DIXON CONTINUES TO CLIMB ALL-TIME WINS LIST: With his 41st career win at Road America on June 25, Scott Dixon moved within one victory of tying Michael Andretti for third on Indy car’s all-time win list. But the Chip Ganassi Racing star has never won at Iowa Speedway. In fact, he’s never fi nished better than third at the world’s fastest short track. Can he win his fi rst at Iowa Speedway and tie one of the sport’s all-time greats?
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR THIS WEEKEND: • NEWGARDEN LIKES IOWA: Defending Iowa Corn 300 winner Josef Newgarden returns to Iowa Speedway as a member of Team Penske, but hopes history remains on his side. Newgarden hasn’t fi nished worse than second in the last three races at Iowa Speedway, fi nishing second in 2014 and ’15 before dominating the race last year. Can he deliver Team Penske’s fi rst win at Iowa and become a back-to-back Iowa winner?
• ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT GOES FOR ANOTHER IOWA WIN: No team has been more successful at Iowa Speedway than Andretti Autosport, which has won seven of the 10 races at INDYCAR’s shortest track. Ryan Hunter-Reay has won three times in fi ve years for the team, which had six consecutive wins from 2009-2015. Can Andretti Autosport maintain its mastery of Iowa Speedway?
• WILL TK BOUNCE BACK?: Chip Ganassi Racing’s Tony Kanaan return to Iowa Speedway hoping to return to his winning ways. Kanaan won at Iowa in 2010 when he drove for Andretti Autosport. Now he drives Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 10 car, which won the race in 2008 with the late Dan Wheldon and in 2009 with Dario Franchitti. Can he win another of the track’s iconic gas pump trophies and give the team a third Iowa win? LED DISPLAY PANELS:
POSITION: RED PIT STOP TIMER: GREEN Primary display, showing the car’s position Display shows a running clock in the running order. Blinks when the during a pit stop in seconds. position has changed from previous lap. Example: 7.9-second pit stop. Example: Car is running in P12.
The Firestone Flotation 23 DT tire is one of the largest tires made at the Firestone Des Moines plant. Three of these tires contain enough rubber to tread almost 900 race tires— enough to provide 22 Indy cars with 10 sets each for the Iowa Corn 300.
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EVENT SCHEDULE All times local. Schedule subject to change.
9:30 am Infi eld Fan Walk Open 10:00 am Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 11:30 am ARCA Racing Series Practice 1:00 pm Spectator Gates Open 1:15 pm Indy Lights Practice 2:00 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Qualifying 3:00 pm Indy Lights Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 3:15 pm ARCA Racing Series Qualifying 3:30 pm Season Ticket Holder Tailgate (Turn 4 Hospitality) 4:30-5:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Autograph Session (INDYCAR Fan Village) 4:30 pm USF2000 Practice 5:30 pm Indy Lights Practice 6:15 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Practice 8:00 pm ARCA Racing Series Iowa 150 Post-Race NAPA Auto Parts Concert Series: EVERCLEAR (Pork Party Pavilion) SATURDAY 8 JULY
9:00 am Infi eld Fan Walk Open 9:00 am USF2000 Qualifying 10:15 am Indy Lights Qualifying 12:00 pm Spectator Gates Open 12:00-2:00 pm Free Sweet Corn Feed (Midway) 12:00-2:00 pm Season Ticket Holder Tailgate (Turn 4 Hospitality) 1:05 pm USF2000 Race (75 laps) 2:00 pm Indy Lights Race (100 laps) 4:05 pm Verizon IndyCar Series Driver Introductions 4:44 pm (approx Green Flag) Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300
SUNDAY 9 JULY Post-Race Turn 4 Bar Tent Open with Local Band
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WINNER: SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS WINNER: JAMES HINCHCLIFFE WINNER: JOSEF NEWGARDEN STREETS OF ST. PETERSBURG STREETS OF LONG BEACH BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK
WINNER: SIMON PAGENAUD WINNER: WILL POWER WINNER: TAKUMA SATO PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY INDIANAPOLIS 500
WINNER: GRAHAM RAHAL (RACE 1) WINNER: GRAHAM RAHAL (RACE 2) WINNER: WILL POWER THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK THE RACEWAY AT BELLE ISLE PARK TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
WINNER: SCOTT DIXON JULY 9, 5:00PM JULY 16, 3:00PM ROAD AMERICA IOWA SPEEDWAY STREETS OF TORONTO
JULY 30, 3:00PM AUGUST 20, 2:00PM AUGUST 26, 9:00PM MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE POCONO RACEWAY GATEWAY MOTOSPORTS PARK
SEPTEMBER 3, 1:00PM SEPTEMBER 17, 6:30PM *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL SONOMA RACEWAY Road America has a per lap elevation ALL gain TIMES of about EASTERN. 211 feet. In a 55 lap race, a car will have climbed nearly 11,600 feet which is higher than the Yellowstone Caldera (10,308 feet) and more than 9,800 tires stacked on top of each other. #INDYCAR | #IOWACORN300