Gehl is Construction Equipment Supplier for Long Beach Acura Grand Prix

Manitou Group announced that Gehl will be the “Official Construction Equipment” supplier for the 24th consecutive year at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calif., April 12-14.

Michael Roth

March 23, 2019

2 min read

A Gehl telehandler moving a concrete block in Long Beach preparing the race track — A Gehl telehandler moving a concrete block in Long Beach, preparing the race track.

Manitou Group announced that Gehl will be the “Official Construction Equipment” supplier for the 24^th consecutive year at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Calif., April 12-14.

“We’re excited to continue our long-standing relationship with America’s favorite street race track,” said Mark Hanson, CEO of Manitou North America and regional vice president of sales and marketing for Manitou Group. “We are proud that our equipment is used not only in constructing the race course on the streets of Long Beach, but also to help keep the track clear and safe all weekend long for the more than 185,000 fans that attend the race.”

The Acura Grand Prix race course construction crews will use Gehl construction equipment ot help move and position more than 2,400 concrete blocks weighing more than 21 million pounds that are required to build the 1.97-mile street circuit. During race weekend, Gehl equipment will also be involved in removing crashed or disabled cars from the race circuit, keeping the event moving smoothly throughout the weekend.

“The Gehl equipment supplied to the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is essential to building the iconic road course on the downtown streets of Long Beach,” said Dwight Tanaka, director of operations, Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. “We have been using Gehl telescopic handlers for more than 24 years, and this partnership is now part of the history of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.”

Manitou manufactures f full range of Manitou Mustang and Gehl branded skid-steer loaders, compact track loaders, telehandlers, articulated loaders, mobile elevated work platforms, straight mast and industrial forklifts.

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.