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.

Christian Lundgaard Long Beach, CA – during the INDYCAR Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Travis Hinkle | IMS Photo)

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