INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach - Full Qualifying Results

Full results from qualifying at Long Beach where Kyle Kirkwood earned pole position for the race.

15 Apr 2023

Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti Autosport at Long Beach

2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach - Qualifying Results
Pos	Driver	Team	Engine
1	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda
2	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
3	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda
4	Alex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
5	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
6	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
7	Colton Herta	Andretti Autosport	Honda
8	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Chevrolet
9	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet
10	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
11	Alexander Rossi	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet
12	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda
13	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet
14	Simon Pagenaud	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
15	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
16	Helio Castroneves	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda
17	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
18	Santino Ferrucci	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
19	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet
20	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Autosport	Honda
21	Sting Ray Robb	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
22	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
23	Benjamin Pedersen	AJ Foyt Racing	Chevrolet
24	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda
25	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda
26	Agustin Canapino	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet
27	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet

After a frustrating rookie campaign and a slow start to his first year at Andretti Autosport, Kyle Kirkwood has a reason to smile. In his first Firestone Fast Six appearance, Kirkwood earned his first IndyCar pole in qualifying today on the streets of Long Beach. The 24-year old captured the top spot on his final lap and will try to become the fifth different Andretti driver to win this race in the last seven years.

Joining Kirkwood on the front row tomorrow is Marcus Ericsson, who led a strong effort by the Chip Ganassi Racing organization. Romain Grosjean and Alex Palou will each start behind their teammate tomorrow in Row 2 while Scott Dixon and Pato O'Ward will share Row 3 on Sunday. Honda swept the top five in qualifying, and seems to have an edge over Chevrolet on the street courses this year.

Former Long Beach winners Colton Herta and Josef Newgarden just missed out on making the Firestone Fast Six, and will start from Row 4 tomorrow. Scott McLaughlin and Felix Rosenqvist rounded out the top ten in qualifying, with two-time Long Beach winner Alexander Rossi set to start in the 11th position.

Will Power is arguably the greatest qualifier in the history of the sport, but the Team Penske driver was eliminated in the first round of qualifying by just 0.007 seconds. The struggles for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing continued today, as Jack Harvey qualified 15th, Christian Lundgaard 17th, and Graham Rahal in 24th. They were not alone today in that regard.

Meyer Shank Racing, Ed Carpenter Racing, and Juncos Hollinger Racing all had a rough Saturday afternoon in California. Both Callum Ilott (Juncos) and Rinus VeeKay (Carpenter) were victims of a track change that was not communicated with the teams and drivers today. There was an extra piece of curb re-inserted into Turn 5 that was not there during practice on Friday. Ilott and VeeKay hit that piece in practice this morning, which sent them airborne and crashing into the tire barrier.

Previous Long Beach winners

2022: Josef Newgarden

2021: Colton Herta

2019: Alexander Rossi

2018: Alexander Rossi

2017: James Hinchcliffe

2016: Simon Pagenaud

2015: Scott Dixon

2014: Mike Conway

2013: Takuma Sato

2012: Will Power

2011: Mike Conway