Acura Teams Ready to Take on the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

• Acura ARX-06 #40 starting sixth for Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz
• Filipe Albuquerque qualified the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing and Andretti Acura qualified eighth
• Acura looking for a win in their home race

Acura is looking to win its home race at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, but it will need to get past the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship field to do so.

Last time winners at the 12 Hours of Sebring, the #40 pair of Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz will start sixth in their Wayne Taylor Racing and Andretti Global Acura ARX-06.

The #10 ARX-06 sister duo of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor are looking for Long Beach redemption after crashing out while battling for the lead with two laps to go in the 2023 repeat of the event. The WTRAndretti drivers will start their charge from number eight on the grid.

In the production GTD category, the #66 Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22 was unable to post a qualifying time due to a technical issue. As a result, Sheena Monk and co-driver Stevan McAleer will start 17th in class for tomorrow’s race.

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach Acura Qualifying Results

• A total of 6 graduates – #40 Louis Deletraz, Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06. Co-driver is Jordan Taylor
• Will start 8th overall – #10 Ricky Taylor, Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06. The co-driver will be Filipe Albuquerque
• Will start 17th in GTD – #66 Sheena Monk, Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo22. Co-driver will be Stevan McAleer

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Jordan Taylor (#40 Wayne Taylor Racing and Andretti Acura ARX-06) Graduated six: “We had limited running in practice today, due to the tire allocation for this weekend (teams were short of three new sets of tires for the weekend race) so most of our runs in practice were for race preparation, rather in qualifying. We saw other people using the second set of tires in practice and maybe that was an equalizing advantage, but our aim was to play the long game and find a good package for the race, hopefully this (strategy) will pay off for us tomorrow.”

Quick Things

• Acura and its performance division, Honda Racing Corporation USA, have recorded a total of nine sports car victories at the Long Beach Grand Prix, second only to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Acura and HRC US.
• This total includes three Long Beach wins for Acura, and six under the HPD (now HRC US) umbrella. All those wins came in a six-year streak from 2008-13, and included “double wins” (wins in LMP1 and LMP2) in 2009, 2012 and 2013.
• HPD was renamed HRC US in January to reflect the company’s new role in Honda’s global racing efforts. With this change, HRC US will play a larger role in Honda’s global motorsports activities.

Where to Watch the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

• Television coverage from Long Beach begins at 4:30 ET Saturday. April 20 with full flag-to-flag coverage on the USA Television Network and streaming on NBC Peacock.
• Fans can listen to the audio commentary through IMSA.com, RadioLeMans.com and Sirius XM Radio; and follow the race live via in-car cameras, IMSA Radio and clocks and scores available worldwide IMSA.com and the IMSA mobile App.
• Acura and HRC US social media content and video links can be found at: