Kyle Kirkwood took his maiden IndyCar victory in the Grand Prix of Long Beach, leading a FollowAndretti 1-2 from Romain Grosjean. Full AGPLB race report ⬇️
Romain Grosjean, Andretti Autosport HondaDixon’s sorry day came to an end on lap 38, as he was seen cruising with no oil pressure and limped the #9 Ganassi machine back to the paddock.
Ericsson made it past Herta at Turn 1 four tours later, taking the final podium spot, before Newgarden pitted from the lead at the end of Lap 52, with O’Ward following him in. With 30 laps to go in the 85-lap race, Kirkwood and Grosjean ran 1-2 for Andretti, 1.7sec apart, with Newgarden, Ericsson, Herta, Rossi, Palou and Power completing the top eight.
Into the final 10 laps, Kirkwood maintained a 1.6sec lead over Grosjean who had the same margin over Ericsson, but with five laps to go these gaps compressed.
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