{"id":13745,"date":"2012-05-30T15:30:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T22:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=13745"},"modified":"2012-06-26T08:55:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T15:55:14","slug":"vips-take-practice-run-for-streets-of-lancaster-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2012\/05\/30\/vips-take-practice-run-for-streets-of-lancaster-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"VIPs take practice run for Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The city held a practice run Wednesday for potential VIP sponsors for the 4th Annual Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 The fourth annual Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix is still 106 days away. But that didn\u2019t stop city officials and VIPs from getting behind the wheel Wednesday for practices races at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in preparation for the signature event.<\/p>\n

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A representative from Camacho Auto Sales took a practice run around the track at the AV Fairgrounds Wednesday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe VIPs are our sponsors and our partners that we have with the city, it\u2019s anybody from Round Table Pizza to our signature sponsor Lancaster Honda,\u201d said Ronda Perez, Parks, Recreation and Arts director. \u201cIt\u2019s just an opportunity for them to come out, get a feel for the cart and get them really excited about what\u2019s going to happen in September.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Friday, Sept. 14 to Sunday, Sept. 16 the Grand Prix roars into Lancaster for the fourth straight year. The race grows in popularity each year, and this year is no exception, Perez said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing additional professional racers in [and] we\u2019re going to have night racing again this year,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a\u00a0 three-day event, so it also is accompanied by a street festival, entertainment, stages, music, food, vendors\u2026 it\u2019s gets bigger and better each year and we\u2019re really excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>City officials said about 35,000 people attended the event last year. They\u2019re expected an even bigger turnout this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect about 40,000 if not more this year,\u201d said Council Member Sandra Johnson, adding that hotels and restaurants will fill up during the Grand Prix weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just going to bring economy overall to our community with this exciting event,\u201d Johnson continued.<\/p>\n

There is still time to partner with the city to become a sponsor of the 4th Annual Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix. Contact the Parks, Recreation and Arts Department at 661-723-6077 for details.<\/p>\n

Perez said the city will be holding another practice run later this summer for any additional VIPs interested in helping to sponsor the event. For more information on the fourth annual Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix, visit www.streetsoflancaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 The fourth annual Streets of Lancaster Grand Prix is still 106 days away. But that didn\u2019t stop city officials and VIPs from getting behind the wheel Wednesday for practices races at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds in preparation for the signature event. \u201cThe VIPs are our sponsors and our partners that we have with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}