Identical Porsche 911 GT3 cars compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup on day two of the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Stadium Super Trucks compete in the first of two races during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Bill Hynes jumps a ramp in the first or two Stadium Super Truck races during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Max Gordon is closely followed off the ramp by his father Robby Gordon in the first or two Stadium Super Truck races during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Stadium Super Trucks compete during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Race fans pass the Pinks hot dog stand during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans exit one of the pedestrian bridges during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans walk past the Formula Draft Hall Of Fame Statue during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans move along a pedestrian bridge during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans relax at the food trucks during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
People relax between race events in the food area behind Shoreline Dr. during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans move about between events during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans pass the King Taco stand during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Landon Elms (5) and his father Logan from Bakersfield, enjoy the second day of racing during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
IMSA GTP winners, Renger van der Zande, center left, alongside Nick Yelloy, center right, with second place finishers Jack Aitken, far left, Frederik Vesti, second from left, and third place finishers Laurens Vanthoor, second from right and Kevin Estre, far right, during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
IMSA GTD winners Aaron Telitz, center left, and Benjamin Pedersen, center right, alongside second place finishers Robby Foley, far left, Patrick Gallagher, second from left, and third place finishers Manny Franco, second from right and Albert Costa, right, during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Vasser Sullivan Racing GTD car (12) speeds through the hairpin in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Wright Motorsports GTD car (120) races out of the hairpin in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The BMW M Team WRT GTP car (25) rests against the wall after crashing at turn 8 in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
A group of GTP cars race into the hairpin in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The BMW M Team WRT GTP car (25) races through the field in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Motorsport fans watch the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Motorsport fans watch the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP races into turn 8 in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The AO Racing GTD car (177) races ahead of the BMW M Team WRT GTP car (25) in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Vasser Sullivan Racing GTD car (89) speeds out of the hairpin in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Vasser Sullivan Racing (12) car leads the GTD field in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP (93) car hustles around the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Wright Motorsports GTD car races around the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP car (93) leads the field into turn one in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute onto the track before the start of the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
GTP cars hustle around the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
A GTP car hustles around the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The DXDT Racing (36) car leads the GTD field into turn one in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Windward Racing GTD car (57) hustles around the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing GTP car makes its way through the track in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The DXDT Racing (36) car leads the GTD field into turn one in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Vasser Sullivan Racing drivers, Aaron Telitz, left, and Benjamin Pedersen, celebrate after winning the GTD class in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Cadillac Whelen GTP driver Frederik Vesti, left, pours champaign over IMSA race winner, Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP driver Renger van der Zande during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP driver, Renger van der Zande, sprays champaigne after winning the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Vasser Sullivan Racing driver Benjamin Pedersen, center left, celebrates after winning the GTD class in the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP driver, Renger van der Zande, left, kisses his teammate, Nick Yelloly, as they celebrate after winning the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP drivers, Renger van der Zande, left and Nick Yelloly celebrate after winning the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP driver, Renger van der Zande, sprays champaigne after winning the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP drivers, Renger van der Zande, left and Nick Yelloly celebrate after winning the IMSA race during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Cars make the turn away from Seaside Way in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Cars make the turn away from Seaside Way in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Cars make the turn away from Seaside Way in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
A photographer crouches down to get a low angle perspective of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Eventual winner, the Acura Meyer Shank Racing team #93 heads towards the hairpin turn in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Spectators peer through the fence for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Spectators peer through the fence for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Seara and Paymon pose for their courtesy Grand Prix magazine cover from Box Of Cheese photo experiences in the Lifestyle and Expo Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A couple pose for a photo at the Welcome Race Fans sigh during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Seara and Paymon pose with their courtesy Grand Prix magazine cover from Box Of Cheese photo experiences in the Lifestyle and Expo Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
A young race fan tests his reaction time at the Box Of Cheese photo experiences in the Lifestyle and Expo Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans try out a game of Red Ball Tennis in the Lifestyle and Expo Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race cars on display in the Lifestyle and Expo Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Race fans taste chocolate at the Chocolate Moonshine Company booth at the Lifestyle and Experience Center during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Families file in for the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Fans file in for the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
An interactive Acura experience sits on top of a parking garage at the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
The new Formula DRIFT Hall of Fame sits on the main concourse during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Attendees walk past the recently-installed Formula DRIFT Hall of Fame on the main concourse during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
9-month-old Mona Yamada arrives for her first Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Rachel Brogan and her boyfriend, Chris Veliz, participate in the Acura G-Force Experience during the second day of the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 18. (Photo by Madeline Armstrong, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Rachel Brogan and her boyfriend, Chris Veliz, participate in the Acura G-Force Experience during the second day of the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 18. (Photo by Madeline Armstrong, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
Indycar driver Marcus Ericsson hustles down the back stretch in a NTT Indycar Series practice session during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Indycar driver David Malukas speeds down the back stretch in a NTT Indycar Series practice session during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Indycar driver Romain Grosjean hustles down the back stretch in a NTT Indycar Series practice session during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Trackside workers watch the second practice session for the NTT Indycar Series during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Indycar driver Alexander Rossi speeds down the backstretch in a NTT Indycar Series practice session during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
A photographer captures the NTT Indycar Series action during a practice session during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Jim Liaw, president and CEO of the Long Beach Grand Prix Association, looks on at the Motorsports Walk of Fame induction ceremony in Long Beach on Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Identical Porsche 911 GT3 cars compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup on day two of the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Spectators get close to the track for the Porsche Carrera Cup on day two of the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Young crew members spiff up a Stadium Super Truck in the Lifestyle Expo during the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
Identical Porsche 911 GT3 cars compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup on day two of the 51st Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach on Saturday, April 18, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)
ExpandLONG BEACH — Felix Rosenqvist is taking the ‘Longview’ to winning poles in the IndyCar NTT Series.
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Driving the No. 60 SiriusXM Acura with a special ‘Green Day’ livery for the weekend, Rosenqvist earned the pole on Saturday for the 51st annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
“This isn’t a ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” Rosenqvist said. “We’re rocking the Green Day Acura this weekend, so this was exactly what we’re looking for.”
Rosenqvist’s Firestone Fast Six lap time – 1 minute, 7.463 seconds – was just four-hundredths of a second quicker than Pato O’Ward, and earns the Meyer Shank Racing team its second pole of the weekend and Rosenqvist’s second in three races at Long Beach.
“I love to shootout format, and when they announced it, I really wanted to be a part of that because I think it’s such a cool thing,” Rosenqvist said. “Huge day for Acura and an amazing day for Meyer Shank Racing.”
The pole winner ahead of the 2024 race in Long Beach, Rosenqvist’s best finish in five career starts was fourth last year.
“This is definitely one of them where you can settle in the lead, it’s going to be huge,” Rosenqvist said. “You can still pass here, and it’s still open with strategies. Like, we’re still not sure about the tires.”
O’Ward solidified his best starting position in Long Beach with a 1:07.507 lap.
“I’ve been happy with the car that I’ve been given,” said O’Ward, who had started no better than … in … previous appearances in Southern California. “It feels good to be a bit more in attack mode rather than defense, and it’s good to be on the front row with my pal, ‘Fro’.”
Alex Palou, who has already won twice this season, was running the fastest lap of the weekend until locking up his right front brake coming around Turn 11 and qualified third in 1:07.650.
“It’s painful,” Palou said. “I just made a small mistake in the last corner, and it’s game over.”
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Defending race champion Kyle Kirkwood was unable to get his tires to stick, slipping and sliding all over the 1.986-mile course and qualifying fourth in 1:07.619.
“Maybe it’s because I was more aggressive in the steering,” the two-time Long Beach winner said. “We have a good car, so all things forward.”
Kirkwood was the fastest during practice on Saturday morning, but could not match the same pace in the Fast Six.
David Malukas was the fastest heading into the Fastest Six and chose to attempt to qualify first, but bounced off the wall out of Turn 8 and will start fifth in 1:07.650.
“We struggled to get the (tire) temps up, and that’s why we wanted to go right away,” Malukas said. “We did everything we could, but it just wasn’t ready.”
Scott Dixon snuck inside the Fastest Six group past Will Power, who was the fastest during practice on Friday. Dixon, who last won in Long Beach, will start on the outside of Row 3 after sixth in 1:07.856.
“Better than yesterday, but I don’t know if it’s enough to be able to get us home on Sunday,” Dixon said.
In practice on Saturday morning, Nolan Siegel ruined his left front wheel after crashing out of Turn 8, while Mick Schumacher ran into the wall around the fountain, and Romain Grosjean destroyed his right front, going head-on into the wall out of Turn 1.
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All three will start in the back for today’s race, which begins at 1:30 p.m. PT.