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The Vegas Grand Prix is a three-day festival of speed and entertainment being held April 6-8, 2007 that will encircle the heart of downtown Las Vegas. The weekend will feature rock concerts, a celebrity poker tournament, Easter services, an impressive Easter egg hunt, and culminate in the internationally televised 2007 series opener for the Champ Car World Series.
The downtown Las Vegas circuit will be a 2.44-mile, 12-turn temporary street circuit. The circuit will encompass a route that circumnavigates World Market Center, Fremont Street, and the downtown casinos. The highlight event of the weekend will be the 2007 season opener race of the Champ Car World Series, featuring top competitors such as Sebastien Bourdais, Paul Tracy, and Bruno Junquiera. Race teams include Newman/Haas, owned by legendary actor and auto racing icon Paul Newman and CTE/HVM Racing, owned by comedian/actor Cedric the Entertainer.
The race cars that compete in the Champ Car World Series are “open-wheel” race cars, similar to what are commonly known as “Indy Cars,” which have 750 horsepower and can top speeds of 180 mph on the temporary street course. In addition, the event will host other types of open-wheel racing.
Vegas Grand Prix is owned by two Phoenix businessmen, Bradley Yonover and Dale Jensen, via their company DDB Ventures, an Arizona company founded in 2005. Operating the Vegas Grand Prix is Jim Freudenberg and his team of professionals who have successfully run more than 70 Champ Car street racing festivals and other major motor sports events in the U.S. and throughout the world for the past 25 years. |
