By Steve Wittich All right, here are some final thoughts from the Iowa Speedway media center. As I was driving away from Iowa Speedway to my hotel last night, the track was still lit up from the ARCA race, and it reminded a little bit of “Field of Dreams.” As I was driving into the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Here is the quick and dirty race notes, results and points – please excuse any typos. We’ll be back wth more in a little bit. The 300 lap race began after three pace laps with Will Power leading J.R. Hildebrand into Turn 1. Hunter-Reay and Rahal go side by side for three...
READ MOREFor the fourth-time this year, but the first time on oval, second generation driver Colton Herta will start on the pole in an Indy Lights race, collecting the qualifying track record that Max Chilton set in 2015. “The track didn’t change as much as we expected, explained the Andretti-Steinbrenner Racing pilot. “Obviously the track got...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich With qualifying occurring between 2pm and 3pm, TSO didn’t expect the qualifying draw to mean as much as it did, but the track clearly came in a lot more as more cars qualified. Pagenaud, who qualified eleventh, mentioned that it might have been the differing rubber on the track that was an...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The 21 car field for the Iowa Corn 300 had one final 30 minute practice session to dial their cars in before tomorrow’s race. With a 4:44pm start on Sunday afternoon, the practice that began at 6pm should afford the drivers and engineers a close simulation to weather conditions they will encounter...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich A lot of very loose race cars, a potential incredible storyline, and improving track and a dominating final run were the key stories of qualifying for the Iowa Corn 300, but at the end of the day, it was Will Power who won the 48th pole of his career. One driver had...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Sorry for the delay in getting this update to you. The delay was caused by waiting for Hildebrand to clear medical. Despite not testing at Iowa Speedway this year, Team Penske unloaded quickly, and ended up in the top three spots of the timesheet. Last year’s winner Josef Newgarden turned the fastest...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from Iowa Speedway, where a busy day of IndyCar, MRTI and ARCA action is scheduled to get under way in an hour. According to our friend, @IndyCar_WxMan, the forecast for today looks like it will a wonderful day to be at the race-track. Today's weather conditions @iowaspeedway: lots of sun,...
READ MORESix straight years of Andretti Autosport dominance came to an end by the time the checkered flag fell on the tenth anniversary edition of the Iowa Corn 300. Ed Carpenter Racing’s Josef Newgarden shucked (groan… oh great, there’s the first lame corn based pun) the competition while leading 282 of 300 laps on the way to...
READ MOREBy Patrick Stephan Well, first off, I got the points wrong earlier (I missed Sato), so here are the updated unofficial point standings from INDYCAR: 1. Scott Dixon 379 2. Simon Pagenaud 345 3. Helio Castroneves 342 4. Takuma Sato 323 5. Josef Newgarden 318 6. Will Power 316 7. Graham Rahal 307 8. Tony...
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