Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

April 19-21, 2024

Shoreline Drive, Atlantic, Ocean and more!
300 E. Ocean Blvd.
Long Beach, CA

Admission: $40-up for one day general admission. Parking passes, paddock access and Club Access upgrades available. 
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 In addition to being a part of Southern California's 200 miles per hour Beach Party, guests enjoy Lifestyle Expo, Family Fun Zone, Friday & Saturday Night Concerts, Exotic Car Paddock, Food Truck Experience. DJ/Producer Ape Drums to Perform at Friday Night Concert and All Star Jam With Wilson, Montgomery, Murphy and SIXWIRE Set for Saturday Concert!

The downtown Long Beach street car race began in 1974. In 2024 the eastern portion of the racetrack (Turns 9, 10 and 11) will also be used April 12-13 for Round One of the 2024 Formula Drift season, and part of the circuit will be used as a running course for the Grand Prix Foundation of Long Beach's 6th Annual Grand Prix 5K Run on April 14.

Race events

Friday April 19, 2024
7:30 AM Spectator Gates Open
GT America Practice #1
IMSA Practice #1
Historic Indy Car Practice #1
GT America Practice #2
Stadium Super Trucks Practice #1
IMSA Practice #2
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #1
GT America Qualifying
IMSA Qualifying
NTT INDYCAR SERIES All-Driver Autograph Session (INDYCAR Paddock - open to all spectators)
Super Drift Challenge #1
Fiesta Friday Presented by Acura Starring Ape Drums

Saturday April 20, 2024
7:30 AM Spectator Gates Open
Historic Indy Car Practice #2
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice #2
IMSA WeatherTech Autograph Session (IMSA Paddock)
Historic Indy Car Challenge Race #1
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying & Firestone Fast 6
IMSA Pre-Race
IMSA SportsCar Grand Prix (100 min.)
Stadium SUPER Trucks Race #1
GT America Race #1
Super Drift Challenge #2
All Star Jam Concert w/Gretchen Wilson, Eddie Montgomery, David Lee Murphy and SIXWIRE

Sunday April 21, 2024
7:30 AM Spectator Gates Open
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Warm-Up
Historic Indy Car Challenge Race #2
Acura Type S/NSX Hot Laps
Mothers Exotic Car Parade
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Pre-Race
12:35 PM "Drivers, Start Your Engines!"
Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Round #2 of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES - 85 Laps)
Stadium SUPER Trucks Race #2
GT America Race #2

HISTORY: Long Beach, Calif. --  Long Beach Grand Prix is an annual car race launched in 1974, and since that time has raised the bar each year on exciting, nail-biting car racing. The roads are shut down and the event takes place on the streets of downtown Long Beach where bleachers are placed throughout the route so spectators can watch this amazing festival of color, sight and sound.

Celebrity racers started their engines for the last time on April 16, 2016. Grand Prix Title Sponsor, Toyota, left Torrance, California for new corporate digs in Plano, Texas and dropped its support of the celebrity race, a fundraiser that's been a part of the annual event for 40 years! 

Past Actors
Ricky Schroder | Actor Stephen Baldwin | Actor Alfonso Ribeiro | Actor Chris McDonald | Actor Frankie Muniz | Actor Brian Austin Green | Actor William Fichtner | Comedian/actor Adam Carolla | NBC NASCAR analyst Rutledge Wood | Actor Brett Davern

Past Sports Celebrities
Al Unser Jr. | NASCAR's Mike Skinner | IndyCar's Jimmy Vasser | Drift racer Ken Gushi | Stock car racer Max Papis | Truck racer Rod Millen | Pro cyclist Eddie Lawson | Olympic medalist Dara Torres

Grand Prix Winners

PODIUM FINISHES (# Laps Led) | * Pole Position

2023 Kyle Kirkwood
2022 Josef Newgarden
2021 Colton Herta
2020 No event due to Pandemic
2019 Alexander Rossi 
2018 Alexander Rossi (71)
2017 James Hinchcliffe (28)
2016 Simon Pagenaud (28)
2015 Scott Dixon (44)
2014 Mike Conway (3)
2013 Takuma Sato (50)
2012 Will Power (15)
2011 Mike Conway (14)
2010 Ryan Hunter-Reay (64)
2009 Dario Franchitti (51)
2008 Will Power (81)
2007 Sebastien Bourdais (58)*
2006 Sebastien Bourdais (70)*
2005 Sebastien Bourdais (37)
2004 Paul Tracy (78)
2003 Paul Tracy (33)
2002 Michael Andretti (43)
2001 Helio Castroneves (82)*
2000 Paul Tracy (21)
1999 Juan Montoya (40) (R)
1998 Alex Zanardi (2)
1997 Alex Zanardi (41)
1996 Jimmy Vasser (4)
1995 Al Unser Jr. (74)
1994 Al Unser Jr. (61)
1993 Paul Tracy (81)
1992 Danny Sullivan (7)
1991 Al Unser Jr. (93)
1990 Al Unser Jr. (91)*
1989 Al Unser Jr. (84)*
1988 Al Unser Jr. (73)
1987 Mario Andretti (95)*
1986 Michael Andretti (47)
1985 Mario Andretti (70)*
1984 Mario Andretti (112)*
1983 John Watson (32)
1982 Niki Lauda (61)
1981 Alan Jones (49)
1980 Nelson Piquet (80)*
1979 Gilles Villeneuve (80)*
1978 Carlos Reutemann (42)*
1977 Mario Andretti (4)
1976 Clay Regazzoni (80)*
1975 Brian Redman (15)

The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, WC Vision and SCCA Pro Racing added World Challenge Championships as part of the  Grand Prix of Long Beach for what was called  Roar by the Shore.

Over 170,000 attend and see six racing events at the Grand Prix of Long Beach, headlined by the IndyCar Series. Also included during the race weekend is the American Le Mans Series, the popular Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race, Indy Lights and drifting.

The World Challenge is North America's top production car-based racing championship. Divided into three separate classes (World Challenge GT, World Challenge GTS, and World Challenge Touring Car), races follow a sprint format and are 50 minutes start to finish. Race-prepped versions of the cars consumers drive on the streets are driven by top drivers.

Part of the race course includes the scenic Long Beach harbor where the Aquarium of the Pacific is located.

Held in conjunction with car races are vendor expos, concerts and a jam-packed Pine Avenue scene each night as those who attend pour onto the streets of Long Beach for dining, dancing and entertainment.