IndyCar: 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach entry list
By Asher Fair
A total of 23 drivers are set to compete in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Here is the entry list for the fourth race of the 2019 IndyCar season.
The fourth race on the 17-race 2019 IndyCar schedule, the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, is scheduled to take place this Sunday, April 14 on the streets of Long Beach, California. The 2019 season marks the 45th overall season and 45th consecutive season with a race at this historic venue.
A total of 23 drivers are set to compete in this 85-lap race around the 11-turn, 1.968-mile (3.167-kilometer) temporary street circuit in Long Beach, California, marking the lowest driver total on an entry list so far this season.
Each of the season’s first three races, including the season opener on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, the second race at Circuit of the Americas and the third race at Barber Motorsports Park, featured 24 drivers.
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All 23 of the drivers who are on the entry list for this Sunday’s race have competed in at least two of the season’s first three races. In fact, only one of them, Carlin rookie Patricio O’Ward, hasn’t competed in each of the season’s first three races, as he missed the season opener.
Of the 22 drivers who are set to compete in this race having competed in each of the season’s first three races, 20 are full-time drivers while two are part-time drivers. The two part-time drivers are Ed Carpenter Racing’s Ed Jones and Meyer Shank Racing’s Jack Harvey. Jones is set to compete in nine of the season’s remaining 13 races after this weekend while Harvey is set to compete in six more races this year.
First, here is a list of the 20 full-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach, California.
NOTE: Rookies are listed in italics.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Josef Newgarden – #2, Team Penske, Chevrolet
2 – Matheus Leist – #4, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
3 – James Hinchcliffe – #5, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
4 – Marcus Ericsson – #7, Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Honda
5 – Scott Dixon – #9, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
6 – Felix Rosenqvist – #10, Chip Ganassi Racing, Honda
7 – Will Power – #12, Team Penske, Chevrolet
8 – Tony Kanaan – #14, A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Chevrolet
9 – Graham Rahal – #15, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
10 – Sebastien Bourdais – #18, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
11 – Santino Ferrucci – #19, Dale Coyne Racing, Honda
12 – Spencer Pigot – #21, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
13 – Simon Pagenaud – #22, Team Penske, Chevrolet
14 – Zach Veach – #26, Andretti Autosport, Honda
15 – Alexander Rossi – #27, Andretti Autosport, Honda
16 – Ryan Hunter-Reay – #28, Andretti Autosport, Honda
17 – Takuma Sato – #30, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, Honda
18 – Max Chilton – #59, Carlin, Chevrolet
19 – Colton Herta – #88, Harding Steinbrenner Racing, Honda
20 – Marco Andretti – #98, Andretti Herta Autosport, Honda
Secondly, here is a list of the three part-time drivers who are set to compete in the 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on the streets of Long Beach, California.
NOTE: Rookies are listed in italics.
Rank – Driver – Car, Team, Engine
1 – Ed Jones – #20, Ed Carpenter Racing, Chevrolet
2 – Patricio O’Ward – #31, Carlin, Chevrolet
3 – Jack Harvey – #60, Meyer Shank Racing, Honda
NBC Sports Network is set to air the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach live from the streets of Long Beach, California this Sunday, April 14 beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET, so be sure not to miss the fourth race of the 2019 IndyCar season.