2026 IMSA Long Beach Qualifying Results and starting lineup: Acura MSR takes pole

Check out the full 2026 IMSA Long Beach Qualifying Results and starting lineup for Saturday’s race, round 3 of 11.

Nick Yelloly romped Acura Meyer Shank Racing to pole position for Saturday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach as Frankie Montecalvo claimed GTD pole honors for Vasser Sullivan Lexus.

Yelloly pushed the No. 93 Acura MSR ARX-06 to a blistering lap time of 1:11.626, beating Marco Wittmann in the No. 25 Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 by just 0.030 seconds.

Louis Deletraz’s No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R rounded out the front row in third, with Jack Aitken’s No. 31 Cadillac Whelen and Julien Andlauer’s No. 7 Penske Porsche rounding out the top five.

Full 2026 IMSA Long Beach Qualifying Results and starting lineup

PosNo.DriversTeamCarTime/Gap
193Renger van der Zande
Nick Yelloly
Acura Meyer Shank RacingAcura ARX-061:11.626
225Philipp Eng
Marco Wittmann
BMW M Team WRTBMW M Hybrid V8+0.030
340Jordan Taylor
Louis Deletraz
Cadillac Wayne Taylor RacingCadillac V-Series.R+0.207
431Jack Aitken
Frederik Vesti
Cadillac WhelenCadillac V-Series.R+0.218
57Felipe Nasr
Julien Andlauer
Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963+0.319
624Sheldon van der Linde
Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Team WRTBMW M Hybrid V8+0.369
723Ross Gunn
Roman De Angelis
Aston Martin THORAston Martin Valkyrie+0.371
86Laurens Vanthoor
Kevin Estre
Porsche Penske MotorsportPorsche 963+0.388
910Ricky Taylor
Filipe Albuquerque
Cadillac Wayne TaylorCadillac V-Series.R+0.475
105Laurin Heinrich
Tijmen van der Helm
JDC-Miller MotorSportsPorsche 963+0.938
1189Jack Hawksworth
Frankie Montecalvo
Vasser Sullivan RacingLexus RC F GT3+6.785
1236Mason Filippi
Robert Wickens
DXDT RacingCorvette Z06 GT3.R+6.936
1345Danny Formal
Trent Hindman
Wayne Taylor RacingLamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2+7.000
1427Dudu Barichello
Spencer Pumpelly
Heart of Racing TeamAston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo+7.078
1557Russell Ward
Philip Ellis
Winward RacingMercedes-AMG GT3+7.079
1696Patrick Gallagher
Robby Foley
Turner MotorsportBMW M4 GT3 EVO+7.097
1712Aaron Telitz
Benjamin Pedersen
Vasser Sullivan RacingLexus RC F GT3+7.178
1834Albert Costa
Manny Franco
Conquest RacingFerrari 296 GT3+7.239
1946Andrea Caldarelli
Zachary Vanier
Pfaff MotorsportsLamborghini Temerario GT3+7.645
20177Harry King
Mikkel Pedersen
AO RacingPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)+7.669
2166Jake Walker
Corey Lewis
Gradient RacingFord Mustang GT3+7.684
2270Brendan Iribe
Frederik Schandorff
Inception RacingFerrari 296 GT3+7.894
2319Rory van der Steur
Valentin Hasse Clot
Van der Steur RacingAston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo+8.295
24120Adam Adelson
Callum Ilott
Wright MotorsportsPorsche 911 GT3 R (992)+8.445
2516Sheena Monk
Felipe Fraga
Myers Riley MotorsportsFord Mustang GT3+8.952
2681Henrik Hedman
Giacomo Altoè
DragonSpeedCorvette Z06 GT3.R+10.369
2713Orey Fidani
Matthew Bell
13 AutosportCorvette Z06 GT3.R+10.845
2860Tom Blomqvist
Colin Braun
Acura Meyer Shank RacingAcura ARX-06

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