{"id":253841,"date":"2026-04-06T08:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253841\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:21:08","slug":"indycar-heads-west-for-long-beach-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253841\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar Heads West for Long Beach GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The NTT IndyCar Series heads to Southern California this week for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, one of the longest\u2011running and most iconic street races on the calendar. The event takes place Sunday, April 19, with green flag at 5:30\u202fp.m. ET on the 1.97\u2011mile, 11\u2011turn temporary circuit around the Long Beach Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Long Beach has been a staple of U.S. open\u2011wheel racing since the 1970s and consistently delivers tight competition, dramatic passing zones and a festival atmosphere that draws fans from across the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s winner at Long Beach was Kyle Kirkwood, who paced the field to victory in the 2025 edition of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Practice begins Friday evening before qualifying Saturday, setting the stage for what is expected to be another thrilling battle through \u201cThe Beach.\u201d Lines will blur, brakes will get hot and the quest for street\u2011course glory resumes in earnest this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re watching from home or roaming the boardwalk, Long Beach always serves up high stakes, tight racing and a perfectly tuned dose of California cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH, Calif. \u2014 The NTT IndyCar Series heads to Southern California this week for the Acura Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-253841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}