{"id":5766,"date":"2023-04-10T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:05:46","slug":"meyer-shank-racing-preps-for-big-double-header-weekend-in-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundaymanagement.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/10\/meyer-shank-racing-preps-for-big-double-header-weekend-in-long-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Meyer Shank Racing Preps for Big Double-Header Weekend in Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pataskala, Ohio (10 April 2023)<\/strong> – For the first time this season Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) will have both of its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and NTT INDYCAR SERIES programs competing on the same weekend and on the same circuit.<\/p>\n

MSR will kick off the weekend with the IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Saturday, April 15th with live coverage on USA Network \/ SiriusXM Ch. 207 starting at 5:00pm ET. Then\u00a0on Sunday, MSR will close out the weekend with round 3 of the IndyCar season starting at 3:00pm ET on NBC \/ SiriusXM Ch. 160.<\/p>\n

Meyer Shank Racing Ready to Tackle the Streets of Long Beach for Round 3 of IMS Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

After running the two longest races on the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship schedule, Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) with Curb-Agajanian now sets its sights on the shortest with Saturday\u2019s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.<\/p>\n

Tom Blomqvist and Colin Braun will share the No. 60 Autonation \/ SiriusXM Acura ARX-06 in the 100-minute sprint in America\u2019s longest-running street race.<\/p>\n

This will be MSR\u2019s sixth start on the 1.968-mile circuit. Last year, Blomqvist qualified third and\u00a0placed\u00a0fourth in an Acura ARX-05 DPi \u2013 missing a podium finish by a mere 0.966-seconds.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Blomqvist\u2019s only other start at Long Beach was in 2019, when he finished seventh in GTLM.<\/p>\n

Braun is an eight-time competitor at Long Beach, winning the Prototype Challenge class in 2013 and taking third overall. He also took home a third place finish the previous year in 2012. Braun also finished a lead-lap seventh in his lone Grand-Am start at the circuit.<\/p>\n

Braun ran in five WeatherTech Championship races, scoring three top-10 finishes. Braun\u2019s most recent appearance was in 2021, when he was 10th in GTD.<\/p>\n

Prior to last year, MSR\u2019s best Long Beach finish was in 2006, when Ozz Negri and Mark Paterson co-drove a Daytona Prototype to a fifth-place finish. The team also finished sixth in 2015 with Negri and John Pew in a Honda HPD Ligier JS P2.<\/p>\n

The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach\u00a0begins on Saturday at 5:05pm ET. Live television coverage will be on USA beginning at 5 p.m. ET and IMSA Radio coverage on SiriusXM Ch. 207.<\/p>\n

IMSA Driver quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tom Blomqvist:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLong Beach is a really cool event and it\u2019s a track that I enjoy driving at. It’s\u00a0just a cool event, especially being right downtown and seeing all of the fans.We had a good showing there last year, but it\u2019s a new track for everyone with the GTP cars. We\u2019re a bit unsure how we will stand, but we\u2019ve had some good pace the first two rounds, so we\u2019ll see what we can do on a street course.”<\/p>\n

Colin Braun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am really looking forward to the weekend. Long Beach is a unique circuit and with the prior two IMSA rounds being at very different styles of tracks, I think we are all excited to see what our Acura GTP car will do around this iconic street circuit! It is a huge home race for Acura & HPD, so the pressure will be on, but I know everyone at MSR has been working extremely hard to be prepared and put on a great show!\u201d<\/p>\n

MSR Looking to Continue Positive IndyCar Momentum on the Streets of Long Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meyer Shank Racing\u00a0(MSR) bounced back from a tough 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season opener by posting a top-ten finish at Texas Motor Speedway two weeks ago, as both AutoNation \/ SiriusXM drivers finished\u00a0better than they started.<\/p>\n

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The Ohio-based team looks to continue its climb this weekend at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, one of the signature events of the IndyCar calendar,\u00a0hosting\u00a0IndyCar racing since 1984.<\/p>\n

Both Helio Castroneves (No. 06 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda) and Simon Pagenaud (No. 60 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM Honda) are looking forward to making a start on the second street course of the 2023 IndyCar season. Unfortunately the St. Pete season opener ended on lap 1 for both Castroneves and Pagenaud, but both drivers and MSR feel that they have a strong street course\u00a0package and are looking forward to showcasing that on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Both the team and its drivers have earned solid results at Long Beach, with MSR carding top-10 finishes in each of the last two years, highlighted by a seventh-place run in 2021.<\/p>\n

Both Castroneves and Pagenaud have visited Victory Lane in Long Beach, with Castroneves winning in 2011 to go with three other event podiums (2000, 2015, 2016). Pagenaud led 28 laps to win the 2016 race and also finished second in 2012.<\/p>\n

The 85-lap Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach will air on NBC on Sunday starting at 3 p.m. ET. Saturday\u2019s qualifying will be shown live on Peacock beginning at 3:05 p.m. ET. SiriusXM will also host live IndyCar Radio coverage of both sessions on XM Ch. 160.<\/p>\n

INDYCAR Driver Quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Simon Pagenaud:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for Long Beach, it\u2019s my favorite street course race and\u00a0I just\u00a0\u00a0going to California because\u00a0that is where my wife is from. We have a really good street course package in St. Pete, so I have a lot of confidence at that track. Obviously with the position that we are at right now, if I am second, I think I am going to go for first. It\u2019s definitely going to be an exciting weekend and I am going to give it my A+ game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Helio Castroneves:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLong Beach is a really great place and it\u2019s been there for so many years. It\u2019s probably one of the oldest street courses in the IndyCar Championship. It\u2019s a challenging place because all street courses are different. We learned a lot from last year and I think we\u2019re going into the weekend with confidence. Now let\u2019s make things happen with the No. 06 AutoNation \/ SiriusXM car!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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