Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

About

The modern Long Beach street circuit is a tight, 1.968‑mile ribbon of asphalt wrapped around the Convention Center and waterfront, framed by palm trees and unforgiving concrete walls.

From the long blast down Shoreline Drive into the heavy-braking Turn 1, through the fountain complex and rhythm of right‑angles, it rewards precision and punishes the slightest lapse of attention.

Then, as if to underline its theatrical nature, the lap concludes with that a twist around Queen’s Hairpin, where cars pivot almost on their axis before being fired back onto the front stretch, past the marina and out over the sea of noise and color.

Fan Experience

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach feels like Southern California’s 200‑mph beach party, with more than 190,000 to 200,000 people packing into downtown for three days of noise, color, and sun.

The crowd, a mix of hardcore race fans and casual locals, families and young fans, all wandering between grandstands, marina, lifestyle expo, car displays, concerts, drifting, and food and beer tents as IMSA cars scream down Shoreline Drive.

The atmosphere is loud, friendly and relaxed. More festival than formal race, with people treating it as an annual community event as much as a sporting spectacle.