James Hinchcliffe, side by side with Simon Pagenaud, ran up at the front all day but was caught up in a late race accident that took out team mate Ryan Hunter-Reay among others. (Photo-Richard Dowdy/IndyCar)

Long Beach, California - Long Beach could have a new king.

Mike Conway won the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for the second time in four years, becoming the unexpected winner of the 40th annual race.

Ryan Hunter-Reay dominated most of the race, but he triggered a seven-car accident 24 laps from the finish when he tried to overtake Josef Newgarden. The incident eliminated both Hunter-Reay and Andretti Autosport driver James Hinchcliffe - who were running 1-2 -- as well as Newgarden, rookie Jack Hawksworth and Tony Kanaan.

The accident opened the door for Scott Dixon to win at Long Beach for the first time. But he was short on fuel by roughly half a lap and stopped for a splash of E85 with two laps to go. That gave Conway the lead, and the British driver cruised to his third career victory.

Will Power finished less than a second behind Conway with rookie Carlos Munoz third and Juan Pablo Montoya fourth. Simon Pagenaud finished fifth after rebounding from an early race spin after contact by Power.

Power has a sizable points lead (93-66 over Conway) heading to the April 27 race at Barber Motorsports Park, where he has won twice and started on the pole twice. Hunter-Reay is the defending race winner.

Selected quotes from the media availability with Roger Daltrey, who is attending today's race as a guest of Honda to promote Teen Cancer America, whose logo will appear on the Dale Coyne Racing entry of Justin Wilson. Wilson, Scott Dixon and Ryan Hunter-Reay will be ambassadors for the program, which supports teenagers who are battling or survivors of cancer. Daltrey, founder and lead singer of The Who, will ride in the "Fastest Seat in Sports" during the parade lap of today's race.

ROGER DALTREY: "This effort started in Britain 25 years ago by a local doctor who realized that teens with cancer suffer from particularly aggressive and rare forms of cancer. He also realized that this age group under the healthcare system either classified you as a child or an adult. You still have that system in American and I've been working for 12 years to get the hospital system to realize there's an enormous care gap. There are wonderful hospitals here. You have fantastic medicine. There's criticism of that whatsoever. But if it's right for a child to have a nursery with teddy bears and rainbows on the wall and all those little things that make a child's experience better, and adults have lounges with TVs. I'd like to know the answer to the question, why is there nothing for a teenager can be comfortable? There are only a few - and that's through the work we've done. The first is at UCLA, and it needs to be answered. It's wrong. It needs to be changed and we're going to do it." (About his ride): "I've been in a race car before, so I have an inkling of what's coming, but I hear Mario (Andretti) is one hell of a driver. I can't wait for it. I'm sure it will be very exciting."

JUSTIN WILSON: (No. 19 Dale Coyne Racing): "I think we have some pretty excited team owners. I know that for sure. Dale is quite excited to have Teen Cancer America on the car for this event. It means a lot to everyone. I think it's a fantastic cause. We were all talking about it earlier and it's definitely something we can work on and it's an understanding. The more we understand, the more we can do."

SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet): "It's an honor to meet someone like Roger (Daltrey) but I think it's more of an honor to see a person like him become interested and lend his support for such a great cause. For me, I've been working with CANTeen in New Zealand for so many years and there's a gap in the healthcare system. There are so many changes going on for teens with their hormones and trying to figure out what they want to do with their lives. Cancer is something that is pretty tough for anyone fighting it is something that we believe in. Cancer as a whole is horrible and there are so many causes that are fighting it."

RYAN HUNTER-REAY (No. 28 DHL Honda): "It's great to have everyone here and pushing in the same direction in the fight against cancer. It's great to have Roger at a Verizon IndyCar Series event and to get Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on the front stage. He doesn't have to be here. He's here on his own accord pushing the fight against cancer and the promotion to help these people who face such an ugly fight. We're all here doing the same thing."

HERNAN BERANGAN (Filmmaker, Road to Rebellion tour): " It's amazing that anybody is listening to us and that you guys are listening to us. When I was 15 and knew that something was wrong with the system, all I could translate that to was anger. What I do is I should video profiles of teen cancer patients and I sit and I listen to them for a few hours and turn that story into something digestible for them and us. The magic that happens in that like, creates a strength between all of us that cannot be stopped. That's why this road trip has to happen and why I'm starting it this week.

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Gabby Chaves of Bogota, Colombia won the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires race held earlier today. Chaves, who lives in Weston, Fla., earned his second career win. Series points leader Zach Veach finished second and Matthew Brabham finished third. Veach leads the point standings by one point over Chaves as the series heads to Barber Motorsports Park for a doubleheader on April 26-27.

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Ryan Hunter-Reay, James Hinchcliffe, Sebastien Bourdais, Josef Newgarden, Jack Hawksworth, Simon Pagenaud, Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti, Carlos Munoz and Juan Pablo Montoya have elected to start the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach on red alternate Firestone Firehawk tires. All other drivers will start on the black primary Firestone Firehawk tires.

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TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH RACE SPECIFICS:

•The race is 80 laps, 157.4 miles on the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street course.
•The race will become a timed race of two hours if there are wet conditions.
•The pit road speed limit is 50 mph.
•Pole sitter Ryan Hunter-Reay will grid drivers' left.
•The standing start will after one parade and a formation lap.
•A stalled car will result in an aborted start. Two aborted start will result in a rolling start. Cars causing an aborted start will be moved to the back.
•Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford will drive the Honda Civic SI Safety Car.
•The race leader will accelerate for single-file restarts exiting Turn 11.
•There will be no tow-ins or returns from the garage within 15 minutes of the checkered flag

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TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH POST RACE NOTES:

This is Mike Conway's first win of 2014 and the third win of his Indy car career. His first win came here in Long Beach in 2011. He also won at Belle Isle-1 in Detroit in 2013.

This is Ed Carpenter Racing's second win in the Verizon IndyCar Series. It previously won with Ed Carpenter Racing at Auto Club Speedway in 2012.

Will Power finished second, his second podium finish of 2014 and his sixth podium finish in nine starts at Long Beach.

Power has now finished either first or second in last four IndyCar Series races and is the current points leader with 93 points.

Carlos Munoz finished third, his second podium in five Verizon IndyCar Series starts. He previously finished on the podium at Indianapolis where he finished second.
Juan Pablo Montoya finished a season-best fourth, his second top-five finish in three starts at Long Beach.

Simon Pagenaud finished fifth, his second top-five finish at Long Beach in four starts.

TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH QUICK QUOTES:

MIKE CONWAY (No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka/Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet): "I can't believe it. I can't believe I'm actually here (in Victory Lane). Just an awesome job by the team. I can't believe it. Two times a Long Beach winner. It's unbelievable. It's good to be back here. My face is somewhere over there. Now there will be two of them." (How are you here after braking your front wing on Lap 1?): "You never know where you're going to be, so you just have to push as hard as you can all the time. I pushed because I knew Will (Power) was going to be close and he was good off the last corner. I knew I had to keep it clean there. I wasn't sure Scott (Dixon) was going to pull in there. I couldn't see he was saving fuel where he should have been saving. Second would have been good, but awesome. Awesome."

JAMES HINCHCLIFFE (No. 27 United Fiber & Data Honda): "It's a tough break, just because obviously we didn't have a great start, but we made some moves to get back up to P2 there, we were chasing Ryan and the Andretti Autosport cars were rocking it... and to be running up front in the United Fiber & Data car, we were so happy. I guess at the end of the day patience is a virtue and someone wasn't very virtuous today and it cost both of us, and this team, a lot. I feel bad for everyone involved. I just sucks to throw away such a strong race. But we'll bounce back and get the UFD car up front again. (About hand injury): "When I made contact, I was in full opposite (wheel) lock and the wheel just snapped around and sprained (my hand). Nothing is broken, so we'll be OK I think."

CARLOS MUNOZ (No. 34 Cinsay AndrettiTV.com HVM Honda): "It went pretty well. It's not the way I'd like to earn my third place with so many accidents, but this is racing. Anything can happen, especially on this track, especially in IndyCar, anything can happen. But I'm really happy. It was a really nice race. In the first turn we were struggling a lot with the rear tires. I was fighting with the car trying to maintain the position. After that my guys, my crew guys did an awesome job on the pit stops and everything.

MARCO ANDRETTI (No. 25 Snapple Honda): "Definitely not as high as I would have liked but I'm not sure we had more, that's the unfortunate part. That's what I'm really bummed about. I think we need to definitely find some pace so I'm really disappointed. And then I misjudged and lost the front wing on one of the hair pin passes. So overall not the day we were looking for with the Snapple car, but we'll move ahead to Barber."

RYAN HUNTER-REAY (No. 28 DHL Honda): "We had a strong car and (Josef) Newgarden came out of pit lane and I knew he was on cold tires. He was really struggling to get up to speed through Turn 1, and then through Turn 3 he had some wheel spin so I went for it. I started to back out because he was closing the door - I could have waited a little later, maybe that's my fault but at the same time I had at least a half a car up along sides of him so I went for it. If we had given each other a little bit of room we both maybe would have gotten through there. It's down to me to make the pass I guess, I'm not sure... a lot of people say that was my fault. I made the decision at that split second, when he had some wheel spin, to go for it knowing that I was on hot tires. That's the type of driver I am, I go for it. I feel bad for everybody involved. Obviously it was a bit of a bottle neck there, and it got others involved that didn't deserve to be involved and that's what I feel really bad about. But thank you to DHL and Honda; the 28 car was so strong today... just very, very disappointed. I'll look at it again, but a racing driver, when he's in the moment, and he sees a chance to go for it... I went for it because I want to win the race."

WILL POWER (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): (About getting through the incident on Lap 56) "I could see that whole thing happening because when (Ryan) Hunter-Reay went to go up the inside (of Josef Newgarden) he wasn't quite there. I was hanging back and waiting for something to happen because they were all on cold tires. A good day. I regret not using that Push-To-Pass on that last restart. I thought I'd save it and get Mike (Conway) later, but he was quick and a deserving winner." (About incident with Simon Pagenaud post race): ""Man, I'm really sorry about what happened. I honestly thought he had a problem because he went back really slowly and so I went up his inside and then realized he was just going to turn and try to back out. I got him. My bad. I feel bad. I don't like to be raced like that and I'm surprised I didn't get a penalty. But I honestly thought he had a flat tire or something because he was really slow and I didn't understand why. My bad." (He seemed quite angry. Did he not want to hear your apology?): "He should be angry. I'd be the same."

You know, I just pushed pretty hard on the last two laps to try to overtake Will, but it was really difficult. Even though I had some push to pass. But I'm happy, second podium in the IndyCar, and first podium this year. So I'm going to keep pushing."

SCOTT DIXON (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet): "It was a tough situation for the Target team to be in there leading at the end and not make it. We ended up being about a half of a lap short on fuel and didn't get a break with a yellow flag. We could have stayed out and tried it but then we would have risked running out of fuel and wrecking the field. I feel bad for the accident with Justin Wilson. I didn't expect him to be there on the outside so I will go talk to him. Not the day we wanted but we'll regroup and be ready for Barber."

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (No. 11 Mistic KVSH Racing Chevrolet): This one really hurts. I had a great car and I just made a mistake. The rear tires were going during the first stint and I started compensating with brake bias. When we put on new tires for the second stint I wound it back a bit, but not enough. During the out lap the rear tires were coming in, but the fronts were still not in. I touched the brake pedal and didn't even slow down. I didn't brake late, but was nowhere near making the corner. It was a very bad judgment call. I want to thank my sponsor Mistic Electronic Cigarettes for all their support this weekend. I also especially want to thank the crew for sticking with it all day. It is just the second race and we know we are fast. We will make this work together as a team."

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA (No. 2 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet): "That was an interesting race. What an amazing team and I really have to thank Verizon and Chevy. I could've been a little more aggressive at the end but I really wanted to make sure we didn't get in any trouble and got a decent finish in the Verizon car. We had some close calls out there but we kept pushing and to come out of Long Beach with a top-five finish is pretty good."

JOSEF NEWGARDEN (No. 67 Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda): "It's a tough day. It's a difficult day when you have an incident, especially at the front. I never expected to leave here with a crashed race car. There are positives to take away. We had an incredible car, the crew was solid all weekend. When you leave [the pits] on cold tires and you have guys coming up behind you on hots you're definitely a sitting duck. The problem is, we just came out of the pits, we got the lead, you're struggling to control the car because you're on cold tires. It's too difficult to place the car. On top of that, an incident in Turn 4 should never happen. You just can't pass in 4 no matter what, it's never happened before, it just doesn't work. So I was surprised that we ended up in the fence. It definitely ruined a lot of guysdays. It's just a shame for us that it had to happen there. I knew we were a sitting duck probably later on in the lap, but would have never expected something to happen in Turn 4."

GRAHAM RAHAL (No. 15 National Guard Honda): "It was a crazy day for us. The National Guard guys did a great job for us. I must say the engineering staff and all of the mechanics were down because we were starting where we did and to charge up like that feels awfully good. When we stopped out strategy was working perfectly. We were able to click by guys, going and going. I hit Justin and they called a penalty on me and then I got hit by Aleshin and he doesn't get a penalty. Same exact situation but I got one and he doesn't. Honestly I feel like we had a great car today. The National Guard guys did a fantastic job and I really cant be disappointed. We could have won this race because the car was definitely quick enough but on a day like today, you just have to take what you're given."

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The next Verizon IndyCar Series race is the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama on April 27 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. The race will be telecast live at 2:30 p.m. (ET) by NBCSN. The IMS Radio Network will also carry the race live on Sirius and XM channels 211.

 2014 Long Beach Grand Prix Results: