The Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach schedule does not include GTD PRO, which pushes two teams from that class to enter GTD with adjusted lineups. AO Racing arrives with Roxy, the pink Porsche 911 GT3 with dinosaur livery, and Pfaff Motorsports with the Lamborghini Temerario GT3, a model that has exactly one IMSA race in its history as it heads to the streets of Long Beach on April 18th.

AO Racing repeats the same Long Beach operation from 2025

In 2025, AO Racing dropped from GTD PRO to GTD for Long Beach with Rexy, the green dinosaur Porsche, and Laurens Vanthoor alongside Jonny Edgar won the race. The team does the same now with Roxy, the pink version, though the lineup has little in common with the one that ran at Sebring a few weeks ago.

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Of the three who finished second in GTD PRO at Sebring, only Harry King will be at Long Beach, without Tandy or Picariello in the lineup. Alongside him in the No. 77 comes Mikkel Pederson, whom Jeannette knows from sharing a team in the WEC RSR days, a connection that explains the call-up for his WeatherTech Championship debut. Pederson has the Porsche Supercup and GT World Challenge Europe on his resume, with FIA Silver classification.

The Temerario GT3, with Sebring as its only precedent

The Temerario GT3 made its WeatherTech Championship debut at Sebring with Caldarelli, Franck Perera, and Sandy Mitchell in GTD PRO, finishing tenth in class at the Twelve Hours. That is the only result the model has in IMSA as Pfaff takes it to the streets of Long Beach, where it will race on a street circuit for the first time in the series.

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To race in GTD, Pfaff also refreshes its lineup, and of the three from Sebring, only Caldarelli continues. Alongside him comes Zachary Vanier, moving up from the Porsche Carrera Cup North America for his first WeatherTech Championship appearance.

The race takes place on Saturday, April 18th at 1:05 PM Pacific Time, with live coverage on NBC and Peacock in the United States and on IMSA's YouTube channel for the rest of the world.