is Supra too fast for.....

[torisup27]

...the Toyota Long Beach celebrity race ? Or do they just love celis.....

I taped year 2000's celebrity all-celica race from ESPN. it was fabulous. They pulled out the antenna and disabled(?) DRL on the celis.

Here are some links :
http://www.latphotomedia.com/tmsmedia/celebrity/race_saturday/index.html
http://www.sportshollywood.com/longbeachphotos2.html
http://www.longbeachgp.com/html/racing.html
http://www.latphotomedia.com/tmsmedia/celebrity/
http://www.seeing-stars.com/Play/GrandPrix.shtml
http://www.sportshollywood.com/longbeach.html
http://pressroom.toyota.com/mediakit/motorsports/2001kit/celebrityrace/PC_quickfacts.html

[1zz-fe ce|ica]

hey you know what i just realized about those cars ... they don't have head lights ... they are just painted on ... lol ... maybe that's old news .. but its new for me. lol

[Advanracin]

Originally posted by torisup27
...the Toyota Long Beach celebrity race ? Or do they just love celis.....

I taped year 2000's celebrity all-celica race from ESPN. it was fabulous. They pulled out the antenna and disabled(?) DRL on the celis.

As far as Supras being too fast . I think it has to do more with driver experience . While Im sure all of those people have driven rear wheel drive cars on the street . Its an entirely different ball game on a track when taking turns at high speeds . A lightweight FF car like the Celica is easy to handle on the track for even someone with no track experience .

Originally posted by 1zz-fe ce|ica
hey you know what i just realized about those cars ... they don't have head lights ... they are just painted on ... lol ... maybe that's old news .. but its new for me. lol

They use a fiberglass front end for safety reasons . In case of accidents they dont want glass on the track . The windows have also been replaced with lexan . I believe the taillights are also painted on .

- Jamie

[torisup27]

Originally posted by Advanracin


They use a fiberglass front end for safety reasons . In case of accidents they dont want glass on the track . The windows have also been replaced with lexan . I believe the taillights are also painted on .

- Jamie

mmm...interesting. didn't notice headlights are fake. but the taillights are clearly for real look at this pic where one had the brake lights the other didn't :
http://www.latphotomedia.com/tmsmedia/celebrity/race_saturday/sedgwick-grier1.jpg

[nxracer]

Originally posted by torisup27
...the Toyota Long Beach celebrity race ? Or do they just love celis.....



Lets see.. they currently don't make a Supra but they do make a Celica. If I was Toyota I'd want to "promote" a car people could actually by too.

Also the "head lights" are not painted on unless they brought this one (see below) into the pits to "re-paint" it for the picture (Celica Headlights are not glass anyway)

http://www.sportshollywood.com/images/toyota/race15.jpg

[Impulse]

I think they've used the Celica for a while in these races

[blairjbird]

its because celicas handle good and the car is fun to drive

[Advanracin]

If I find the article I will post it . It shows how the cars are prepped and one of the things they do is remove the headlights and replace them with painted fiberglass inserts . The windows are also removed and replaced with lexan like I said in my earlier post .

You cant tell me the headlights in the picture posted dont look cartoonish to you ? They do to me , but maybe its just the way the sunlight is hitting them .

I was unsure on the tail-lights , Thanks :)

[djm221]

Originally posted by nxracer


Lets see.. they currently don't make a Supra but they do make a Celica. If I was Toyota I'd want to "promote" a car people could actually by too.

Also the "head lights" are not painted on unless they brought this one (see below) into the pits to "re-paint" it for the picture (Celica Headlights are not glass anyway)

http://www.sportshollywood.com/images/toyota/race15.jpg
I think it is a "painted" piece of fiberglass in place of the normal headlight.

[torisup27]

that's right I forgot they dont' make Supra for now :)

also if you look closer you don't see the usual lump on the headlight cover - like the one on our real celi's bulb cover. on these race cars the bulb cover is flat. But it does look like it's a cut-out piece from the hood though. So I don't think it's just a super-paint job on one big hood piece. Maybe it's a special flat bulb cover ? any idea ?

[Chenner]

The headlights and taillights are fake in real races. But in this celebrity one they want them real for 2 reasons:
1) Having brake lights help these non-professionals know when
the other guy is braking
2) Don't they sell these cars for charity after?? I

f they don't, they
should. I'm sure there are people out there who would pay for
a street legal Celica that was used by a celebrity for racing.

[00 scrub]

there is a racing school in california that uses them to teach some people. I thin kits www.racingschool.com . They even had a few of the Celeb Celicas for some MTV Roadrules challenge.

[djm221]

Originally posted by Chenner
I'm sure there are people out there who would pay for
a street legal Celica that was used by a celebrity for racing.
Not the one Captain Kirk (aka. his name has slipped my mind) was driving. I believe they said he blew 3 engines.

All race cars (except F1, although in the rain they have them) have brake lights. I could be wrong, but every GT race I see, those cars have brake lights.