TOP - ORIGINAL CAPTION:
TOP CONTENDERS Tony Brise (64, in front), Al Unser (51), Mario Andretti (5, behind Unser) and Brian Redman (1, left of Andretti) hang together in early lap of Long Beach Grand Prix. Redman capitalized on bad luck of other three and emerged as winner of 101-mile race. Photo by Tom Shaw taken on September 28, 1975. (NOTE: The poor grammar in the above caption is exactly as it was printed in 1975)
BOTTOM:The Pacific Coast Club, rear center, is gone, replaced by the Pacific condominiums, in this view of Indy car practice as they drive the street course on Shoreline Drive. during the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calf. on April 16, 2010.
THEN AND NOW: Long Beach Grand Prix, 1975 & 2010
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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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