Description
Before the cars ever hit Shoreline Drive, this is what the race looked like on paper.
Created for the 37th running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach — three days of IndyCar, sports car, and support-series racing on the streets of downtown Long Beach, April 15 through 17, 2011 — the poster builds on a saturated red field with a tightly cropped driver portrait in the upper right, oversized by design so the helmet and visor read at a distance. Along the lower register, open-wheel cars file through the turns against the city skyline, compressing the circuit’s coastal setting into a single horizontal band. Heavy display type carries the event name, with the race dates set small and square in the lower corner.
The artist is Tobias, a Southern California illustrator whose work spans gallery and event work and includes a cover for Dice Magazine alongside a run of IndyCar event posters. His racing work leans on flat, poster-grade color and airbrushed rendering rather than photo realism, and this piece sits squarely in that mode.
Ryan Hunter-Reay took the checkered flag that Sunday, his first win with Andretti Autosport and one that anchored his season. The poster remains a clean artifact of that weekend — the last years before the race’s livery and typography moved toward a more corporate, less illustrative look.
Condition and format: 22″ x 30″ very fine to excellent condition.. This is the event poster, not the larger indoor display version sometimes offered for this race. Reviewed for condition; [describe any edge wear, creasing, or toning — leave blank if clean]. Ships rolled in a rigid tube.
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