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IndyCar Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach results: James Hinchcliffe wins

By Brittany Frederick

April 9, 2017; Long Beach, CA, USA; James Hinchcliffe celebrates his victory following the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach at Streets of Long Beach. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
April 9, 2017; Long Beach, CA, USA; James Hinchcliffe celebrates his victory following the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach at Streets of Long Beach. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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James Hinchcliffe captured a long overdue IndyCar victory on the streets of Long Beach. Here are the results from the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

James Hinchcliffe had long aspired to win the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and on Sunday he achieved that goal. The Verizon IndyCar Series fan favorite took the checkered flag on the streets of Long Beach, earning his first victory since April 2015.

Previous race winner Sebastien Bourdais was the runner-up and further built his lead in the title points standings, while Josef Newgarden earned his first podium finish as a member of Team Penske by coming third.

The race had only one accident, and it took place on the first lap. Newgarden’s teammate Will Power got into the back of Chip Ganassi Racing’s Charlie Kimball and spun him. That knocked Kimball out of the Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Three other cars failed to finish after mechanical problems, all from the same team and two of which were running in the Top 3 at the time. Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi and Marco Andretti all had separate, unrelated issues that doomed their races.

The day was especially heartbreaking for Hunter-Reay, a former Long Beach race winner who was running second at the time his car decided to lose power.

Polesitter Helio Castroneves started the race up front but got a poor start off the line and had his hopes further dented by two different pit road speeding penalties. Meanwhile, teammate Simon Pagenaud started last but wound up in the Top 10—almost echoing the crazy finish from the first race at St. Petersburg.

You can read our interview with James Hinchcliffe about his appreciation for Long Beach and his outlook on the 2017 season here.

Below are the complete results from the 2017 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (with each driver’s starting position in parentheses, chassis, laps completed and reason out of the race if any):

1. (4) James Hinchcliffe, Honda, 85, Running
2. (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Honda, 85, Running
3. (8) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 85, Running
4. (2) Scott Dixon, Honda, 85, Running
5. (21) Simon Pagenaud, Chevrolet, 85, Running
6. (13) Ed Jones, Honda, 85, Running
7. (14) Carlos Munoz, Chevrolet, 85, Running
8. (19) Spencer Pigot, Chevrolet, 85, Running
9. (1) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 85, Running
10. (6) Graham Rahal, Honda, 85, Running
11. (15) JR Hildebrand, Chevrolet, 84, Contact
12. (16) Mikhail Aleshin, Honda, 84, Running
13. (9) Will Power, Chevrolet, 84, Running
14. (20) Max Chilton, Honda, 84, Running
15. (11) Tony Kanaan, Honda, 84, Running
16. (17) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 84, Running
17. (3) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Honda, 79, Off Course
18. (18) Takuma Sato, Honda, 78, Off Course
19. (5) Alexander Rossi, Honda, 62, Mechanical
20. (10) Marco Andretti, Honda, 14, Off Course
21. (7) Charlie Kimball, Honda, 1, Contact

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