The 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 2023 IndyCar season. The race was held on April 16, 2023, in Long Beach, California on the Streets of Long Beach. The race consisted of 85 laps. Kyle Kirkwood, driving for Andretti Autosport, would win his first ever IndyCar Series race.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (April 2023)

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2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

Race details
3rd round of the 2023 IndyCar season
Date	April 16, 2023
Official name	Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Streets of Long Beach
Course	Temporary road course 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	85 laps 167.28 mi / 269.211 km
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport)
Time	1:06.2878
Fastest lap
Driver	Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	01:07.9469 (on lap 70 of 85)
Podium
First	Kyle Kirkwood (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Romain Grosjean (Andretti Autosport)
Third	Marcus Ericsson (Chip Ganassi Racing)

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The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach began as a Formula 5000 race sanctioned by the SCCA and USAC in 1975.^[1] In 1976, it became a Formula One event, and held that status until 1984 when it turned into a CART race, which eventually became IndyCar.^[2] Last year's champion was Josef Newgarden and other previous winners competing are Hélio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power, and Alexander Rossi. The push-to-pass time allotment is a total of 200 seconds, with a maximum length of any given use of 20 seconds.^[1]

The race started at 3:30 PM ET on April 16, 2023.

Race classification

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Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	1:43:17.3748	2	1	53	54
2	28	Romain Grosjean	Andretti Autosport	Honda	85	+0.9907	2	3		40
3	8	Marcus Ericsson	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+2.0588	2	2		35
4	26	Colton Herta  W	Andretti Autosport with Curb-Agajanian	Honda	85	+7.6371	2	7		32
5	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+8.7770	2	4	2	31
6	12	Will Power  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+30.3224	2	13		28
7	6	Felix Rosenqvist	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	85	+30.9744	2	10		26
8	11	Marcus Armstrong  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	85	+31.9119	2	12		24
9	2	Josef Newgarden  W	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+33.7842	2	8	27	23
10	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Chevrolet	85	+42.8320	2	9		20
11	14	Santino Ferrucci	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	85	+45.4351	2	18		19
12	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+46.2809	2	24		18
13	30	Jack Harvey	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+47.2828	2	15		17
14	45	Christian Lundgaard	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	85	+47.7781	2	17		16
15	60	Simon Pagenaud  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	85	+49.4864	2	14		15
16	29	Devlin DeFrancesco	Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport	Honda	85	+59.9343	2	20		14
17	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	2	6		13
18	51	Sting Ray Robb  R	Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	2	21		12
19	77	Callum Ilott	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	84	+1 Lap	4	22		11
20	18	David Malukas	Dale Coyne Racing with HMD Motorsports	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	25		10
21	06	Hélio Castroneves  W	Meyer Shank Racing	Honda	84	+1 Lap	3	16		9
22	7	Alexander Rossi  W	Arrow McLaren	Chevrolet	83	Off Course	2	11		8
23	20	Conor Daly	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	83	+2 Laps	3	27		7
24	55	Benjamin Pedersen  R	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Chevrolet	82	+3 Laps	3	23		6
25	78	Agustín Canapino  R	Juncos Hollinger Racing	Chevrolet	52	+33 Laps	4	26	3	6
26	21	Rinus VeeKay	Ed Carpenter Racing	Chevrolet	48	Mechanical	1	19		5
27	9	Scott Dixon  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Honda	37	Mechanical	1	5		5
Fastest lap: Álex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 01:07.9469 (lap 70)
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Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Marcus Ericsson 110 1 2 Pato O'Ward 95 2 3 Álex Palou 91 4 Josef Newgarden 89 15 5 Kyle Kirkwood 74 Source:[8]

Engine manufacturer standings Pos. Manufacturer Points 1 1 Honda 254 1 2 Chevrolet 222 Source:[9]

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• Note: Only the top five positions are included.