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NEWTON, Iowa – Qualifying Saturday for the Iowa Corn 300 Verizon IndyCar Series event on the 0.894-mile Iowa Speedway, with qualifying position, car number in parentheses, driver, aero kit-engine, and speed: 1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Chevrolet, 183.480 2. (10) Tony Kanaan, Chevrolet, 183.125 3. (2) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 182.707 4. (9) Scott Dixon, Chevrolet,
READ MOREMax Chilton and Ed Jones were able to show the fast progress both they and their Carlin team are making in the Indy Lights Series presented by Cooper Tires today, qualifying first and second respectively at the Iowa Speedway. The Carlin pair surprised many in the paddock by taking a front row lock out on
READ MOREBy Joe Berkemeier One of the topics we’ve been asking about this weekend has to do with the ongoing negotiations between INDYCAR and Honda. Recall that Honda’s contract with INDYCAR ends after this season. It’s our understanding that the negotiations have progressed to the point where many of the major issues have been resolved. Note...
By Steve Wittich A quick update on Pro Mazda presented by Cooper Tire qualifying. The Juncos Racing cars of Garett Grist, Jose Gutierrez and Timothe Buret who originally qualified on pole, 4th and 6th have been moved to the back of the Pro Mazda grid because the team worked on the their wing in the...
Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire qualifying Former Formula 1 driver Max Chilton became the sixth different Indy Lights presented by Cooper Tire driver to win a pole during the 2015 season. The 24 year-old immediately dedicated the pole to Jules Bianchi, his two-year teammate at Marussia Formula 1 that just passed away yesterday. Chilton’s...
By Joe Berkemeier Here’s the qualifying order: Wilson Vautier Karam Hawksworth Rahal Hunter-Reay Power Briscoe Bourdais Kimball Chaves Pagenaud Kanaan Andretti Mann Carpenter Dixon Castroneves Munoz Montoya Sato Newgarden Jakes Coletti ===== We’d talked about the new Firestone rain tire… and here’s what it looks like. First, the most visible difference – the gray or...
By Joe Berkemeier and Steve Wittich Hello from a cloudy and windy Iowa Speedway, where it’s a very busy day of qualifying and racing that is capped off with the Iowa Corn 300. First – today’s schedule (all times Central): 1:00-1:45 Pro Mazda Qualifying 2:00-2:45 Indy Lights Qualifying 3:00-4:00 Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying 4:15-5:05 Pro...
Verizon IndyCar Series, Iowa Corn Indy 300 The green flag dropped at Iowa Speedway today with Mazda Road to Indy and Verizon IndyCar Series drivers getting in two sessions of practice on the 0.894-mile oval. Andretti Autosport’s senior team ended the day overall in P12 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, P13 – Justin Wilson, P14 – Marco
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Iowa Corn 300 – Iowa Speedway Verizon IndyCar Series PRACTICE NOTES/QUOTES – Friday, July 17, 2015 RAHAL SET THE 15TH FASTEST TIME IN PRACTICE FOR THE IOWA CORN 300 AT IOWA SPEEDWAY 1st: Tony Kanaan 17.7544 / 181.273 mph 15th: Graham Rahal 18.0875 / 177.935 mph GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 Mi-Jack
READ MORE* Defending race winner leads both practice sessions for Honda * Qualifying, final short oval race of 2015 take place Saturday Two-time and defending Iowa Speedway race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay posted the third-fastest speed among Honda drivers in the first of two practice sessions Friday at the high-banked, 0.894-mile oval, in preparation for Saturday nights’s
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