Wednesday: “Grand Prix Pre-Party” at Monty’s South Beach: Driver Meet-and-Greet, Ticket and Pace Car Giveaways, “93 Rock Squad”

Wednesday: “Grand Prix Pre-Party” at Monty’s South Beach
Driver Meet-and-Greet, Ticket and Pace Car Giveaways, “93 Rock Squad”

Homestead-Miami Speedway kicks off “Grand Prix of Miami” week on Wednesday, March 3,
with the “Grand Prix Pre-Party” at Monty’s South Beach from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Grand-Am Racing drivers will be on hand to greet fans prior to the March 6 “Grand Prix of Miami”—which last fall at Homestead-Miami delivered one of the closest Championship finishes in series history. Tickets are just $20 with all kids 12 and under admitted FREE of charge. At Monty’s, fans will have a chance to win race tickets to the Grand Prix of Miami, as well as race-day Pace Car rides and an “Honorary Pit Crew” experience.

WHAT: Homestead-Miami Speedway kicks off “Grand Prix of Miami” week with the “Grand Prix Pre-Party” at Monty’s South Beach. Highlights include:

Grand-Am Sports Car drivers for meet-and-greet with race fans
A Grand-Am Racing show car
Happy Hour drink specials (half-off cocktails, beer specials)
Giveaways to include: Grand Prix Tickets, Honorary Pit Crew
Member Experience, Pace Car Rides, Behind-the Scenes Tours
The Homestead-Miami Speedway Girls
“93 Rock Squad” team & giveaways
Tickets ($20) and Paddock Passes ($10; access to driver garages) will be available for purchase at Monty’s South Beach

WHERE: Monty’s South Beach - 300 Alton Road - Miami Beach - (305) 672-1148
WHEN: Wednesday, March 3: 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

DRIVERS: Grand-Am drivers scheduled to appear throughout Happy Hour include: South
Florida-based drivers Gian Luis Bacardi, Ozz Negri, Terry Borcheller, Sylvain Tremblay and Andrew Carbonell; as well as Matt Plumb, Dion von Moltke, Mark Wilkins, Burt Frisselle, Josh Hurley, Mike Forest and more

Celebrating its 11th season of competition, Grand-Am Racing has established itself as the most competitive professional road-racing series in North America and counts among its all-time roster many of the top drivers in the world, among them: NASCAR Sprint Cup Champions Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart, and Juan Pablo Montoya; IndyCar Series Champions Dario Franchitti and Scott Dixon; three-time Indy 500 winner/“Dancing with the Stars” Champion Helio Castroneves; and “Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsey.

Kids FREE: Homestead-Miami Speedway is the only venue ever to host all of North America’s premier motorsports Championships, and we’re doing it again in 2010 as THE Championship Track will be the site of both the IZOD IndyCar Championship (Oct. 1-2) and NASCAR’s Ford Championship Weekend (Nov. 19-21), as well as the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series on March 6. Kids 12 & under are FREE to six of the seven races.

For tickets and more info: (866) 409-RACE or www.THEChampionshipTrack.com.