After running races on three consecutive weekends and running four in a span of 29 days to begin the 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season, the series has had a break in the action over the past few weekends.
But action is scheduled to resume this weekend with race number five on the 18-race schedule, that being the series’ crown jewel street race: the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
This 90-lap race, notably up from 85 laps in previous years, around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile (3.167-kilometer) temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California is already the series’ third street race of the year, and as is generally the case on street courses, qualifying has proven to be paramount over the course of the event’s illustrious 50-year history…