Lucille Dust

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IndyCar News: Kirkwood wins 50th Acura GP of Long Beach

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Polesitter Kyle Kirkwood put his #27 Andretti Global Honda out front at the start, and withstood intense pressure from the #10 Chip Ganassi Honda of points leader Alex Palou to win the 50th running of the Acura GP of Long Beach NTT IndyCar race. Palou got to under 0.5s behind Kirkwood after their final pitstop, but Kirkwood kept his cool, stretched his lead over Palou, and scored his 2nd win on the streets of Long Beach by 2.6859s.
Sunday Morning Report from The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Lucille Dust

Skip to content Good race day morning for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Today's weather will be in the mid-60s, around the scheduled start time of 1:45 pm PT. This event draws over 195,000 attendees over the three days of racing. On Saturday morning, the promoters announced that for the third consecutive year, reserved seats for Saturday, April 12 and Sunday, April 13 at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach are no longer available.
Kirkwood wins pole for 50th Acura GP of Long Beach

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Lucille Dust

Andretti Global's Kyle Kirkwood turned a lap of 1m.06.1921s to win the pole position for the 50th annual Acura GP of Long Beach NTT IndyCar Series race. His teammate, Colton Herta, will be starting second tomorrow after turning a lap of 1m06.4232. Ganassi Racing's Alex Palou will start in Row 2 after his fastest lap of 1m06.6254s. Meyer Shank Racing's Felix Rösenqvist, last year's polesitter, will start fourth on Sunday after his lap of 1m06.6358s.
IndyCar: Kirkwood wins pole for 50th Acura GP of Long Beach

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood turned a lap of 1m.06.1921s to win the pole position for the 50th annual Acura GP of Long Beach NTT IndyCar Series race. Kirkwood earned his first NTT P1 Award of the season and third of his career in the No. 27 PreFab Honda. “When you’re in an Andretti Global car at Long Beach, you know you’re going to be quick,” Kirkwood said. “You’ve got to be so happy with that, right? A front-row Andretti Global lockout here at Long Beach. “I’m shaking. That was great.
IndyCar News: Siegel tops Practice 2 for Acura GP of Long Beach

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Arrow McLaren driver Nolan Siegel (pictured) using the softer Firestone tires turned a lap of 1m07.1169s to top Practice 2 for the 2025 Acura GP of Long Beach NTT IndyCar race. Andretti Global driver Colton Herta on the harder primary Firestone tires was 2nd quickest, 0.0479s behind Siegel. RLL driver Louis Foster was third 0.0924s behind SiegelTeam Penske driver, Will Power, fastest in Practice 1 Friday was 4th 0.2238s behind Siegel.
Saturday Morning Report From Long Beach

1 week ago | bvmsports.com | Lucille Dust

By Lucille Dust via AutoRacing1.com, Skip to content Good morning on another foggy morning at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The temperatures for today are predicted to be in the mid-60s for the short day, where the NTT INDYCAR Series will be practicing and qualifying before lunchtime today. Practice 2 is scheduled for 8:30 am PT. The Firestone Fast Six qualifying is scheduled for 11:35 am. Early times are due to the WeatherTech IMSA Sportscar Championship racing today at 2 pm.
IndyCar News: Power tops Friday Practice for Long Beach GP

1 week ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

Team Penske Chevy #12 driver Will Power turned the overall fastest lap on Friday in opening practice for the 50th Annual Acura Grand Prix of Long BeachFriday practice was run in three sessions – everyone in the first 40 minutes, then split up into two groups for the final ten minutes each. Power’s lap of 1m07.3227s was only 0.03s faster than the Andretti Global duo of Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood. Marcus Armstrong was 4th, 0.36s behind Power.
50th Anniversary of Long Beach Grand Prix

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Lucille Dust

This weekend, the NTT INDYCAR Series will race in Long Beach, California, at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. It is the 50th anniversary of the auto racing event and the 41st IndyCar event on the 1.98-mile course winding through the streets of downtown. Three of the 27 drivers hail from that state. Alexander Rossi, the 2018 and 2019 race winner, is a native of Nevada City. Colton Herta, who won the 2021 race, grew up in Valencia.
IndyCar: Palou schools both McLaren drivers at Thermal Club

1 month ago | autoracing1.com | Lucille Dust

It was like taking candy from a baby. Defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou driving the #10 Ganassi Honda took both Arrow McLaren drivers, Pato O’Ward and Christian Lundgaard, to school to win the Thermal Club GP NTT IndyCar race. Following his final pit stop Palou, on sticker red Firestone tires, passed Lundgaard and then closed an 11 second gap to O’Ward, took the lead and pulled away to a 10-second win over O’Ward. Lundgaard finished 22.7s behind Palou.
Sunday Report from The Thermal Club

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Lucille Dust

Skip to content Good morning from Thermal, California. The temperature is 80 degrees right now but is predicted to be around 86 degrees by race time for the second NTT INDYCAR Series race of the 2025 season here at the Thermal Club. The 8:05 am warmup ended with Alex Palou and Scott Dixon running first and second, respectively. Firestone tires are the question of the day. Most drivers say this will be a Red (alternative) tire race.