One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
Alex Palou got the break he needed and fast work from his Chip Ganassi Racing pit crew, and then he ran away with a victory Sunday in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
The 34-year-old Rosenqvist from Värnamo, Sweden, clocked in a single-qualifying pole-winning lap at 104.017 mph in 1:07.4635 for his seventh NTT IndyCar career pole and first since 2024.
Pato O'Ward was the last driver to make a qualifying attempt at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, but came up a slim four-hundredths of a second short in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.
Felix Rosenqvist continued the team’s California dreaming by winning the NTT P1 Award for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday with a lap of 1 minute, 7.4635 seconds
DXDT Racing’s Robert Wickens thrilled his team and fans at Long Beach on Friday with second-place qualifying effort for Saturday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach in the No. 36 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially equipped with a hand-control system.
Kaden Honeycutt was able to drive back through the field after an early pit road speeding penalty and led Toyota with a fourth-place finish in the NASCAR Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday evening.
Reigning Top Fuel world champion Doug Kalitta made the quickest run on Friday at Route 66 Raceway, taking the provisional No. 1 spot at the 26th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK.
