Iowa Corn Indy 300 presented by DEKALB
Verizon IndyCar Series heads to Iowa for Saturday night short-track action
Race Broadcast
Saturday, July 12 8 p.m. (ET) NBCSN
Qualifying Broadcast Friday, July 11 4 p.m. (ET) NBCSN
Track Iowa Speedway (0.875-mile oval) Distance 300 laps/262.5 miles
Radio IMS Radio Network XM 209/Sirius 213
2013 Race Winner James Hinchcliffe 2013 Pole Sitter Helio Castroneves (Won Heat 3)
Track Records Single Lap Helio Castroneves (17.3324, 185.687 mph)
June 2013 Two-Lap Qualifying Takuma Sato (35.6857, 180.375 mph) June 2011
First Indy car Race 6/24/2007
Team-mates tied for the points lead who is going to win similar to Mercedes F1. Point Standings: Power 446, Castroneves 446, Pagenaud 402, Montoya 391, Hunter-Reay 388, Munoz 340, Andretti 325, Dixon 297, Briscoe 285, Bourdais 271.
Andretti Autosport is the most successful INDYCAR team at Iowa Speedway. James Hinchcliffe last years winner, won the 5th race for the team out the 7 races at the track. Marco Andretti is aiming for his 1st win of 2014 but has 4 podium finishes in seven Iowa Speedway starts. Andretti last won a Verizon IndyCar Series race at Iowa in 2011.
Montoya fresh out of win at Pocono INDYCAR 500 Fueled by Sunoco looks to give Team Penske its first Iowa win. Who has the momentum the newly revised Montoya or his team-mates Will Power or Helio Castroneves.
Target Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan looking for a win on series’ shortest track. Kanaan won the Iowa Corn Indy 250 in 2010 when he drove for Andretti Green Racing. Dixon has 6 Top 10 finishes at Iowa, but has never finished better than third.
Race Notes:
• The Iowa Corn Indy 300 will be the eighth Verizon IndyCar Series event at Iowa Speedway. Past winners entered are James Hinchcliffe (2013), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2012), Marco Andretti (2011), Tony Kanaan (2010).