Long Beach Grand Prix

This is right by the beach, where they shut down a bunch of city blocks and create a race track for F1 cars (actually they're like Formula 3 or something).  Well, we got there, and found out that tickets were $30, so we spent the next few hours trying to find a place to sneak in, then decided to make fake stamps on our hands (below), smudge them so you couldn't tell they were fake, and try to get in that way.  Well, somehow, it worked!

This is one spot you could watch from outside.

And this is when we were inside!  This is a historic F1 race, with a bunch of cars ranging from like the '60s to the '80s.

Some other cars in the area where they all get ready.

These are the pathetic attempts at stamp forgery that actually got us in.  (Notice the red mark on Alexei's hand, from writing on it with the pen).

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