Sunday, June 19, 2016

Sam Hornish wins E15 250 at Iowa

By Jason D Searcy


Sam Hornish didn't even have his name above the door of his race car at Iowa Speedway.  He was a late replacement driver for the #18 Joe Gibbs Xfinity series car filling in for the injured Matt Tifft.



Hornish had the best car all day, he lead 183 laps.  He became emotional during the post race talking about  how important it was for him to have his entire family (his 3 kids and his wife) enjoy the victory lane celebration with him.



Here is an exclusive post race interview with Jason and Sam Hornish https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/sam-horns-iowa-speedway-winner

Ty Dillon driving for RCR finished second place.  Dean Reller had an interview with him.  https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/ty-dillon-2nd-at-iowa




Brad Keselowski (above) was a contender all day long working his way through the field after starting at the back of the field, he finished 3rd.


Daniel Suarez (above) driving the #19 car for Joe Gibbs lead 62 laps and battled with Hornish for much of the race for the top spot.  He eventually finished in fourth.  Here is the interview Dean had with Suarez.  https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/daniel-suarez-finishes-4th-at

Alex Bowman driving the JR Motorsports #88 finished 5th.

Ben Kennedy had his first career Xfinity start.  He drove the #2 for RCR and finished 10th.  Here is the interview Jason did with Ben.  https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/ben-kennedy-at-iowa-speedway



Local Iowa driver #52 Joey Gase (above) won a Late Model race on Friday night at Hawkeye Downs, he finished 25th on Sunday at Iowa Speedway.  Here is the interview with Jason and Joey.  https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/joey-gase-at-iowa



The other Joe Gibbs car #20 Erik Jones was fast but had nothing but mechanical problems.  He finished 27th.  His pit crew actually switched over and pitted the (winning) #18 car after Jones went multiple laps down.



Mike Harmon drives the #74 car and he had a local MN company as a sponsor.  Here is an interview with Mike and Jason  https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/mike-harmon-at-iowa-speedway




Finally #97 Paige Decker (above) from Wisconsin had her first career Xfinity series start.  She finished 31st after having spent some time in the garage.  Here is the post race interview with Paige and Jason https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/paige-decker-at-iowa-speedway


HERE IS a full recap of the action from the 6th annual American Ethanol E 15 250 Xfinity Series race from Iowa Speedway on Speed Talk on 1360 Radio https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/xfinty-sereis-iowa-speedway-report-with-interviews

Speed Talk on 1360 is every Saturday 10-11am on KRWC 1360 am or KRWC1360.com or on the free Tunein app, search KRWC.



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