Scott Dixon Wins Grand Prix of Long Beach In Front of Record-Breaking Crowd

Scott Dixon and his Dallara-Honda racing In the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. Dixon went on and won the Grand Prix. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Panning shot of Lance Smith after the hairpin turn of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Panning shot of Felix Rosenqvist's Dallara-Honda making a turn at the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Stefan Johansson making the hairpin turn of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Scott Borchetta driving in the Historic Indy Car Race #2 of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Tim DeSilva at the Historic Indy Car Race #2 with his Tiger helmet at the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. DeSilva won the Historic Indy Car race and took home the trophy. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Indy Car drivers racing in the Acura Gand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach workers watching Indy Cars drive by while on stand by with flags at the Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Bystanders watch and record with their phones as Indy Cars drive by during the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

Panning shot of Nolan Siegel during the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach on Sunday, April 21 at Long Beach, Calif. (Danilo Perez | The Corsair)

A record-breaking crowd of roughly 190,000 motorsport fans gathered on the surrounding streets of the Long Beach Convention Center for the annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (GPLB) for its 49th consecutive year. The roaring event took place from Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21, and ended in a climactic victory for Scott Dixon.

The 43-year-old racer from New Zealand won his second Acura GPLB in an impressive fuel-saving strategy, marking his 57th career win in the IndyCar Series. Dixon’s push to his No. 9 Dallara-Honda fuel tank for 34 laps secured him the victory over Colton Herta by 0.9798 seconds.

His biggest challenge came from Josef Newgarden, who was the second-highest leader in laps, leading with 19 laps. Unfortunately, Newgarden’s Dallara-Chevrolet stalled in the “hairpin” and made contact from behind with Herta, ultimately causing him to lose two spots. “He just misjudged it and ran into me. I got lifted up off the ground a foot or two,” Newgarden said in an interview with NBC Sports’ Kevin Lee. Newgarden states the team has to ultimately be happy with the good performance coming from the vehicle throughout the weekend, resulting in fourth place, but believes the collision with Herta must be looked at differently.

Herta responded to the collision by putting the blame on Newgarden for slowing down in the hairpin but ultimately takes the blame in the end, naming it as an error on his part for misjudging the speed into the corner.

Aside from the main IndyCar race, fans bore witness to multiple exciting events such as the Historic IndyCar Challenge, which consisted of older-style IndyCar vehicles and Stadium SUPER Trucks that jumped ramps throughout the race track. Fans were also greeted with an exotic car show that consisted of a Bugatti, Pegani, Lamborghini, and Ferrari. The infamous “Drivers, Start Your Engines!” was said by a local Long Beach neighbor, the famed comedian and actor Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias, who was the Grand Marshal of this year's Grand Prix.