The 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 16, 2023, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race consisted of 85 laps. Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Andretti Autosport, would win his first ever IndyCar Series race.
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Date April 16, 2023 Official name Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Location Streets of Long Beach Course Temporary road course Distance 85 laps Pole position Driver Time 1:06.2878 Fastest lap Driver Time 01:07.9469 (on lap 70 of 85) Podium First Second Third Chronology
Background The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began as a Formula 5000 race sanctioned by the SCCA and USAC in 1975. In 1976, it became a Formula One event, and held that status until 1984 when it turned into a CART race, which eventually became IndyCar. Last year's champion was Josef Newgarden and other previous winners competing are Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, and Alexander Rossi. The push-to-pass time allotment is a total of 200 seconds, with a maximum length of any given use of 20 seconds.
Entry list Key Meaning R Rookie W Past winner
No. Driver Team Engine 2 W Team Penske Chevrolet 3 Team Penske Chevrolet 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 06 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 7 W Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 9 W Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 11 R Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 12 W Team Penske Chevrolet 14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 26 W Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 27 Andretti Autosport Honda 28 Andretti Autosport Honda 29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 51 R Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 55 R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 60 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 78 R Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet Source:
Practice
Practice 1 Top Practice Speeds Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.6999 2 9 W Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.9649 3 26 W Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.9808 Source:
Practice 2 Top Practice Speeds Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:05.9982 2 27 Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0149 3 28 Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.0629 Source:
Qualifying
Qualifying classification Pos No. Driver Team Engine Time Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Group 1 Group 2 1 27 Andretti Autosport Honda 01:06.5593 N/A 01:06.4568 01:06.2878 1 2 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 01:06.6600 N/A 01:06.4760 01:06.3253 2 3 28 Andretti Autosport Honda N/A 01:06.6780 01:06.3246 01:06.5347 3 4 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.3995 01:06.5651 01:06.5549 4 5 9 W Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.5305 01:06.5787 01:06.5730 5 6 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet N/A 01:06.5906 01:06.3993 01:06.6039 6 7 26 W Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8246 N/A 01:06.6431 N/A 7 8 2 W Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2614 N/A 01:06.6452 N/A 8 9 3 Team Penske Chevrolet N/A 01:06.6833 01:06.7251 N/A 9 10 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0130 N/A 01:06.7317 N/A 10 11 7 W Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:07.0328 N/A 01:07.1049 N/A 11 12 11 R Chip Ganassi Racing Honda N/A 01:06.6488 01:09.7839 N/A 12 13 12 W Team Penske Chevrolet 01:07.2681 N/A N/A N/A 13 14 60 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.8010 N/A N/A 14 15 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3150 N/A N/A N/A 15 16 06 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda N/A 01:06.9385 N/A N/A 16 17 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 01:07.3957 N/A N/A N/A 17 18 14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet N/A 01:06.9517 N/A N/A 18 19 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 01:07.8796 N/A N/A N/A 19 20 29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda N/A 01:07.0294 N/A N/A 20 21 51 R Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 01:07.9105 N/A N/A N/A 21 22 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.0490 N/A N/A 22 23 55 R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 01:08.2970 N/A N/A N/A 23 24 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda N/A 01:07.0909 N/A N/A 24 25 18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda No Time N/A N/A N/A 25 26 78 R Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.5956 N/A N/A 26 27 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet N/A 01:07.6986 N/A N/A 27 Source:
Notes Bold text indicates fastest time set in session.
Warmup Top Practice Speeds Pos No. Driver Team Engine Lap Time 1 2 W Team Penske Chevrolet 01:06.5611 2 7 W Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 01:06.7540 3 26 W Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 01:06.8118 Source:
Race The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 16, 2023.
Race classification Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Grid Laps 1 27 Andretti Autosport Honda 85 1:43:17.3748 2 1 53 54 2 28 Andretti Autosport Honda 85 +0.9907 2 3 40 3 8 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +2.0588 2 2 35 4 26 W Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian Honda 85 +7.6371 2 7 32 5 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +8.7770 2 4 2 31 6 12 W Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +30.3224 2 13 28 7 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 85 +30.9744 2 10 26 8 11 R Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 85 +31.9119 2 12 24 9 2 W Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +33.7842 2 8 27 23 10 3 Team Penske Chevrolet 85 +42.8320 2 9 20 11 14 A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 85 +45.4351 2 18 19 12 15 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +46.2809 2 24 18 13 30 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.2828 2 15 17 14 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 85 +47.7781 2 17 16 15 60 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda 85 +49.4864 2 14 15 16 29 Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda 85 +59.9343 2 20 14 17 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 2 6 13 18 51 R Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 2 21 12 19 77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 84 +1 Lap 4 22 11 20 18 Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 25 10 21 06 W Meyer Shank Racing Honda 84 +1 Lap 3 16 9 22 7 W Arrow McLaren Chevrolet 83 Off Course 2 11 8 23 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 83 +2 Laps 3 27 7 24 55 R A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet 82 +3 Laps 3 23 6 25 78 R Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet 52 +33 Laps 4 26 3 6 26 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 48 Mechanical 1 19 5 27 9 W Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 37 Mechanical 1 5 5 Fastest lap: Source:
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 110 2 95 3 91 4 89 5 74 Source:
Engine manufacturer standings Manufacturer Points 1 Honda 254 2 Chevrolet 222 Source:
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