On this episode of Nailing the Apex, Tim Hauraney is joined by Dutch motorsports writer Jeroen Demmendaal to review the IndyCar Grand Prix Of Long Beach.

Kyle Kirkwood lead from pole for most of the race to score his first ever IndyCar race win, Tim and Jeroen take a deep dive into Kirkwood’s win, Andretti Autosport switching Bryan Herta over to Kirkwood’s car, and how would his son Colton handle that (1:00). 

Romain Grosjean has had a difficult start to his IndyCar season, but in Long Beach the French driver was impressive scoring P2 in the race (8:18). 

Marcus Ericsson is in a contract year with Chip Ganassi, and is awaiting an offer from the team, Long Beach saw Ericsson race his way to P3 taking back the lead in the drivers championship. Ericsson has had a great start to this season, and he has picked up right where he left off from 2022. (10:43)

Tim and Jeroen break down the incident between Pato O’Ward, Scott Dixon, and how both saw it (13:18). Then Tim and Jeroen run through the rest of the field (18:56). Marcus Armstrong has been very impressive for his first season of IndyCar racing, and Tim and Jeroen go over his race as well as who has impressed the most out of the rookies (23:26). Later Tim and Jeroen give their opinion on the three Arrow McLaren triple crown livery cars that will debut for the Indy 500 (36:10). 

Follow Jeroen Demmendaal on Twitter: @mrdemmendaal

Follow Tim on Twitter: @TimHauraney

Recorded: April 17, 2023

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