TYPE S NIGHT LIGHTS RETURNS TO LONG BEACH
Southern California has no shortage of events for enthusiasts of car culture, yet it seems the underground scene has a new champion—and it’s Night Lights.
Larry Chen’s Type S Night Lights, presented by Pennzoil, returned to Long Beach Thursday April 9th, popping up this time at the Aquarium of the Pacific parking garage.
By Christopher Carreiro
Thu, Apr 16, 2026 08:59 PM PST
Featured image above: A Nissan 240SX rolls into Long Beach for Larry Chen's Type S Night Lights, presented by Pennzoil (Christopher Carreiro).
Renowned photographer Larry Chen partnered up yet again with notable figure in the scene Sung Kang to host a car show and pre-meet to the Formula Drift season.
Sung Kang is promoting his upcoming movie Drifter which focuses on the grassroots drift culture, so it’s fitting they put together an underground car meet.
The popularity of this event cannot be understated—nearly 30,000 enthusiasts snaked up five stories of the Long Beach Aquariums garage to find an eclectic collection of cars and vendors.
Up on the Roof
Once fans made it up to the roof, they were treated to Formula Drift team cars.
Pennzoil Team Drivers James Deane and Von Gittin Jr. parted the crowds, parking a thunderous RTR Spec 5-FD Ford Mustang.
Black Gold and Texas Tea
Pennzoil has emerged a major partner of Formula DRIFT as well as TYPE-S Night Lights.
It has been announced Pennzoil has been named the Official Motor Oil of the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship Series.
High Plains Drifters
This TYPE-S Night Lights event marks the first time a live drift demo accompanied the static display.
Drift cars paraded around the aquarium followed by Larry Chen in his A90 Supra camera chase car.
One-by-one cars took turns lighting up their tires around the iconic dolphin fountain which is a featured turn of Formula DRIFT and the Long Beach Grand Prix.
On a Roll
TYPE-S Night Lights curated a free event that brought together friends, families and car enthusiasts of all kinds.
Can’t wait for next event, see you there!
See also The Night Time is the Right Time
For more information, go to Type S Night Lights
About The Author
Christopher Carreiro is a photographer and life long car enthusiast, passions for which he combines around the LA car scene in equal measure. Born in Long Beach, Chris feels lucky to attend the Grand Prix his city hosts at his leisure, however, he prefers checking out the dazzling array of cars that show up annually at the Japanese Classic Car Show, held on the same grounds. Further marrying his hobbies of cars and photography he has turned to writing about the car scene in LA to offer a unique glimpse into the culture from the lens of a native Angeleno.
