Just weeks after delivering their first Pirelli World Challenge for the prolific Audi R8 LMS, GMG heads in to their home race at The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach with five cars ready for repeat success.As the 37th running of North Americas oldest street race, The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach holds a special significance for much of the GMG team, whose shop is located just 30 minutes south in nearby Santa Ana.Entering the weekend as not only the most recent race winner but also the GT-category point leader, GMG Team Owner and Driver James Sofronas is under immense pressure to deliver at his home event. With several clients, friends, and family in attendance, the team will hold a special presence during the event. With countless tuning customers on hand to watch the action, the team will hold a very large paddock presence in the Long Beach Convention Center.Driving the no. 14 Mobil 1 / Childrens Tumor Foundation Audi R8 LMS, Sofronas is keen to impress.Our win in St. Petersburg was very special, but we were also very lucky with how everything unfolded, stated Sofronas. Long Beach is really the race that everyone wants to take, and were supremely focused on it. Its not just the home race, its really the crown jewel for the series. With so many fans, and so many customers for us, we want to win this one bad. We always seem to race well here, including taking the win in 2009 as well as a second place in 2011, but everyone comes here to win.Also from Southern California in nearby Westlake Village, driver Bret Curtis returns for the third time at the tricky street circuit. Curtis, in the no. 34 Spectra Resources Audi R8 LMS, is looking for his second Long Beach podiumDuring my first visit here in 2010, we took second in the ALMS race, stated Curtis. It was a great feeling to lead some laps, and really have a good run at things. It's such a great event, one I really look forward to coming to, and would set some nice momentum for the rest of the year.Rounding out the Southern Californian contingent will be Los Angeles-native Duncan Ende. Living just a few miles up the 405 freeway, Ende will be driving Long Beach for the fourth time in his fourth different car (and recently announced participation in this weekends ALMS race as well). Having previously driven the race in open-wheel, prototype, as well as Porsche GT ranks, the very balanced characteristics of the no. 24 STANDD / Merchant Services, Ltd. Audi R8 LMS should allow Ende to have his best performance to date at the track. While driving last month in the Streets of St. Petersburg, Ende demonstrated his potential by climbing from last to seventh.Driving in Long Beach is unlike anything else, stated Ende. Its nice to be so close to home for a change, and I think well show really well here. St. Petersburg, while hampered with bad luck, showed the potential for this no. 24 team, and Ill have plenty of motivation from my hometown.Following a consistent series of races in St. Petersburg, Alex Welch will also return for Long Beach in the no. 08 Spyder / Lasso Audi R8 LMS. Welch, joining from Colorado, is driving the notorious street circuit for the second time, having raced last year in The American Le Mans Series.The car should be pretty well suited to Long Beach, stated Welch. I had my first taste of the track last year and really enjoyed the event, but this year should be a whole new challenge driving the Audi in the Pirelli World Challenge. If we can stay clean I dont see why we cant do better than we did in St. Pete.Rounding out the lineup will be Floridian Bill Ziegler, once again returning in the no. 95 Swisher Racing Pontiac Solstice. Ziegler, who had a fairly quiet opening weekend in St. Petersburg, is looking to capitalize on the long straights of Long Beach.The car was actually really fast in St. Petersburg, stated Ziegler. If we didnt have our mechanical challenges, we could have really shown well, and that will carry on to Long Beach. There are a lot of similarities between the two tracks, and we learned a lot last month, so Im looking forward to Long Beach.Heading in five cars strong and with the added pressure of being the teams home race, GMG looks forward to headlining the closing event of the famed Grand Prix weekend. As the last race of a schedule that features everything from IndyCars to Formula Drift, to even a celebrity race, the team looks forward to delivering for the home crowd.The series will race this coming Sunday, April 21, at 4:30PM, with NBC Sports Network broadcasting the race on Sunday, May 5, at 2PM.