Alex Palou won the first two races of the 2025 season and is trying to become the first driver to win the first three races of a year since Scott Dixon — the defending Long Beach winner — did so in 2020.

It was Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood in a Honda-powered Dallara who dominated the 50th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, from the pole to his first victory of the season, at the same track where he won his first IndyCar race in 2017.

Looking for a championship boost, the Andretti star fended off Alex Palou, ending the defending champ’s undefeated streak