COLTON HERTA
NO. 26 GAINBRIDGE HONDA
“I’m looking forward to Long Beach, my home race. It’s always the race that I look forward to the most outside of running the Indy 500. Long Beach is the race I grew up coming to, it sparked my love for INDYCAR racing. Last year I was lucky enough to win, which was just a dream come true. We want to replicate that performance. I think our street course cars were on point at St. Pete and hopefully, that continues this weekend.”
Alexander Rossi calls it ‘The Beach’ and this year it will serve as the two-time Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach race winner’s 100th race start in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Long Beach also serves as a sort of homecoming for the California native who has plenty of competition in a teammate, fellow Californian and 2021 race winner Colton Herta. Romain Grosjean is hoping to earn his first win on the streets of Long Beach and rookie Devlin DeFrancesco is excited to make his first appearance at the street course. The palm trees and harbor build the backdrop to what the team hopes is a redemptive weekend.
FAST FACTS:
Alexander Rossi’s 100th INDYCAR race start
Colton Herta returns as the 2021 race winner
DHL celebrates its 12th anniversary on the No. 28
Team owner Michael Andretti, 2010 Long Beach Walk of Fame inductee, recorded first (1986) and last (2002) career wins in Long Beach
Andretti Autosport holds race wins at the last three runnings of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach [’18/’19 with Rossi, ’21 with Herta, the 2020 race was not ran due to the Covid 19 pandemic]
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
