Name: Long Beach Street Circuit
Grand Prix: United States Grand Prix West
Number of Grands Prix held: 8
Type: Street circuit, Clockwise
Location: Long Beach, United States
Track Length: 3.275 km (2.035 mi)
Seasons: 1976–1983
The Grand Prix of Long Beach (known as Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach since 2019 for naming rights reasons) is an IndyCar Series race held on a street circuit in downtown Long Beach, California. Christopher Pook is the founder of the event. It was the premier race on the CART/Champ Car World Series calendar from 1996 to 2008, and the 2008 race was the final Champ Car series race prior to the formal unification and end of the open-wheel “split” between CART and IRL. Since 2009, the race has been part of the unified IndyCar Series.
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