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Long Beach’s 50th Grand Prix will be from April 11th to 13th. IndyCar, IMSA racers, stadium super trucks, GT American cars, drifters and more will be featured on street courses.
This weekend, roAR returned to the Southern California coastline, with IndyCar, IMSA racers, high-flying tracks and power slide drifters returning to the streets of Long Beach.
The Grand Prix in Long Beach features track events (practice, qualifying, races) from Friday to Sunday. The weekend is highlighted by the IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship and the NTT IndyCar Series races with the historic Formula 1 exhibition that closes the weekend of Stadium Super Trucks, GT America, Super Drift and Motorsports.
Here’s what you need to know about Long Beach’s 50th Grand Prix:
Racing series at Long Beach’s 2025 Grand Prix
The 2025 Grand Prix Long Beach will feature six race cars (and tracks).
NTT IndyCar Series: An open-wheel race car that has been part of the Grand Prix Weekend at Long Beach for decades. IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship: Prototype and production-based racers that offer the most competitive races on the planet. Speed/UTV Stadium Super Trucks: A cruelly powerful, heavily modified truck that soars over the Shoreline Drive. GT America with AWS: A production-based car featuring some of the world’s most famous manufacturers. Super Drift Challenge: Follow the tire smoke and watch these cars on controlled slides through the corners. Historic Formula Exhibition: Featuring a 50-year race nod on the streets of Long Beach, historic Formula 1, Formula 5000 and IndyCar.
Grand Prix in Long Beach Qualifying and Race Schedule
The 100-minute IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship Race is Saturday and the NTT IndyCar Series race is set on Sunday, but it is almost always present on 11 street courses during the three-day event.
Click here for weekend schedules.
The qualification and race schedule are below.
Friday
4:35pm to 4:50pm: GT America Qualifiers
5:10pm to 6pm: IMSA Qualifications
6:30pm to 8:30pm: Super Drift Challenge No. 1
Saturday
10:45 AM to 11:05 AM: Historic Formula 1 Exhibition No.1
11:30am to 1:00pm: NTT IndyCar Series Qualifiers and Firestone Fast 6
2pm to 4pm: IMSA Sports Car Grand Prix
Stadium Super Track Race No. 1 from 4:30pm to 5:00pm
5:20pm to 6pm: GT American Race No. 1
6:30pm to 8:30pm: Super Drift Challenge No. 2
6:30pm to 8pm: Cuerbotequila’s Saturday concert starring foreigners
Sunday
10:45am to 11:05am: Historical Formula Exhibition
11:20am to 12:00pm: GT America Race No. 2
1:30pm to 4pm: Acura Grand Prix in Long Beach (NTT IndyCar Series)
4:30pm to 5:00pm: Stadium Super Track Race No. 2
Grand Prix for Long Beach Tickets
General admission tickets range from $54 to $143 for all three days. Seats in the reserves on weekends range from $155 to $215 for adults. For ticket information, please click here.
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Map of the Grand Prix at Long Beach Circuit.
About the Grand Prix on the Long Beach Street Course
The rap doesn’t take long on the streets of Long Beach. The challenging street course is only 1.968 miles, with a long front straight of 11 turns, and the driver reaches around 185 mph with a burst of sound and adrenaline. The fastest sections are along the Shoreline Drive and the Start Finish Line. Grandstand fans can see what happens when the car roars in the past and the pit lane gets busy.
From there, the driver applies a hard brake to Turn 1. This is an overtaking opportunity where you can win and lose a race before the dolphin fountain section and make a turn for 2 and 3. After navigating navigations 4 and 5, the track is similar to part of Shoreline Drive.
Drivers will be set up for entry into another technical section of the track that will be installed here for running the seaside run and sweeps left to hairpin turn 11. This last section of the truck is a great place to see the driver set up for another launch on Shoreline Drive.
Go to the Grand Prix in Long Beach
Metro: The Metro A (blue) line drops riders from just a block from the entrance to the Grand Prix. Rideshare: The race circuit drop-off point is located on First Street between Elm and Long Beach Boulevard. Parking: A special parking pass is required for reserved parking. Space is limited.
Click here for more information about reaching the Grand Prix.
How to watch the Acura Grand Prix in Long Beach
IndyCar Series Race
Click here for more information on how to watch IndyCar races on Sundays.
IMSA Sports Car Grand Prix
NBC Sports Coverage: US Network and Peacock are 2pm to 4pm (IMSA.com/tvlive, youtube.com/@imsaofficial outside of the US)
Live Qualifying Stream: 5:05pm (Peacock, IMSA.com/TVLive, Youtube.com /@imsaofficial)
IMSA Radio Coverage: Audio via XM 206, Web/App 996
GT America Races
To view GT America Races, click here.
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