Kyle Kirkwood has broken Alex Palou’s win streak after securing the win at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Kirkwood started the race from Pole after a successful qualifying earlier in the weekend. Palou couldn’t seems to match the pace that Kirkwood put down on the nearly 2 mile street circuit. The feat was not unwarranted. However, Kirkwood has found success in Long Beach before with a win in 2023 that marked his first ever IndyCar victory.
Kirkwood led the most lap in the rest at 46 and recorded the fastest lap of the race on Lap 61. “Hats off to the No. 27 PreFab Honda team today,” said Kirkwood. “We had a really good qualifying, an awesome race and an amazing strategy. Execution all across the board is what won us the race – we controlled the race the whole time. With this being our Coast to Coast weekend with Andretti and TWG Motorsports, it was so cool to finish it off with a win – props to the entire organization, they really deserve this one. Before this weekend, I said that this race is where we turn it around, so we’re super happy with this, but we’re also upset that Palou finished second.
We need to start getting more of these [wins] – that’s the only way to beat him. We’re going to reflect on this one, soak in this win and go straight into Barber, where hopefully, we can do this all over again. This is a good one. It’s been a long time. I had a drought last year of no wins, so this is huge for my morale, huge for the No. 27 crew and huge for Honda. Winning at the 50th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is just amazing.”
Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Results