After an exciting race at Texas Motor Speedway, the IndyCar Sequence will wrap up subsequent weekend earlier than heading to the West Coast. Josef Newgarden and Pato O’Ward will attempt to carry their momentum to the streets of Lengthy Seashore, for the forty eighth version of the Acura Grand Prix of Lengthy Seashore.
Newgarden enters the weekend because the defending winner, main a report 32 laps and heading off a late cost from Romain Grosjean. Newgarden additionally got here near profitable the 2021 race however narrowly missed out as Colton Herta took the win from the 14th beginning spot. Six of the final seven races at Lengthy Seashore have been received by a driver ranging from the entrance two rows.
Alexander Rossi received the 2018 and 2019 races from pole place and hopes to get his season again on monitor with one other robust race after Girl Fortunate took him out in Texas. The race didn’t happen in 2020 as a result of pandemic, and final 12 months the race lastly returned to its conventional spring race date.
Friday can have a full apply session for the groups to gather information and put together for a busy Saturday. One other apply session will happen earlier than qualifying begins within the late afternoon. Race day tv protection begins at 3 p.m. ET with the race starting roughly half-hour later.
Race Weekend Schedule (Jap Commonplace Time)
friday april 14
6:00 p.m. – Follow 1
saturday april 15
11:45 a.m. – Follow 2
3:05 p.m. – Qualifying
sunday april 16
3:30 p.m. – Race
