Clay Helton, head football coach of the defending Rose Bowl champion University of Southern California Trojans, will give the command, "Drivers, start your engines!" as Grand Marshal for the 43rd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Sunday, April 9.
As Grand Marshal, Helton’s activities at the racetrack will also include attending the Verizon IndyCar Series drivers’ meeting, visiting the race teams in their paddock, taking a pre-race hot lap of the track in a two-seat Indy car with driving legend Mario Andretti, greeting the drivers as they are introduced before the race and participating in the parade and pace laps immediately prior to the start of the race at 1:30 p.