Here are the answers to our Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach quiz:

1. Who has won the most Grand Prix of Long Beach races?

Answer: A. Al Unser Jr.

Unser Jr. won the race six times, from 1988 to 91, and then again 1994 and 95.

Mario Andretti has won four times. Bobby Unser is Al Unser Jr.’s uncle. Colton Herta won the 2021 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

2. What year was the first Long Beach race?

Answer: C. 1975.

To be more precise, the first Grand Prix of Long Beach was on Sept. 28, 1975.

3. What is the average time of a pit stop?

Answer: A. 6-10 seconds.

4. What do drivers do if they have to urinate during a race?

Answer: D. Hold it or Intentionally relieve themselves.

That’s right: If they must, drivers will relieve themselves in their suits, according to IndyStar.com.

5. Who founded the Grand Prix of Long Beach?

Answer: D. Chris Pook.

Jim Michaelian, though, is the longtime president and CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach.

6. Which of these is a feature of IndyCars?

Answer: D. All of the above.

Indycar vehicles are open-wheeled, have open-cockpits and can race at speeds up to 240 miles per hour — though they typically go slower than that on street courses such as Long Beach. For more vehicle and driver facts, go to indycar.com.

7. What is the precise length of the Grand Prix course?

Answer: D. 1.968 miles.

Here’s a fun additional fact: The track configuration has changed nine times throughout its history.

8. How many tires (on the average) are used by one driver during the Long Beach race?

Answer: B. 12.

All four tires get replaced during each pit stop and Long Beach is typically a two-stop race. So counting the tires that the vehicles start the race with, that’s 12 tires total.

9. What kind of fuel do the race cars use?

Answer: A. Ethanol.

10. Who holds the record for most pole positions won in the history of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach?

Answer: C. Mario Andretti and Helio Castroneves.

They have won the pole position four times each.

Bonus question

What does the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach have in common with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (in Florida), the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, the Hondy Indy Toronto and the inaugural Music City Grand Prix in Nashville?

Answer: They are the only street courses on the 2022 schedule for the NTT IndyCar Series. The other races are either on oval tracks or what are called road courses — meaning permanent tracks that have both left and right turns. The Long Beach race — as well as those in St. Petersburg, Detroit, Toronto and Nashville — close down public streets.

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Results

0-6: Student driver.

7-8: Regular ticket holder for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

9-10: Mario Andretti, basically.

12: Al Unser Jr. You got ’em all right! You’re basically as good as Al Unser Jr., the six-time winner of the Grand Prix of Long Beach. (A question that was obviously too easy for you.)

Note: Answers came from the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach or the IndyCar Series website, unless noted otherwise.