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

Iowa Speedway Saturday July 12, 2014

By Dean Reller

It's race day for the Verizon IndyCar Series at Iowa Speedway.  The Iowa Corn Indy 300 is currently scheduled to start at about 7:30 PM tonight.  The start time has been moved up a few minutes due to storms that are expected to move into the area this evening.  The race can be seen LIVE on NBC Sports Network.

6:30 PM Iowa Speedway is under a Tornado Watch.  However, storms are developing to the south and east of the track.  Other areas of rain are continuing to track to the north.  Temps and dew points are starting to drop as well.  Things look promising for the race tonight.  A stray shower or storm still could pop up, but things are looking good to go now.


2:20 PM  Things are relatively quiet right now.  The Temperature is 84, with a dewpoint of 75, making it feel a tropical 92 with the sun shining. 

Check back later for more updates.

Iowa Speedway Friday July 11th, 2014

By Dean Reller

It's a double header weekend at Iowa Speedway.  I'll be covering both the American Ethanol 200 for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and the Iowa Corn Indy 300 for the Verizon IndyCar Series.

4:30PM  IndyCar Practice is over.  Juan Pablo Montoya was fastest with a lap of 17.4327 seconds.  Followed by: Will Power, James Hinchcliffe, Takuma Sato, Scott Dixon, Graham Rahal, Calos Munoz, Tony Kanaan, Mikhail Aleshin, Marco Andretti.  

Camping World Truck Series Qualifying is coming up at 4:40, IndyCar Qualifying is at 6:00.  The Truck Series race will start at 7:30 and is televised on Fox Sports 1.

11:30 AM Light rain is currently falling and all on track activities are currently on hold.  Both series were able to get a single practice session in before the rain moved in.

Final Practice for the Camping World Truck Series has been cancelled.  Qualifying is still on schedule.

In the only practice for the Truck Series, Bubba Wallace topped the charts with a lap of 22.949 seconds.  Matt Crafton was 2nd quick, followed by Timothy Peters, Erik Jones, Cole Custer, Joey Coulter, Justin Lofton, Jeff Choquette, Chase Pistone and German Quiroga.

James Hinchcliffe was fastest in the Verizon IndyCar practice with a lap of 17.5249 seconds.  Followed by Tony Kanaan, Carlos Munoz, Charlie Kimball, Marco Andretti, Ryan Brisco, Will Power, Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Dixon and Ryan Hunter-Reay.