BOURDAIS LOOKS TO PICK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF: Sebastien Bourdais claimed the season-opening race at St. Petersburg and hopes to continue his momentum at Long Beach. Bourdais, who has won three times at Long Beach as part of his four consecutive Champ Car titles (2004-07), drives now for , which is seeking its first win at Long Beach. Can Bourdais get his team to the winner’s circle again this weekend?

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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: • PAGENAUD LOOKS TO REPEAT AT THE BEACH: used a win at Long Beach to stake his claim as a favorite for the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series championship. He returns to the race, aiming for another win at the track. Can the Frenchman claim another win on the streets of Long Beach and join the prestigious list of back-to-back winners that includes , Bourdais, , Jr. and ?

• CALIFORNIA KIDS: A native of Camarillo, Calif., grew up with the Long Beach street circuit nearly in his backyard. The Rio Mesa High grad returns to his “home track” looking for his first win in his home state. A pair of Northern California natives, 500 winner and JR Hildebrand are also slated to compete. Rossi hails from Nevada City, but spent the winter in the Los Angeles area while Hildebrand is from Sausalito, just across the bay from San Francisco. Will a California native pull off an impressive finish in front of friends and family?

• PUSH TO PASS: Drivers may engage their “push-to-pass” for total of 200 seconds during the race, with a maximum duration of 20 seconds for any one activation. The push-to-pass is not available on the initial race start or any restart unless it occurs in the final two laps or three minutes of a timed race. The feature increases the power of the engine by approximately 60 horsepower for 2017.

LED DISPLAY PANELS:

POSITION: RED PUSH-TO-PASS: FLASHES GREEN TIMER: GREEN Primary display, showing the car’s position Display flashes “PP” in green while the Display shows a running clock in the running order. Blinks when the car’s push-to-pass is active. during a pit stop in seconds. position has changed from previous lap. Example: Car with active P2P. Example: 7.9-second pit stop. Example: Car is running in P12. If you did just one revolution on each of the more than 1,600 Firestone Firehawk race tires we have for Long Beach, you’d be able to do one full lap around the circuit.

2017 VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS (TOP 5 AFTER 1 OF 17 EVENTS)

1. SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS Dale Coyne Racing 53 2. SIMON PAGENAUD 41 3. Racing 35 4. RYAN HUNTER-REAY 32 5. TAKUMA S ATO Andretti Autosport 31 5

EVENT SCHEDULE All times local. Schedule subject to change.

7:40 am IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Practice 10:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 11:40 am Can-Am Challenge Practice 12:20 pm SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks Practice 2:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice FRIDAY

APRIL 7 3:00 pm Can-Am Qualifying 3:30 pm Pirelli World Challenge Practice 4:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Autograph Session (Paddock) 4:45 pm IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Qualifying 6:45 pm Tecate Light Fiesta Friday Concert Starring Moderatto (Concert Stage) 6:45 pm Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge #1 (Turns 9-10-11)

8:45 am Pirelli World Challenge Practice 9:20 am Pirelli World Challenge Qualifying 10:45 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 12:00 pm Can-Am Challenge Race 12:30 pm IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Pre-Race Ceremonies

APRIL 8 1:05 pm BUBBA burger Sports Car Grand Prix at Long Beach (IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race - 100 mins)

SATURDAY 3:30 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying & Fast 6 5:05 pm SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks Race 6:00 pm Rock-N-Roar Concert: SMG Presents Kings of Chaos Starring Billy Idol, Billy Gibbons & Chester Bennington (Concert Stage) 6:00 pm Motegi Racing Super Drift Challenge #2 (Turns 9-10-11)

9:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Warm-Up 10:00 am Pirelli World Challenge Race (50 mins) 12:00 pm Mothers Exotic Car Parade 12:30 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Pre-Race Ceremonies 1:30 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Toyota APRIL 9 SUNDAY 4:05 pm SPEED Energy Stadium Super Trucks Race #2

2017 SCHEDULE

WINNER: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS APRIL 9, 4:00PM APRIL 23, 3:00PM STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG STREETS OF LONG BEACH

APRIL 29, 9:00PM MAY 13, 3:30PM (ROAD COURSE) MAY 20, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 1) PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

MAY 21, 4:00PM (QUAL DAY 2) MAY 28, 11:00AM (OVAL) JUNE 3, 3:30PM (RACE 1) INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK

JUNE 4, 3:30PM (RACE 2) JUNE 10, 8:00PM JUNE 25, 12:30PM THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK

JULY 9, 5:00PM JULY 16, 3:00PM JULY 30, 3:00PM STREETS OF TORONTO MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

AUGUST 20, 2:00PM AUGUST 26, 9:00PM SEPTEMBER 3, 1:00PM GATEWAY MOTOSPORTS PARK WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL

SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30PM *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ALL TIMES EASTERN.

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