The Long Beach Grand Prix was the brainchild of promoter Chris Pook, a former travel agent from England. Pook was inspired by the Monaco Grand Prix, and believed that a similar event had the potential to succeed in the Southern California area. The city of Long Beach was selected, approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.

2024年3月8日 · Before Long Beach had come into embodying its city motto, “The International City,” one man saw enormous potential. Christopher R. Pook (aka CRP) immigrated to the United States from England in 1963 for that American dream, those possibilities he heard about from American students he met while studying at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Chris Pook is the visionary co-founder of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and served as president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach for the past 27 years. Pook, a native of Somerset, England, made his initial impact on the motorsports world by developing the idea for the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the first post-World War ...

Travel agent Chris Pook was sitting in his office in the early 1970s when he got an idea for a Formula One race outside his window. What happened next is sometimes hard to believe.

2020年4月17日 · Found within his new book ‘Chris Pook & The History Of The Toyota GP Of Long Beach,’ the founder of the great American street racing event shares an amazing number of stories within its 320 pages.

2025年2月7日 · Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach founder and visionary Chris Pook — who is largely regarded as the father of modern-day street course road racing in North America — will be doubly honored at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) 37th Induction Ceremony Presented by Toyota Racing Tuesday, March 11, at the Hilton Daytona Beach ...

Born in England, is generally regarded as one of the most innovative motor sports executives in North America. Is responsible for the creation of the annual Grand Prix of Long Beach, now in …

2025年2月9日 · Chris Pook, the founder of the Grand Prix of Long Beach, will receive the Bob Russo Lifetime Achievement Heritage award from the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. The Grand Prix began in...

An auto racing fan-turned-travel-agent — Chris Pook — was about to put the city on the international sports map and spark a business, travel and financial renaissance that continues today. Barely 18 months earlier, Pook had beaten all the odds and naysayers by staging the first Long Beach Grand Prix, a Formula 5000 race won by Brian Redman ...

2020年4月16日 · Chris tells his story very frankly in considerable detail, providing a rare look inside the politics of big-time automobile racing and how you can start rising above a challenging work backdrop. Many people think car washing and car detailing are one and the same.