Race Report: Iowa Corn 300 NEWTON, Iowa July 10, 2016—Progress. The ABC Supply Racing team continues to make progress at the tracks where they have struggled in years past such as Iowa Speedway this weekend. Takuma Sato registered his best finish at the 0.894-mile oval today with his 11th place showing after starting 13th. Teammate Jack
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JOSEF NEWGARDEN CLINCHES DOMINATING VICTORY AT IOWA SPEEDWAY 25-Year-Old Earns First Win of 2016; Ed Carpenter Takes Checkered Despite Mid-Race Setback NEWTON, Iowa (July 10, 2016) – Race Notes After finishing second the last two years at Iowa Speedway, Josef Newgarden was more than ready to move to the top step of the podium. He
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier First – yes, we mis-spoke earlier when we said that this was Josef Newgarden’s first win. We left out the phrase “on an oval” when we said it was his first win in the Verizon IndyCar Series. His first win was at Barber last year and his previous win was at the...
By Joe Berkemeier What follows is the race spoiler. Please stop reading if you’re behind on the DVR. ===== Simon Pagenaud brought the field down to the green flag but it was Josef Newgarden who led the first lap. Most of the field held their general positions, but Charlie Kimball got off to a rough...
By Joe Berkemeier Temps were 78 ambient, 101 track at the start of the Indy Lights race. At the start, Ed Jones took off and stretched out a decent lead. Second-place starter Dean Stoneman fell back into the clutches of Santiago Urrutia, but was able to rally and reclaim second place by the end of...
By Joe Berkemeier The rain has passed here at Iowa Speedway. Indy Lights qualifying has been scrapped, and the plan is for them to race on schedule at 2:15pm local time. The Verizon IndyCar warmup was also cancelled. The rain came in around 10am, with the heavy stuff coming in around 11. It all stopped...
By Joe Berkemeier: Good morning from a cloudy Iowa Speedway, where it looks like rain will shortly impact the day’s activities. A line of strong showers is to the north of the track and should arrive shortly. Here is today’s slated schedule (all times Central, one hour behind Eastern): 11:00 – 11:45am Indy Lights qualifying...
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Iowa Corn 300 – Iowa Speedway Verizon IndyCar Series QUALIFYING NOTES/QUOTES – Saturday, July 9, 2016 RAHAL WILL START 12TH IN SUNDAY’S IOWA CORN 300 AT IOWA SPEEDWAY POLE: Simon Pagenaud 2-lap avg. speed of 185.855 mph (L1: 17.3089, L2: 17.3245) 12th: Graham Rahal 2-lap avg. speed of 182.253 mph (L1: 17.6816,
READ MOREPractice 1: Seventh – 17.4019 seconds/184.945 mph Qualifying: Lap 1: 17.8887 seconds Lap 2: 17.6884 seconds Total Time/Average Speed: 35.5771 seconds/180.925 mph Qualified: 16th Sebastien Bourdais Qualifying Quote: “We were too optimistic with the downforce level given the track conditions with the track temp going up. I was sliding all over the place. The balance was good on...
IOWA CORN 300 AT IOWA SPEEDWAY WHAT THEY’RE SAYING – QUALIFYING Carlos Muñoz No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda Qualified 15th “That was a really hard qualifying for sure. We’re missing a little bit of balance in general. We have to work hard tonight. That wasn’t the qualifying we were hoping for – we were hoping
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