Iowa Corn 300 coming up at 4:40 on NBCSN

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The Green is set to wave at 4:40 PM,  the race can be seen Live on NBCSN.

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Chase Briscoe Wins ARCA ABC Supply 150 at Iowa Speedway

By Dean Reller

Chase Briscoe led times for 63 laps, including the final 59 as he went on to win the ARCA Racing Series ABC Supply 150 presented by Casey's General Stores at the Iowa Speedway.  The win was Briscoe's second of the season and second in a row in the ARCA Racing Series.

Chase Briscoe interview

Pole sitter Kyle Benjamin lead the first 41 laps of the race and stayed near the front the entire race to come home with a second place finish.

Kyle Benjamin interview

A late race pass allowed Harrison Burton to get by Dalton Sargeant to finish in third.

Harrison Burton interview

Local favorite Mason Mitchell from nearby Des Moines ran in the top ten for much of the race, until battery problems would cause him to lose a lap making repairs.  He would regain the lap late in the race, but could only settle for an eighth place finish.

Mason Mitchell interview

Unofficial Results

1. Chase Briscoe  150 laps
2. Kyle Benjamin  150 laps
3. Harrison Burton  150 laps
4. Dalton Sargeant  150 laps
5. Myatt Snider  150 laps
6. Matt Kurzejewski  150 laps
7. Cole Custer  150 laps
8. Mason Mitchell  150 laps
9. Kyle Weatherman  149 laps
10. Josh Williams  149 laps
11. Christian Eckes 149 laps
12. A.J. Fike  147 laps
13. Brady Boswell  146 laps
14. Tom Berte  146 laps
15. Thomas Praytor  145 laps
16. Tom Hessert  145 laps
17. Sarah Cornett-Ching  145 laps
18. Will Kimmell  144 laps
19. Dustin Knowles  141 laps
20. David Sear 139 laps
21. Mike Basham  137 laps
22. Brad Smith  137 laps
23. Mike Senica  131 laps
24. Con Nicolopoulos  19 laps
25. Richard Hauck  18 laps
26. Josh Reeves  16 laps
27. Chris Bailey  1 lap
28. Wayne Peterson  1 lap
29. Kevin Huckle  DNS

Menards Pole Award presented by Ansell:  Kyle Benjamin 24.311 - 129.571 MPH
Margin of Victory:  2.484 seconds    Cautions:  2 for 16 laps
Lap Leaders:  Kyle Benjamin 1-41 (41); Kyle Weatherman 42-86, 90 (46); Chase Brisco 87-89, 91-150 (63)
Fastest Lap of the Race:  Chase Briscoe 129.024 MPH

Pagenaud Takes Iowa Corn 300 Pole

Simon Pagenaud in the Menards Team Penske Chevrolet scored not only the pole for the Iowa Corn 300 at the Iowa Speedway, but the 500th all time pole for Team Penske, who is celebrating it's 50th anniversary.

Josef Newgarden was second quick in his in his Fuzzy's Vodka, Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet.

Helio Castroneves in his Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet completed the top three in single car qualifying.

The Iowa Corn 300 will be Sunday July 10th at 4:30 on NBCSN

Qualifying Results for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway
1.  Simon Pagenaud  185.855
2. Josef Newgarden  185.639
3. Helio Castroneves 185.433
4. Max Chilton   185.419
5. Charlie Kimball 184.489
6. Tony Kanaan 184.430
7.  Ed Carpenter 184.339
8. Will Power 183.984
9. Mikhail Aleshin 182.754
10. Scott Dixon  182.647
11. Juan Pablo Montoya 182.641
12. Graham Rahal  182.253
13. Takuma Sato  181.949
14. Jack Hawksworth  181.700
15. Carlos Munoz  181.067
16. Alexander Rossi  180.920
17. Gabby Chaves 180.390
18. Marco Andretti 180.286
19. Ryan Hunter-Reay  179.903
20. Conor Daly  178.646
21. James Hinchcliffe  175.027

Robinson Wins Thrilling TA2 Trans Am Race at Brainerd

By Dean Reller

In a race filled with spins, several lead changes and plenty of contact, it was Gar Robinson who walked away with the TA2 win in the Ryan Companies Independence Day Classic for the Trans Am Series at Brainerd International Raceway.

Tony Buffomante led the field to the green, but it was Lawrence Loshak who took the lead.  Buffomante would pit early with a flat tire, but would come back to finish fifth.  Fourth starting Robinson quickly moved up to second with Tommy Archer right behind.  Archer would spin in turn 12 and drop to sixth as the race stayed green.

Justin Haley fresh from his NASCAR K&N Pro Series East win on Saturday night at the Columbus Motor Speedway in Columbus, (OH) was forced to start the race 15^th due to not being able to record a lap during Saturday’s Fast Five qualifying.  Haley quickly moved through the field and by lap 17, he was up to fifth.

Louis-Philippe Montour spun to bring out a full course caution on lap 18.  The restart saw Robinson maintain the point as Haley moved to second briefly before Loshak would get the spot back.   With seven laps remaining Loshak would get by Robinson for the lead.  One lap later, Robinson powered back into the lead with a strong run through turns 10 and 11.  Archer and Dillon Machavern would also get by as the top several cars continued to run in a tight pack.

On lap 35, Haley and Jordan Bernloehr got together to bring out a full course caution.  With several laps needed to clean up the damaged cars, Trans Am Series officials decided there would not be enough time to get the race restarted, so the checkered waved with 38 of the scheduled 40 laps completed, giving Robinson the win.  Archer rebounding to finish second and last year’s winner Machavern finished third.

“We struggled all week and finally got a good setup,” said Robinson who was nearly out of breath following the race.  “Nice job to Lawrence Loshak, we raced clean, door-to-door there wasn’t an inch apart between us and couldn’t have it any other way.”  Robinson was relieved that the race ended early.  “The car really had nothing left in it.  So, I was really happy to hear the checkered flag was coming out, because I don’t know what I was going to do on that last restart.”

https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/gar-robinson-wins-trans-am-ta2

Despite the spin earlier in the race, Archer drove hard to finish second.  “I got into turn 12 and I went for the brake pedal and I had rear brake first, which is not good and I couldn’t stop the back from hopping and I spun,” said Archer as he described his early race troubles.  “We didn’t have the motor that they had in the straightaway.  We had some cornering speed on the backside, but where I was fast they were slow and where they were fast, I was slow.  Our team worked hard and second place no matter how you get it is second place.”

https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/tommy-archer-2nd-at-bir-ta2

TA2 Results Ryan Companies 100

1.     Gar Robinson

2.     Tommy Archer

3.     Dillon Machavern

4.     Lawrence Loshak

5.     Tony Buffomante

6.    Shane Lewis

7.    Adam Andretti

8.    Keith Prociuk

9.    Cole Carlson

10.  John Atwell

11.  Tom Sheehan

12.  Tim Gray

13.  Justin Haley

14.  Jordan Bernloehr

15.  Louis-Philippe Montour

Paul Fix Wins Trans Am race at BIR

By Dean Reller

Paul Fix was more than excited as he climbed from his car following the Ryan Companies Independence Day Classic for the Trans Am Series at Brainerd International Raceway.

Fix looked like as though he was destined for a solid second place finish, but some late race events shuffled things in his favor allowing him to take the Trans Am TA1 win.  Pole sitter Cliff Ebben started at the front of the field for the third straight race and he appeared poised to finally take his first win of the season.  Ebben took the lead from the start, but the race would be slowed on lap two, when TA4 driver Trevor Janke hit the wall in turn one.  After a few caution laps, the red flag was displayed for several minutes as track crews made repairs to the wall.

When the green waved again, it was Ebben still in command as David Pintaric held second while Fix now moved to third.  Fix did not have a good qualifying run and was originally scheduled to start last after Saturday’s Fast Five qualifying.  He was the lone driver to make a run during Second Chance qualifying and turned in the fastest time of the day, but was forced to start sixth due to his second round attempt.

Fix quickly moved to second behind Ebben and the front pair slowly began to pull away from the others.

Defending race winner Amy Ruman had power steering problems and was forced to pit for lengthy repairs which put her 4 laps down and an eventual 9^th place finish.

Meanwhile, Ebben and Fix showed the way at the head of the field.  Fix would use lapped traffic to gain ground, only to see the margin grow again when the speedy front pair got into clean air.  With a little more than a lap remaining, smoke began to pour from the right rear of Ebben’s car as he clung to the lead.  On the final lap, Fix made his move in turn four as he moved past to take the lead and hang on for the win.

“I caught a wisp of smoke about a lap before that,” said Ebben.  “It kept getting worse and worse, but with one lap to go, I’m not going to pull in.  I just kept going.”

https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/cliff-ebben-takes-2nd-in-trans

Fixx was elated as he received congratulations from his crew and wife Lauren following the race.  “We had a fast car,” said Fix.  “We waited and waited and waited, it’s a waiting game sometimes.  Cliff had a fast car and he knows this track like the back of his hand.  I just capitalized on his mistakes and kept closing in and finally took it with one lap to go.”

https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/paul-fix-wins-trans-am-at

TA1 Results Ryan Companies 100

1.     Paul Fix

2.     Cliff Ebben

3.     David Pintaric

4.     Jim McAleese

5.       Simon Gregg

6.       Kerry Hitt

7.        Claudio Burtin

8.      Tim Rubright

9.      Amy Ruman

           10.   Mickey Wright

Here is an audio recap of the entire weekend from Jason and Dean from Speed Talk on 1360 https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/speed-talk-7-9-16-trans-am-recap

Speed Talk on 1360 Interviews

Big weekend for interviews on Speed Talk on 1360 radio on KRWC.  Listen to our show every Saturday morning 10-11am on KRWC1360.com or search KRWC on the FREE Tunein app for your phone.

Dean had the opportunity to interview former Indy Car Champion Ryan Hunter-Reay who is currently 11th in the point standings but coming to a track he has won at 3 times, Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn 300 on Sunday July 10 at 4:40pm

Here is that interview https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/ryan-hunter-reay

Jason talked to former KFAN Motorsports host Chris Hawkey (above).  He is a wildly successful singer now, they talk racing and radio in this interview.

https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/chris-hawkey-on-krwc

Jason had the opportunity to interview Thunder Car winner at Elko Speedway Jeremy Wolff (above) and Super Late Model winner Joey Miller (below).

https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/jeremy-wolff-thunder-car

https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/joey-miller-wins-slm-at-elko

Dean interviewed a driver at North Central Speedway in Brainerd last Saturday night.

Jess Geesey Mod 4 winner

https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/jess-geesey-mod-4-winner-at

He also interviewed a driver from Princeton Speedway.

https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/hribar-wins-mod-4-feature-at

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.

Stewart wins World of Outlaws at Granite City

By Jason D Searcy

A rainy day at the race track is the worst thing in the world for race fans and promoters but, for the #2 World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series team and driver Shane Stewart the rain on Tuesday night postponing the races was a welcome sight after a rough weekend of racing in Iowa.  "I tried to empty the trailer in Knoxville," said Stewart "we crashed two nights, wrecked the car, actually was able to salvage a couple decent finishes, but it creates so much work, especially when we are out on the road."  That rain day became of work day for the Kyle Larson/Marks racing team and that extra work payed off with a win (his fourth of the season) on Wednesday night at Granite City Speedway.  "Our wing guy bent over backwards to get us two new wings and honestly the rain out last night kind of helped us because it gave them an extra day in Knoxville to get that stuff" said Stewart.

Stewart post race interview https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/shane-stewart-wins-at-granite

The new parts and pieces did the trick and helped Stewart start on the outside pole and take the lead on lap 11 just before the lone caution period on lap 13.  The Red flag was displayed for Greg Wilson who flipped in corner number four.  Seven-time Champion and defending winner of this race Donny Schatz, who drives for Tony Stewart, had a rough night all around, he qualified 15th, was involved in that wreck with Wilson and never recovered, he finished 23rd.

#49 Brad Sweet who drives for Kasey Kahne battled for the lead with Stewart but came up just short.  Sweet made up a lot of points on Schatz as they vie for the points Championship and he was happy with the night.  "The track was awesome," said Sweet "I thought it was multi-grooves and lots of good racing and at the end of the day we can't be mad about finishing second."  With the Schatz DNF, Sweet now takes the point lead by 1.

Brad Sweet post race interview https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/brad-sweet-finishes-2nd

#29 Kerry Madsen seemed to have the best car coming into the feature event, he won his heat race, won the fast dash and missed the fast time to Joey Saldana by .003 seconds.  He started the 30 lap feature on the pole but dropped to third by the finish.

Kerry Madsen post race interview https://soundcloud.com/speedtalkon1360/kerry-madsen-3rd-at-granite

"Shane (Stewart) and the #2 car was way better than us tonight," said Madsen "disappointed not to be in position to get it done at the end and we didn't, but still a great result."  Madsen was impressed with the overall event "great crowd here (Granite City) and the track was fantastic" said Madsen.

Here are the Results of the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Granite City Speedway in Sauk Rapids (MN) presented by Marthaler Chevrolet of Glenwood.

1- Shane Stewart
2-Brad Sweet
3-Kerry Madsen
4-Daryn Pittman
5-Jason Johnson
6-David Gravel
7-Logan Schuchart
8-Jacob Allen
9-Jason Sides
10-Joey Saldana
11-Ian Madsen
12-Craig Dollansky

Other Notables:
15-Danny Lasoski
16-Brooke Tatnell
22-Rob Caho
23-Donny Schatz

It was a redemption of sorts for Shane Stewart, helped by Mother Nature and maybe a little bit of Speed Talk Karma.  We interviewed Stewart on the Saturday before the event.  You can hear that interview HERE https://soundcloud.com/dean-reller/shane-stewart-interview-on-speed-talk-on-1360

"Finally we were able to win here, last year we were close and weren't able to pull it off and this year we were able to," if the Speed Talk on 1360 interview Karma helps Stewart pick up those trophies we might have to talk to him more, "maybe every week" said Stewart.

The support division was the Midwest Modifieds and #88 Eric Lamm from Zimmerman was the winner.

After the races some luck race fans went home with a free souvenir and actual used Hoosier race tire from some of the racers.  These tires cost $200 each new, and used they are nothing but a conversation piece.

Get more information on the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car series at WoOsprint.com



Listen to more coverage of this race on Speed Talk on 1360 radio, Saturday morning 10-11am on KRWC1360.com or search KRWC on the FREE Tunein app for your phone.