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17 Jul 2015, 16:24 (Ref:3559195)
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Round 13: Iowa Corn 300, Newton, Iowa. 17th - 18th July, 2015
Round 13: Iowa Corn 300, Newton, Iowa. 17th - 18th July, 2015
The AAA, (American Automobole Association) held the first race in Iowa at the Tri-State Fair Grounds in Burlington, on July 9, 1915. It was a 100 mile (160 km) race, won by Bob Burman. Additional AAA races were held at Des Moines Speedway, in Valley Junction on a one-mile (1.6 km) wooden board track in 1915 and 1916. The track closed and was dismantled soon after. The current IndyCar race was first held on June 24, 2007 and was won by Dario Franchitti, driving a Dallara IR05-Honda HI7R V8 for Andretti Green Racing. From 2007-2013, the race had a distance of 218.75 miles, or 250 laps, which was increased in 2014 to 262.5 miles, or 300 laps. The Iowa Speedway is the shortest track on the IndyCar calendar, at 0.875 miles long and producing a lap time of under 18 seconds, with qualifying decided by a two-lap speed average. Some trivia: Most team wins, Andretti Autosport: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014. Track:  Length: 0.894 mi - 1.439 km Turns: 4 Lap record: Single lap. July 12, 2014, Helio Castroneves, 17.2283 seconds, 186.809 mph - 300.64 km/h. Team Penske, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet. Two-lap qualifying average. July 12, 2014. Scott Dixon, L1, 17.2662 seconds-L2, 17.2926 seconds, 186.256 mph - 299.75 km/h. Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet. Last year's winner: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara DW12-Honda Laps: 300 Distance: 262.50 mi - 422.452 km Race Time: 2:01:59 Average Speed: 131.923 TV Coverage: NBCSN Green flag, 8:00pm ET. |
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17 Jul 2015, 17:17 (Ref:3559201)
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Excellent! I love this race!
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17 Jul 2015, 19:10 (Ref:3559213)
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Great post 1 as always, bjs.
 Great lil track in the mid of nowhere, as is most of Iowa but a most excellent track and location for openwheel racing. Boardtracks were rampant in the early 20th century but never knew there was one in DSM. Very cool. |
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17 Jul 2015, 19:12 (Ref:3559214)
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18 Jul 2015, 07:10 (Ref:3559281)
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18 Jul 2015, 20:08 (Ref:3559380)
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I think that qualifying could have 3 or 4-lap runs.
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18 Jul 2015, 22:54 (Ref:3559400)
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Starting Grid:
1 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.0817s 2 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.1497s 0.0680s 3 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.2302s 0.1485s 4 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.2978s 0.2161s 5 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.4397s 0.3580s 6 Will Power, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.4400s 0.3583s 7 Josef Newgarden, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.4905s 0.4088s 8 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 35.5465s 0.4648s 9 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 35.5934s 0.5117s 10 Sage Karam, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.6296s 0.5479s 11 Ed Carpenter, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.6806s 0.5989s 12 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 35.7442s 0.6625s 13 Stefano Coletti, KV Racing Technology, Dallara/Chevrolet. 35.7803s 0.6986s 14 James Jakes, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 35.9603s 0.8786s 15 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 36.0740s 0.9923s 16 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 36.1674s 1.0857s 17 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dallara/Honda. 36.1909s 1.1092s 18 Justin Wilson, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 36.1975s 1.1158s 19 Ryan Briscoe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 36.3852s 1.3035s 20 Tristan Vautier, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 36.5196s 1.4379s 21 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 36.5199s 1.4382s 22 Pippa Mann, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 36.6118s 1.5301s 23 Gabby Chaves, Bryan Herta Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 36.6419s 1.5602s 24 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet - - A bit of an about turn for Castroneves, last on the grid at Milwaukee and pole this week at Iowa. Don't know what happened to Bourdais? |
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19 Jul 2015, 00:23 (Ref:3559402)
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I thought this race was supposed to start at 8:00pm ET.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:25 (Ref:3559403)
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It's still so damn sunny down there. I think they are trying to postpone the start so it'll be dark at least the half of the race.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:42 (Ref:3559406)
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It's hard to tell what crowd's like, with the Sun and the shadows.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:47 (Ref:3559407)
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That wasn't hard to tell that Iowans are proud of their corn ethanol.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:51 (Ref:3559408)
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The starts been waived off and the second attempt looked worse than the first.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:53 (Ref:3559410)
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Montoya out.
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19 Jul 2015, 00:58 (Ref:3559411)
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The second start was a messy combination of single file and two-wide. Sad to see Montoya wrecking his car this early.
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Not the best way to restart the race, a Debris collection yellow.
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On the attendance talk, the crowd looks sparse from the helicopter shots.
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It's not sold out but still looks quite ok crowd if you look at the main rows of the grandstand. And the infield parking lot definitely looks better that the ghost town in Fontana.
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It'll be interesting to see how the TV figures pan out, as a race it's not quite there afaic.
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19 Jul 2015, 01:37 (Ref:3559424)
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Despite clipping the wall, that was a great bit of car control by Wilson.
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Lots of campers and such, with the stands half to 60% full. Not bad, but the little place should be packed for this series, imho.
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That was really getting good and then Kimble hit the wall.
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