Construction crews have installed the first barrier along the cities’ waterfront at Bayshore Blvd, and 1St Avenue in what is the start of track construction for the 7th annual Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Crews will install over 20,000 linear feet of reinforced concrete barriers, and over 44,000 feet of chain link catch fencing throughout the streets of downtown St. Pete, and along the primary east west runway of the Albert Whited Airport, The airport runway will again serve as the main straight for the 14 turn 1.8 mile temporary street course, the adjacent taxiway will function as pit road for this event. Construction is expected to take 44 days to complete.
The season opening 7Th edition of The Honda Grand Prix of St. Pete is scheduled for the week-end of Mar.25Th through Mar.27Th. The stars, and cars of Indy Car will be the main attraction along with the USF2000 Series, the Star Mazda Series, The Indy Lights, and the SCCA World Challenge scheduled to run as the support series.
Tickets are available by visiting the website www.gpstpete.com
