Andretti Autosport Race Report: Grand Prix of Long Beach

Today's 80-lap race from the temporary street circuit in Long Beach, CA saw only four laps of yellow flag conditions changing up strategies throughout the field. Third-generation racer Marco Andretti topped the Honda roster with an eighth-place finish, his 76th career top-10 finish. Teammate Carlos Muñoz took the twin checkers next in the ninth position, his 10th Verizon IndyCar Series top-10 finish. The 28 team had an out-of-character day and recorded a 13th-place result for Ryan Hunter-Reay. Join us at Barber Motorsports Park next weekend by following along on Twitter - @FollowAndretti - or tuning in to the live broadcast next Sunday on NBC Sports Network at 3:00 p.m. ET. MARCO ANDRETTI NO. 27 MERCHANT FIRST / SNAPPLE HONDA “Always nice to be in the top 10, but it’s a bit frustrating because we are sort of maximizing what we are dealt. I can see if we made mistakes and ended up eighth then fine, but I’m not sure that we could have done better today. It will take a bit more development on everything and we’ll work for more in Barber next week.” CARLOS MUÑOZ NO. 26 ANDRETTITV / CINSAY HONDA “Today wasn’t frustrating at all. The (aero) package we have right now is what we have. The other (aero) package seems to be better right now, but we are working hard. We started 12th, and I think the main goal was to finish in the top 10, and we did it; I’m happy with that. Our Honda engine is really good and we improved from last year, so now that today is done, we move on to Barber." RYAN HUNTER-REAY NO. 28 DHL HONDA “Today was a big disappointment for us, probably one of the worst races we’ve had from green to checkered. I had a car I couldn’t drive hard when I needed to, the strategy we went for didn’t work out, our pit stops did not really work out … nothing really worked out for us today. I guess sometimes you have those days in racing, but they’re certainly not days we ever want to be accustomed to having. We’ll regroup and move on to Barber."

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