It’s good to be Alex Palou. This year’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach champion has taken plenty of checkered flags during his meteoric ascent to the top of IndyCar. Remarkably, he’s won 11 of the last 22 IndyCar races he’s run in, and he has taken a podium spot in fully half of the […]
Alex Palou has been a force on the streets of Long Beach in his IndyCar career. All he was missing was a win–until now. After recording a Top 5 finish in all five of his starts in Long Beach, the 29-year-old Spaniard was undeniable on Sunday afternoon, taking the checkered flag for the 51st running […]
Photos by Joseph and Jayna Kling
As the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach embarks on its next 50 years racing through the streets of Downtown Long Beach, the 2026 edition feels like a new start in many ways. In that spirit, we sent three of our writers wheeling around the course for the first time–either in an Acura pace car […]
Jim Michaelian loved a sunny day. He loved them so much, in fact, that it became a running joke between myself, JJ Fiddler, Tyler Hendrickson, and anyone else who ever covered the Grand Prix of Long Beach for us over the last two decades. There are many fun and revered traditions associated with the race, […]