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The Long Beach Grand Prix is really an amazing event. Four different races (Indycar, ALMS, World Challenge, Toyota Pro/Celebrity), and dozens of practice and qualifying sessions over a weekend is nearly overkill, even for the biggest car fans out there (read: me). After a few days, even the most badass Aston Martin prototypes seem less interesting. Fortunately, there was no shortage of cool trucks in Long Beach, which brings me to these bad boys; the coolest trucks of the Long Beach Grand Prix.

Chip Ganassi Racing, with drivers Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti, brought out the coolest race trailer tow vehicles of the day, three matching International LoneStar semi trucks. The LoneStar is the Mini Cooper or Harley Davidson of Semi trucks, with no fewer than 50 customizable options (including a wet bar and hardwood flooring), and the most aggressive looking front end this writer has seen in a while. The trio seriously stopped me dead in my tracks. Even though the LoneStar has been on sale since late 2008, these are the first examples I’ve seen in the flesh. That may have something to do with the $350,000 price tag.

Racetracks are no stranger to cool emergency vehicles, and this H1 Hummer is right up there. LAFD actually brought out two of these identical H1′s, and although they don’t carry water or hoses, they do hold many of the supplies that the fire department needs for general first-aid when surrounded by several hundred thousand drunk people. It’s an H1 with a light bar, which makes it a winner for me.

Speaking of winners, Juicy’s Outlaw Grill is the biggest winner of the day, because this semi-truck is the world’s largest smoker. The gigantic trailer/smoker/awesomeness is capable of cooking 700 turkey legs and 100 briskets AT ONCE. The four-foot aluminum walkway surrounds the smoker, so employees can get easy access to meats-in-progress. According to one employee, the truck is able to serve 10,000 people in a single day. Judging from the orgasmic smells coming from this thing and the crowds around lunchtime, they may have accomplished that goal.

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