exciting lineup for the 26th annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is an annual 10-lap auto race held each April since 1977 as part of the United States Grand Prix West, and later the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend on the street course at Long Beach, California. , held in Long Beach, on Saturday, April 13. The 10-lap race, held on the 1.99-mile Champ Car “CART” redirects here. For other uses, see CART (disambiguation). Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", has been the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. track, will be part of the Toyota Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. of Long Beach race weekend. The expected field of 19 features an eclectic group of entertainment personalities, internationally renowned celebrities, and figures from sports and media. Stars driving in the race include: James Cameron (Producer, Director "Dark Angel," "Terminator" and "Titanic"), Angie Everhart (Supermodel, Actress "Jade"), Patrick Stewart ("Star Trek's" `Captain Picard'), Shelby Lynne (Grammy Award winning Country/Pop Singer), Goran Visnjic (`Dr. Luka Kovac' in NBC's "ER"), Bill Goldberg (Actor, Former WCW WCW World Championship Wrestling WCW Wellesley Centers for Women WCW West Coast Watchers Champion Wrestler), Dule Hill (`Charlie Young' in NBC's "West Wing"), Chuck Norris (Actor, martial arts champion), Thomas Gibson (`Greg' in ABC's "Dharma dharma (där`mə). In Hinduism, dharma is the doctrine of the religious and moral rights and duties of each individual; it generally refers to religious duty, but may also mean social order, right conduct, or simply virtue. and Greg"), Christopher Kennedy Masterson (`Francis,' FOX's "Malcolm in the Middle Malcolm in the Middle is a seven-time Emmy-winning,[1] one-time Grammy-winning[1] and seven-time Golden Globe-nominated[1] American sitcom created by Linwood Boomer for the Fox Network. "), Christopher Titus (FOX's "Titus"), Jacob Young (`Lucky Spencer,' ABC's "General Hospital"), and Dara Torres (Olympic Gold Medal). Returning to defend his title is the 2001 Toyota Pro/Celebrity race champion, Tom Rudnai, the first Toyota dealer to win the race. Rudnai, the VP and GM of Longo Toyota and Lexus in El Monte, Calif., will compete in the professional category at this year's race. Additionally, three other professional drivers competing for the checkered flag are Sarah Fisher (rising Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series star), Danica Patrick (rising open wheel star) and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (ABC's "NYPD Blue" and a former race participant). "The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is renowned for attracting top-name celebrity and professional drivers because it offers the high-speed challenge of real racing," said Les Unger, Toyota's national motorsports manager. "With stars from film, television, music and sports, this year's race is sure to be a blockbuster." Also included in the current field of drivers are Keith Crain (Publisher Automotive News, AutoWeek), and Dave Pasant, who earned a spot by making a bid of $65,000 for the 2002 Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race seat at last year's Toyota Grand Prix Charity Ball auction. The 10-lap race will be broadcast in its entirety on TBD TBD abbr. to be determined . As part of the race event, Toyota will help raise more than $100,000 this year for "Racing for Kids," a non-profit program benefiting Southern California children's hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County. Toyota will be donating $5,000 in the name of each participant, and another $5,000 will be awarded to the race winner's charity of choice. Finally, a $10,000 donation will also be made in conjunction with the annual "PEOPLE Pole Award." Sponsored by PEOPLE magazine, the award honors the pole-position winner of the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race qualifying session on Friday, April 12. Torres won the PEOPLE Pole Award in 2001, the first female pole winner in race history. Throughout the past 12 years, the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race has generated more than $1 million for charity. |
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