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: 85 laps / 167.28 miles Entry List: Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (PDF) Push-to-pass parameters: 200 seconds of total time with a maximum time
READ MOREBECKY BARANOUSKI, originally from Placentia, California, is the team coordinator for A.J. Foyt Enterprises, which is a broad title for someone who handles the team’s travel, has secured sponsorships and created events during her stint which started in 1996. We asked her a few questions… Q: How did you become interested in racing? BB: “I dated a man
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Here a few more thoughts and notebook items from Barber Motorsports Park. I’ll have more when I get back to Indy. Mea Culpa In my rough race notes, I placed the blame for the pit-in incident between Max Chilton and Tony Kanaan squarely on the A.J. Foyt Racing driver. After watching the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The call to start engines was given by legend Mario Andretti at 3:09pm. The green flag flew the after two pace laps. It was a slow start with a bunch up at the back. Ed Jones, who started 20th jumped to inside early and moved from his 21st starting spot all the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Pre-race notes Pre-race notes Unless there are a ton of early caution laps, the 90-lap race will most likely require three stops. The last driver to attempt a two-stop race was Will Power in 2013. It didn’t work out. Power, one of the masters of saving fuel and going fast, started second...
READ MORESteve Wittich Yay!!! Morning warm-up is back. The majority of promoters, teams & drivers and more importantly, all of the fans are ecstatic that morning warm-up on a natural terrain road course has returned. Early in the session 23 of the 24 cars took to the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course on Firestone Racing...
READ MOREGood morning from Barber Motorsports Park, where the sun is currently shining. The Birmingham, Ala. are got hit by a thunderstorm last night and over 1” of rain overnight. According to our friend @Indycar_Wxman the 90-lap Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama will be dry. Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama schedule TIME EVENT...
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By Steve Wittich A quick correction from my earlier qualifying report. Today’s qualifying is the first time since Long Beach in 2014, not 2015 that a driver representing Team Penske has not made the Firestone Fast Six. Numbers This is only the second time that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Graham Rahal have made the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Qualfying was delayed a little because the schedule was delayed by eight minutes after the schedule fell behind due to a track sweeper incident. More on that later. The ambient temperature at the start of qualifying was 76F, and the track temperature was 92F. Round 1, Group 1 The pair of ABC...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich With the uncertainty of the performance of the Firestone Racing Alternate Tires (Red), that last minute flyer by James Hinchcliffe in this morning’s practice session could be vital in determining your tire strategy for the remainder of the weekend. Setting the quickest time, allowed the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports veteran to decide...
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