Iowa Corn 300 IndyCar Iowa Speedway preview

The Iowa Corn 300 IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway is coming up today with green flag scheduled for 4:40pm.  The race will be televised on NBCSN beginning at 4pm (CDT).

Will Power #12 was the fast qualifier with a lap time of 17.3612 seconds, average speed of 185.210 mph on the 7/8th Oval at Iowa Speedway located in Newton (IA).

The 2016 winner was Josef Newgarden Here is the link to our race story http://racefansradio.blogspot.com/2016/07/newgarden-dominates-iowa-corn-300-at.html

Here is our 2014 Recap http://racefansradio.blogspot.com/2014/07/hunter-reay-repeats-at-iowa-speedway-in.html

Here is our 2013 Iowa IndyCar Recap https://racefansradio.blogspot.com/2012/06/ryan-hunter-reay-wins-at-iowa.html

Scott Dixon #9 is the current point leader with 379 pts
Simon Pagenaude #1 is second in points 34 behind
Helio Castroneves #3 is third in points 37 behind Dixon.

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Newgarden Dominates Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway

Josef Newgarden turned in a dominate run leading 282 laps (an all time Verizon IndyCar Series Record) in the Iowa Corn 300 at the Iowa Speedway.
Newgarden interview

Will Power made a late pass to finish 2nd.

Scott Dixon had a solid run with a 3rd place finish.
Dixon interview

Helio Castroneves looked to be a favorite to win, but twice he pitted before cautions flew and ended up two laps down and 13th in the final rundown.
Castroneves interview

Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 at the Iowa Speedway

Official Results
1. Josef Newgarden  300 laps
2. Will Power  300 laps
3. Scott Dixon  300 laps
4. Simon Pagenaud  300 laps
5. Mikhail Aleshin  300 laps
6. Alexander Rossi  299 laps
7. Tony Kanaan  299 laps
8. Sebastian Bourdais  299 laps
9. Jame Hinchcliffe  299 laps
10. Charlie Kimball  299 laps
11. Takuma Sato  298 laps
12. Carlos Munoz  298 laps
13. Helio Castroneves 298 laps
14. Marco Andretti  298 laps
15. Jack Hawksworth  298 laps
16. Graham Rahal  297 laps
17. Gabby Chaves  293 laps
18. Ed Carpenter  284 laps
19. Max Chilton  274 laps
20. Juan Pablo Montoya  179 laps  Mechanical
21. Conor Daly  141 laps  Mechanical
22. Ryan Hunter-Reay  105 laps  Mechanical

Time of Race:  1:52:16:3613  Average Speed:  143.330 MPH
Lead Changes: 10  Caution Laps: 42