Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
• Race 2 of Verizon IndyCar Series season
• 40th race in Long Beach, Calif.; sixth under INDYCAR sanction
• Twitter: @ToyotaGPLB, #TGPLB40; @IndyCar, #IndyCar
• Weather forecast: Mostly sunny; high in low 70s
Starting lineup and tire designation || Pit assignments || Qualifying results
Circuit: 1.968 miles, 11 turns
Race laps: 80 (157.4 miles)
Pit box dimensions: 40 x 15 feet
Race day fuel: 60 U.S. gallons of E85
What's new: The first standing start of the Verizon IndyCar Series season and the first at Long Beach since 2008. There's about a half-mile from where the front row will start to the hard left-hand Turn 1. Review the procedures
TV: NBCSN telecast (1-4 p.m. PDT). Leigh Diffey is the chief announcer, with Paul Tracy and Townsend Bell as analysts. … Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires race telecast on NBCSN (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. PDT).
Radio/web: All Verizon IndyCar Series and Indy Lights sessions are on IMS Radio Network in conjunction with real-time Timing & Scoring on www.indycar.com and INDYCAR 14 app. Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach race broadcast on IM Radio Network affiliates, www.indycar.com, INDYCAR 14 app and Sirius 209 and XM 209. Paul Page is the chief announcer for Verizon IndyCar Series; Mark Jaynes for Indy Lights.
Verizon P1 Award: Ryan Hunter-Reay, No. 28 DHL Andretti Autosport, with lap of 1:07.8219 in Firestone Fast Six. Teammate James Hinchcliffe will start on the outside of the front row.
He said it: What does Hunter-Reay expect in the race? "Probably the unexpected. There is just so much that this race has. It's different race strategy, it's different fuel strategy, tire strategies. It's a standing start now. Whoever kind of times that just right will have a huge advantage. But one thing's for sure, it's going to be a tough one with the competition the way it is. Everybody's so, so close right now."
Of note: The earned pole was the sixth for Hunter-Reay and 30th for Andretti Autisport. ... Firestone will present $10,000 to the entrant of the car in pit lane the shortest amount of accumulated time during the race. Cars must complete 95 percent of the race to be eligible. The No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing car driven by Scott Dixon earned the Firestone Pit Stop Performance Award at St. Petersburg. … Sunoco will present $5,000 to the entrant of the driver who completes the fastest lap of the race. Will Power in the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske car posted the quickest race lap (1 minute, 2.3404 seconds) on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg temporary street course. ... Last April at Long Beach, Takuma Sato became the first driver from Japan to win an Indy car race. … Since the first Indy car race in 1984 at Long Beach, eight drivers have won the race and the season championship in the same year. Dario Franchitti in 2009 is the most recent. … Mario Andretti, a four-time winner at Long Beach, is the grand marshal.