Acura wins the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach!
Long Beach Street CircuitAcura finally found victory lane at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, with the Acura Meyer Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian duo of Nick Yelloly and Renger van der Zande delivering a win at Acura’s home race.
Starting from the pole position in the #93 Acura ARX-06, Yelloly led for a majority of his stint before handing over to co-driver Renger van der Zande to bring home their Acura machine in the 100-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race.
The pair would combine to lead 53 of 70 laps on the day to secure the win for Acura in the brand’s 40th anniversary year. It is the first win of the year for Acura and Acura MSR and the first while sporting the 76 livery for the California swing of events—Long Beach and the next race at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
The sister #60 Acura ARX-06 started at the rear of the GTP field following an incident on Friday. Tom Blomqivst and Colin Braun avoided the carnage of the tight street circuit and worked their way up to a seventh-place finish at the line.
Winners of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, fantastic! Obviously, we've been wanting this victory for a long, long time and we managed to do it today. Getting our #93 Acura on pole yesterday was most of the battle, and then from there it was all about trying to keep it clean as much as we could. We had a little sketchy moment at one point with one of the GTD cars, which caused a bit of chaos, but we did everything right. Big congrats to Acura, Honda, Meyer Shank Racing, and of course a great job to my teammate for bringing it home for us. We’re all very, very happy.
Winners of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, fantastic! Obviously, we've been wanting this victory for a long, long time and we managed to do it today. Getting our #93 Acura on pole yesterday was most of the battle, and then from there it was all about trying to keep it clean as much as we could. We had a little sketchy moment at one point with one of the GTD cars, which caused a bit of chaos, but we did everything right. Big congrats to Acura, Honda, Meyer Shank Racing, and of course a great job to my teammate for bringing it home for us. We’re all very, very happy.
Fantastic job by the whole team this entire week. We know this car pretty well by now and everyone remained calm when we had a bit of trouble with the setup yesterday in practice. We stayed on it, let the track come back to us, and we were confident with our strategy and ability to execute in the pit stop. I think we all did a great job to get this done and win the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, so I’m very happy.
Fantastic job by the whole team this entire week. We know this car pretty well by now and everyone remained calm when we had a bit of trouble with the setup yesterday in practice. We stayed on it, let the track come back to us, and we were confident with our strategy and ability to execute in the pit stop. I think we all did a great job to get this done and win the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, so I’m very happy.
What an incredible day for Acura, Honda Racing Corporation USA and Meyer Shank Racing. The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is a race we have been striving to win for a long time, and finally getting that victory on Acura’s 40th anniversary makes it all the more special. Securing such a remarkable accomplishment at Acura’s home race is a very well-deserved reward for all of the dedication and efforts showcased by the exceptional men and women on this team. Major congratulations to Nick, Renger, everyone at MSR, and of course to everyone at Acura and HRC. It’s been a big step for our men and women at HRC US to strategize and race engineer this #93 entry and it’s always rewarding that effort ends up in victory lane.
What an incredible day for Acura, Honda Racing Corporation USA and Meyer Shank Racing. The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is a race we have been striving to win for a long time, and finally getting that victory on Acura’s 40th anniversary makes it all the more special. Securing such a remarkable accomplishment at Acura’s home race is a very well-deserved reward for all of the dedication and efforts showcased by the exceptional men and women on this team. Major congratulations to Nick, Renger, everyone at MSR, and of course to everyone at Acura and HRC. It’s been a big step for our men and women at HRC US to strategize and race engineer this #93 entry and it’s always rewarding that effort ends up in victory lane.
