Ep.324 – RE-HEATED: Jim Michaelian
Dinner with Racers
Dinner with Racers
5.0 • 896 Ratings
🗓️ 28 March 2026
⏱️ 108 minutes
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The latest of our RE-HEATED series, where we re-issue episodes that might share something with racing stories in the news… Episode 223 featuring Jim Michaelian. One of the pioneers behind the Grand Prix of Long Beach, Jim unfortunately passed on Saturday, March 21, but we were fortunate to spend an extended amount of time with him in 2021 in our “Building Long Beach” video and podcast series. One of the key members since Year One, Jim Michaelian went from a kid with an MBA helping out in finance, to the current President and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. From boots on the ground at the beginning, to steering the ship today, Jim is uniquely qualified to know both the history of the event and the challenges that face the Grand Prix today. This is of course a complimentary episode to our “Dinner with Racers” video series on MotorTrend’s YouTube, where you can see the story unfold in a two-part special. Dinner was served via pizza we ordered into the Grand Prix offices in Long Beach, CA, with the song “Something New” by Castle Heist taking us out. Thanks again to Continental Tire and Acura for making it all happen.
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| 0:00.0 | The 1984 race was the beginning of a new era. |
| 0:05.0 | The first IndyCar race at Long Beach was also the first race of the year, |
| 0:09.0 | and veteran Mario Andretti dominated in his ninth appearance at Long Beach, |
| 0:13.0 | leading the entire race and securing his second Long Beach victory. |
| 0:18.0 | And now for dinner with racers, presented by Continental Tire. |
| 0:23.1 | With your host, Ryan Eversley and Sean Heckman. |
| 0:25.9 | Play told her radio sound. |
| 0:27.3 | What is it? |
| 0:28.1 | Oh! |
| 0:29.3 | I'm a driver. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm very angry. |
| 0:31.6 | The sound of a driver on the radio during a race. |
| 0:35.1 | What do you think I should? |
| 0:36.3 | Oh, yes. Oh, no, no, no. on the radio during a race. What do you think I should? Go ahead. |
| 0:39.3 | Oh, |
| 0:40.3 | y'all, |
| 0:41.3 | y'all, |
| 0:43.3 | and welcome again to another edition of our reheated episodes |
| 0:47.3 | of Dinner with Racer's. |
| 0:48.3 | It's Sean here. |
| 0:49.3 | Continuing the tradition that we kind of just started, |
| 0:52.3 | there's been some feedback that, you know, |
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