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Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race

 race
Long Beach Street Circuit, Long Beach, CA
April 3, 1977
9 laps on 2.020 mile street course; 18.18 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1		Sam Posey			Toyota Celica	9		running
2		Shelly Novak			Toyota Celica	9		running
		Danny Ongais			Toyota Celica
		David Hobbs			Toyota Celica
		Bill Simpson			Toyota Celica
		Steve Krisiloff			Toyota Celica
		Dick Smothers			Toyota Celica
		Pete Conrad			Toyota Celica
		Gene Hackman			Toyota Celica

Notes: There is a dispute concerning the order of finish.
According to Toyota's website, these are the finishing orders for each class:
Pro: Posey (overall), Hobbs, Ongais, Simpson, Krisiloff. Celebrity: Novak, Smothers, Conrad, Hackman.
The Long Beach Grand Prix site has Simpson finishing before Hobbs and Ongais.
Newspaper reports indicate that Smothers retired after one lap.
Time of race: 00:19:12
Average Speed: 56.805 MPH