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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.