As part of the Toyota/Pro Celebrity Races 30th Anniversary, selected past participants will join a host of new faces from film, television, and sports on Saturday, April 8 as part of the 32nd Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. David Reutimann will be joining John Elway, William Shatner, Patrick Dempsey and Frankie Muniz who are among the celebrity alumni back in the drivers seat this year. After competing in the 2005 race, Patrick Dempsey now dabbles in professional racing as a hobby. Toyota puts on a great event thats a lot of fun, very competitive and most importantly for a great charity cause, said Dempsey. Toyota will donate $5,000 to Racing for Kids in the name of each celebrity racer, and another $5,000 to the winning racers charity of choice. Racing for Kids is a non-profit program benefiting childrens hospitals in Long Beach, Calif. and Orange County. Finally, a $15,000 donation is made in conjunction with the ninth 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 7. In the past 14 years, the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race has generated more than $1.3 million for childrens hospitals in Southern California. (Darrell Waltrip Motorsports PR)(3-1-2006)
Bodine to compete–UPDATE:Todd Bodine, driver of Germain Racing’s #30 Toyota truck will also be competing in the Toyota/Pro Celebrity Anniversary Grand Prix of Long Beach.(teamonion.net)(3-6-2006)
