Long Beach confirms attendance record

The 50th anniversary Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach is complete, the final figures are in, and the three-day celebration was indeed the largest on record since Champ Car and IndyCar merged in 2008.

Eclipsing the record of 194,000 fans set in 2024, the 2025 edition moved north of 200,000 attendees, according to the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, for the event in which Porsche Penske Motorsport captured its third straight IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship win on Saturday and Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood dominated on Sunday to claim his first IndyCar Series victory of the year.

“We are delighted with how the entire Acura Grand Prix weekend turned out,” said GPALB president Jim Michaelian. “This was our most complicated schedule of events including are normal weekend activities, overlayed with all the specific 50th anniversary commemorations, and further enhanced by the special recognition of the First Responders to the January Southern California wildfires.

“And all of these events came off just as planned thanks to the efforts of our Grand Prix team, volunteers, partners and the City of Long Beach staff. Now we can focus on creating another exciting weekend along with our new owners, Penske Entertainment, next April 17-19, 2026.”