LONG BEACH >> Break out the checkered flags, the sunscreen and your best walking shoes. The city’s biggest event is back in town, with businesses revving up for the more than 175,000 race fans expected to flock to this weekend’s 41st annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

But if you’re reluctant to pay $915 per person for three-day access to the Tudor Pit Lane Club, one of the event’s priciest seating packages, there are plenty of other ways to enjoy the race experience on any price point.

Here’s how:

• Roar in the Shore: Can’t wait until Friday to get into the Grand Prix spirit? The Belmont Shore Business Association, the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach and Legends Sports Bar will host the fourth annual event from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday on Second Street between Corona and Covina avenues. Admission is free. Enjoy a race simulator, race and sports cars on display and a chance to get driver autographs starting at 6 p.m. Visit www.belmontshore.org.

• Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame: Pay homage to motorsports legends Robby Gordon and Bryan Herta, who will be inducted into the Walk of Fame on Thursday. Admission is free. The 10th annual induction ceremony will be at 11 a.m. on South Pine Avenue in front of the Convention Center. Visit www.lbmotorsportswof.com.

• Thunder Thursday: See motorcycles soar through the air at the 15th annual event hosted Thursday by the Downtown Long Beach Associates. The free event centered around Pine Avenue and Broadway will include live music, driver autographs, a classic car show, a pit stop competition, motorcycle stunts and the Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pageant. Event is from 6:30-10 p.m. Visit www.downtownlongbeach.org.

• Grand Prix Foundation Monte Carlo Night: Have fun for a good cause. The foundation will host casino-style gambling from 7-10:30 p.m. Friday at the Renaissance Hotel Long Beach. Event includes a poker tournament. The event benefits charities supported by the foundation. Race attire is welcome and patrons are invited to come straight from the track and sample food from local restaurants. Tickets are $50 for the event and $75 for the poker tournament. Call 562-490-4509.

• The Boathouse on the Bay: The restaurant is offering a $175 VIP package per person, which includes Grand Prix seating in Grandstand 40, Aqualink round trips from the restaurant to Grand Prix and a Sunday brunch before the race. General Manager John Morris said they sold more than 500 packages last year. The packages are being sold until Thursday. 190 N. Marina Drive, Long Beach. Call 562 493-1100 or visit www.boathouseonthebay.com.

• Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.: This restaurant, which boasts “The Best View of Turn One,” will offer music, food and drink specials on Bubba’s Trackside Patio Bar this weekend. The Pike at Rainbow Harbor, 97 Aquarium Way, Long Beach. Call 562-437-2434 or visit www.bubbagump.com/locations/long-beach.

• Sgt. Pepper’s Dueling Pianos: The venue is offering trackside patio seating and drink specials all day. Doors open at 11 a.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Seating is first-come- first-served. 91 S. Pine Ave., Long Beach. Call 562-499-4600 or visit www.pepperspianos.com/attention-race-fans-april-19-21.

• Shenanigans Irish Pub & Grille: The restaurant will open at 7 a.m. for breakfast during Grand Prix weekend. During the race, patrons will need a race entry ticket since the eatery is within the raceway gates. But after 7 p.m., the gate on Pine will open and patrons will be able to drive to Shoreline Village Drive and into the restaurant parking lot without a race ticket. 423 Shoreline Village Drive, Suite A in Long Beach. 562-437-3734 or http://shenaniganslb.com

• SIP at Renaissance Hotel: The downtown hotel will have drink specials, a DJ every night and live music during the day from Thursday to Sunday. 111 E Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Call 562-437-5900 or visit www.siplongbeach.com.

• The Sky Room: The restaurant is offering its Grand Prix Trackside Brunch with buffet and trackside views. Reservations are $65 per person from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and $99 per person from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday. 40 S. Locust Ave., Long Beach. Call 562-983-2703 or visit www.theskyroom.com.