Saturday Wrap-up: The 2026 Long Beach Grand Prix

Full Results From The Second Day at The GP of Long Beach For All Series

By Calvin Trudeau, Podcast Editor • Apr 18, 2026

Tom Sargent leads the North America Porsche Carrera Cup field at the 2026 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in the #32 911 GT3 992.2 for GMG Racing.

Action has wrapped up Saturday for the 2026 Acura Long Beach Grand Prix with qualifying complete for the headlining NTT Indycar Series and racing done for the supporting IMSA Sportscar Championship. Also taking place was the North America Porsche Carrera Cup with its first of two races on the weekend.

Indycar saw Felix Rosenqvist take pole for Sunday’s main 90-lap event, which takes place at 5:00pm EST and 2:00 local time and can be watched through Fox Sports. Driving the #60 Sirius XM Honda for Myers Shank Racing, he piped Pato O’ward’s #5 Arrow Mclaren Chevorlet by just 0.0441 hundreths of a second in the Firestone Fast 6.

For the IMSA series, where Grand Touring Prototypes (GTPs) and GT3 variants of road going cars (GTDs) compete at the same time, the #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian Acura ARX-06 driven Renger van der Zande and Nick Yelloly took the win in the faster prototypes. The #12 Vasser Sulivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3 was the first GTD car across the line, driven by Aaron Telitz and Benjamin Pedersen.

In the supporting Porsche Carrera Cup Tom Sargent of GMG Racing took the win in his #32 911 GT3 992.2. The second race takes place tomorrow at 11:20am local time and coverage can be found on Peacock.

Earlier in the day, last years Long Beach GP winner Kyle Kirkwood paced the second practice of the weekend in his #27 Andretti Global machine. The race tomorrow is the last before the series heads to Indianapolis for the month of May for the events preceding the prestigious Indy 500.

Story continues below advertisement

Donate to El Paisano Media

$500

Contributed

Our Goal

Your donation will support the student journalists of Rio Hondo College. Your contribution will allow us to purchase equipment and cover our annual website hosting costs.

About the Contributors

Calvin Trudeau, Podcast Editor

Born and raised in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, Calvin Trudeau is an aspiring journalist. At 25 years old living in southern California; he is an experienced mountain bike racer, a top 0.1% simulated driver on iRacing, and has a black belt in Taekwondo. Calvin loves the outdoors, wildlife, and animals, alongside his family and friends; and wishes to close divides in opportunity through his writing. “Keep going” is his driving moniker, coined by Larry June. Follow his work on Instagram @readcalvinj

Marissa Chavez, Editor-in-Chief

Hello, I’m Marissa Chavez, the Editor in Chief for El Paisano Media. I am a second-year student at Rio Hondo majoring in mass communications with a minor in photography. When I’m not writing, taking photos, or working on media, I’m usually outdoors trail riding with my horse or staying indoors watching movies or tv shows. I also enjoy going to music festivals and concerts. I live and grew up in Pico Rivera Calif and I enjoy going to school so close to home. I enjoy the community that the city has, and I hope to bring the same feeling of community to the El Paisano Media team. My goal for our readers is to find connections and feel informed and seen with our stories, photos, and broadcasts. I hope one day to become a news reporter and bring that same feeling of community to more people.