IndyCar: Kirkwood leads Andretti 1-2 in Practice 2 at Long Beach
Last year’s winner of the IndyCar Acura GP of Long Beach, Kyle Kirkwood, turned in the fastest lap in the 2nd practice session Saturday morning on the streets of Long Beach, CA
–by Mark Cipolloni–
Kirkwood turned a lap of 1m06.4731s in his #27 Andretti Honda to just beat his Andretti teammate Colton Herta by 0.0155s.
Christian Lundgaard was third for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, 0.11s behind Kirkwood.
Felix Rosenqvist made it an Honda 1-2-3-4 in his Meyer Shank Racing Honda, 0.1787s behind Kirkwood.
Acura GP of Long Beach Practice 2 Results
| Pos | No | Name | Time | Diff | Gap | FL | Laps | Speed | Engine | Team |
| 1 | 27 | Kyle Kirkwood | 1:06.4731 | 0.000s | 0.000s | 24 | 24 | 106.581 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 2 | 26 | Colton Herta | 1:06.4886 | 0.0155 | 0.0155 | 13 | 25 | 106.557 | Honda | Andretti Autosport w/Curb Agajanian |
| 3 | 45 | Christian Lundgaard | 1:06.5831 | 0.1100 | 0.0945 | 21 | 21 | 106.405 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 4 | 60 | Felix Rosenqvist | 1:06.6518 | 0.1787 | 0.0687 | 21 | 22 | 106.296 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 5 | 3 | Scott McLaughlin | 1:06.7359 | 0.2628 | 0.0841 | 17 | 23 | 106.162 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 6 | 10 | Alex Palou | 1:06.7665 | 0.2934 | 0.0306 | 11 | 26 | 106.113 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 7 | 77 | Romain Grosjean | 1:06.7988 | 0.3257 | 0.0323 | 10 | 22 | 106.062 | Chevy | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
| 8 | 12 | Will Power | 1:06.8099 | 0.3368 | 0.0111 | 11 | 11 | 106.044 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 9 | 78 | Agustin Canapino | 1:06.9552 | 0.4821 | 0.1453 | 22 | 22 | 105.814 | Chevy | Juncos Hollinger Racing |
| 10 | 7 | Alexander Rossi | 1:07.0128 | 0.5397 | 0.0576 | 24 | 24 | 105.723 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
| 11 | 11 | Marcus Armstrong | 1:07.0451 | 0.5720 | 0.0323 | 23 | 23 | 105.672 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 12 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 1:07.0713 | 0.5982 | 0.0262 | 11 | 27 | 105.631 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 13 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 1:07.1578 | 0.6847 | 0.0865 | 8 | 22 | 105.495 | Chevy | Team Penske |
| 14 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 1:07.1617 | 0.6886 | 0.0039 | 18 | 25 | 105.489 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 15 | 21 | Rinus VeeKay | 1:07.1635 | 0.6904 | 0.0018 | 10 | 20 | 105.486 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 16 | 20 | Christian Rasmussen | 1:07.1792 | 0.7061 | 0.0157 | 14 | 23 | 105.461 | Chevy | Ed Carpenter Racing |
| 17 | 28 | Marcus Ericsson | 1:07.2638 | 0.7907 | 0.0846 | 13 | 25 | 105.329 | Honda | Andretti Autosport |
| 18 | 66 | Tom Blomqvist | 1:07.4126 | 0.9395 | 0.1488 | 22 | 22 | 105.096 | Honda | Meyer Shank Racing |
| 19 | 6 | Theo Pourchaire | 1:07.4934 | 1.0203 | 0.0808 | 15 | 23 | 104.970 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
| 20 | 30 | Pietro Fittipaldi | 1:07.5035 | 1.0304 | 0.0101 | 22 | 22 | 104.955 | Honda | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
| 21 | 5 | Pato O’Ward | 1:07.5127 | 1.0396 | 0.0092 | 7 | 31 | 104.940 | Chevy | Arrow McLaren |
| 22 | 8 | Linus Lundqvist | 1:07.5232 | 1.0501 | 0.0105 | 27 | 27 | 104.924 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 23 | 51 | Nolan Siegel | 1:07.9285 | 1.4554 | 0.4053 | 23 | 24 | 104.298 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 24 | 18 | Jack Harvey | 1:07.9481 | 1.4750 | 0.0196 | 10 | 23 | 104.268 | Honda | Dale Coyne Racing |
| 25 | 4 | Kyffin Simpson | 1:08.2015 | 1.7284 | 0.2534 | 15 | 25 | 103.880 | Honda | Chip Ganassi Racing |
| 26 | 41 | Sting Ray Robb | 1:08.7330 | 2.2599 | 0.5315 | 6 | 21 | 103.077 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |
| 27 | 14 | Santino Ferrucci | 1:09.0933 | 2.6202 | 0.3603 | 5 | 6 | 102.540 | Chevy | AJ Foyt Enterprises |