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LONG BEACH, California (Sunday, April 14, 2019) – Al Unser Jr. may be “King of the Beach,” but Alexander Rossi is driving himself toward INDYCAR racing royalty at the Acura…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet): “It’s tough when you’re not able to compete at the very, very front. We were at the front, but you want to…

LONG BEACH, California (Saturday, April 13, 2019) – Now that he’s repeated as the NTT P1 Award winner at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, Alexander Rossi is looking…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet): “It’s a much better starting position (than last week’s race), for sure. The Firestone Fast Six is great for the race. I…

LONG BEACH, California (Friday, April 12, 2019) – Previous Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach winners Scott Dixon and Ryan Hunter-Reay continued their assault on the iconic street course by…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet): “It was a good day. The car feels really good. The Hitachi Chevy boys have worked really well this weekend. We just…

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach fast facts Race weekend: Friday, April 12 – Sunday, April 14 Track: 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) in Long Beach, California Race distance:…

LONG BEACH, California (Sunday, April 15, 2018) – Alexander Rossi sought redemption for the one he felt got away a year ago at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): “Well, I think we had a good day working. Certainly at least a podium, but we kept getting bit by yellows a couple…

LONG BEACH, California (Saturday, April 14, 2018) – Alexander Rossi wasn’t to be denied in his quest to claim the Verizon P1 Award in qualifying for the Toyota Grand Prix…

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 1 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet, Verizon IndyCar Series points leader): (About hitting the wall in qualifying): “That’s why I pitted, I bent the left rear suspension touching the…

LONG BEACH, California (Friday, April 13, 2018) – Being a past winner of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach paid off in practice today for Sunday’s 35th Indy car…

MATHEUS “MATT” LEIST (No. 4 ABC Supply AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet): “The car was different to drive, we were having some problems in the turning in mid-corner, but it was…

Race weekend: Friday, April 13 – Sunday, April 15 Track: 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) in Long Beach, California Race distance: 85 laps / 167.28 miles Entry List:  Toyota…

 LONG BEACH, California (Sunday, April 9, 2017) – James Hinchcliffe is all the way back now. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver, seriously injured in an Indianapolis 500 practice crash nearly…

SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet): “It was exciting. At the beginning, we were able to pass a lot of cars. The Menards Chevrolet was phenomenal all weekend.…

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is the place to be today as the stars and cars of the Verizon IndyCar Series mix it up with the stars of…

 LONG BEACH, California (Saturday, April 8, 2017) – He may be one of the elder statesmen of the Verizon IndyCar Series, but Helio Castroneves isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The…

SIMON PAGENAUD (No. 1 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet): “It was just one of those unfortunate things. I understand the penalty because I interfered with (Helio) Castroneves’ lap. I backed up…

LONG BEACH, California (Friday, April 7, 2017) – Experience paid off on opening day at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, with all seven past race winners entered this…

CONOR DALY (No. 4 ABC Supply AJ Foyt Chevrolet): “We had a really big improvement in the second session which was nice. Sadly we had an overboost (penalty) and traffic…

Race weekend: Friday, April 7 – Sunday, April 9 Track: 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) in Long Beach, California Race distance: 85 laps / 167.28 miles Entry List:  Toyota…

Track:  Streets of Long Beach, a 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) Race distance: 80 laps / 157.44 miles Entry List:  Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (PDF) Push-to-pass parameters:…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 19, 2015) – Scott Dixon, who entered the weekend with just one top-five finish in eight Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach starts, won the 41st…

LONG BEACH, Calif. – It took only eight minutes of the first of three knockout qualifying rounds for the nine-year-old Long Beach track record to fall. Tony Kanaan, who will…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 17, 2015) – Will Power and Team Penske teammate Simon Pagenaud recorded lap times in the second Verizon IndyCar Series practice session for the 41st Toyota…

Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Fast Facts Track: 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street course (clockwise) Race distance: 80 laps / 157.4 miles Entry List: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach…

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Sunday, April 13, 2014) – Long Beach could have a new king. Mike Conway won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the second time in…