2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Race details
2nd round of the 2024 IndyCar season
Long Beach Street Circuit
Date	April 21, 2024
Official name	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Downtown Long Beach, California
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps 167.28 mi / 261.211 km
Pole position
Driver	Felix Rosenqvist  (Meyer Shank Racing)
Time	01:06.0172
Fastest lap
Driver	Marcus Ericsson  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:07.7690 (on lap 71 of 85)
Podium
First	Scott Dixon  (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Second	Colton Herta  (Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian)
Third	Scott McLaughlin  (Team Penske)

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2024 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 21, 2024, in Long Beach, California at the Long Beach Street Circuit. The race consisted of 85 laps and was won by Scott Dixon. ^[1]

Entry list

Key	Meaning
R	Rookie
W	Past winner

No.	Driver	Team	Engine
2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
4	Kyffin Simpson  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
6	Théo Pourchaire  R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Alexander Rossi  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
8	Linus Lundqvist  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
20	Christian Rasmussen  R	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda
27	Kyle Kirkwood  W	Andretti Global	Honda
28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda
30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet
45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
51	Nolan Siegel  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda
60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
66	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
Source: [2]

Practice

Practice 1

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	01:06.6874
2	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.7811
3	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	01:06.8258
Source: [3]

Practice 2

Top Practice Speeds

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Lap Time
1	27	Kyle Kirkwood  W	Andretti Global	Honda	01:06.4731
2	26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	01:06.4886
3	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	01:06.5831
Source: [4]

Race

Scott Dixon took his first win of the season after a good strategy call put him at the front of the field.

Race results

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:42:03.1416	2	8	42	53
2	26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Global with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	1:42:04.1214	2	4	7	41
3	10	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:42:04.9080	2	6	0	35
4	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:42:07.1151	2	3	19	33
5	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti Global	Honda	85	1:42:07.5185	2	5	0	30
6	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	1:42:18.9055	2	2	15	29
7	27	Kyle Kirkwood  W	Andretti Global	Honda	85	1:42:19.3204	2	10	1	27
8	77	Romain Grosjean	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	85	1:42:21.1849	2	16	0	24
9	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	85	1:42:21.9571	2	1	1	24
10	7	Alexander Rossi  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	1:42:35.2331	3	13	0	20
11	6	Theo Pourchaire  R	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	1:42:36.5825	2	22	42	19
12	11	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:42:43.9623	2	9	0	18
13	8	Linus Lundqvist  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	1:42:45.1419	2	17	0	17
14	21	Rinus Veekay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	85	1:42:47.5741	2	18	0	16
15	78	Agustín Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	85	1:42:54.4572	3	20	0	15
16	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	1:42:56.1377	3	14	0	14
17	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	1:43:05.6606	2	12	0	13
18	41	Sting Ray Robb	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	1:43:08.7314	2	25	0	12
19	4	Kyffin Simpson  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	2	26	0	11
20	51	Nolan Siegel  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	2	27	0	10
21	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	3	24	0	9
22	66	Tom Blomqvist  R	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	15	0	8
23	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	7	0	7
24	30	Pietro Fittipaldi	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	19	0	6
25	18	Jack Harvey	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	83	+2 Laps	4	23	0	5
26	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	71	+14 Laps	2	11	0	5
27	20	Christian Rasmussen  R	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	14	Contact	0	21	0	5
Fastest lap: Marcus Ericsson (Andretti Global) – 01:07.7690 (lap 71)
Source: [5]

References

1. Kelly, Paul (April 21, 2024). "Dixon Makes Magic To Pull Off Improbable Long Beach Win". IndyCar.com. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
2. "Entry List" (PDF). nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. April 21, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
3. "Practice 1" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. April 19, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
4. "Practice 2" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. April 20, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
5. "Race" (PDF). indycar.com. NTT IndyCar Series. April 21, 2024. Retrieved September 27, 2024.