Bobby Rahal, president of the Street Racing Drivers Membership (RRDC), has introduced an expanded 2025 RRDC Legends Dinner and Gala, which can have fun the 50 years of racing on the streets of Lengthy Seashore, and can honor Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr. and Brian Redman.
The fifteenth annual dinner and gala is scheduled for April 10, 2025, and shall be held at a brand new venue – the Westin Lengthy Seashore Resort at 333 E. Ocean Blvd. – at some point earlier than the beginning of the fiftieth Anniversary Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore, the third race of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Collection. It is going to be open to the general public. Extra particulars and hyperlinks to register for the occasion will observe quickly.
All proceeds of the dinner will profit The Mark Donohue Basis, which helps the RRDC’s SAFEisFAST initiative, and the Grand Prix Basis of Lengthy Seashore, which helps charities within the Lengthy Seashore space. The Basis’s proceeds from the gala will go to Lengthy Seashore Metropolis Faculty’s Automotive Know-how Program.
Andretti, Unser and Redman shall be honored on the occasion and attendees shall be handled to a ‘David Letterman-style’ interview of the honorees by Rahal.
Andretti received at Lengthy Seashore 4 occasions and is credited with establishing the race as a world-class occasion, successful the 1977 Method 1 United States Grand Prix West and the 1984 race when the occasion switched to Indy vehicles. Unser Jr. is the winningest driver at Lengthy Seashore, with six victories (1988-91 and 1994-95) over a dominant eight-year span. Redman received the inaugural Lengthy Seashore race in 1975, an SCCA/USAC Method 5000 occasion, which set the stage for Method 1 to race on town streets for the subsequent eight years.
“We on the Street Racing Drivers Membership are thrilled to hitch the Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore in celebrating 50 years of ‘racing via the streets’ of this lovely California shore metropolis,” stated Rahal. “This occasion has turn out to be an icon of the game, and never simply with IndyCars. Its historical past consists of Method 1, Method 5000, Trans-Am, and even the favored superstar races.
“We’re honored to acknowledge three of our favourite legends and RRDC members, Mario, Little Al and Brian. They’re true champions and supporters of the game, and notably the RRDC’s initiatives.”
“Annually, the Street Racing Drivers Membership occasion is a spotlight of the Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore weekend,” stated Grand Prix Affiliation of Lengthy Seashore President & CEO Jim Michaelian.
“And this yr is very significant as we be a part of with the RRDC in honoring three true legends of the game—Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr., and Brian Redman. Their contributions to Lengthy Seashore motorsports historical past have impressed generations of drivers and followers alike, and we’re thrilled to have fun their unimaginable legacies throughout this particular night.”
