Records and
facts
Last year's inaugural Iowa Corn 350 saw Ryan Blaney dominate much of the proceedings. The Team Penske driver
led 201 of 350 laps. He took the lead by winning the race off of pit road during the final caution with 88 laps to go. From there, he held on to take the win.
Blaney won by .716 seconds over William Byron. Chase Elliott was third, then Christopher Bell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Track
Facts
Track / Race Length: .875-mile D-shaped oval, 350 laps (306.25 miles)
Banking: 12-14 degrees
Frontstretch: 1,075 ft., banked 10 degrees
Backstretch: 869 ft., banked four degrees
Grandstand Seating: 40,000
Pit Road Speed: 40 mph
Pace Car Speed: 45 mph
Opened: 2006, first Cup race in 2024
Website: http://www.iowaspeedway.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IowaSpeedway
Twitter: http://twitter.com/iowaspeedway
Pre-Race Schedule:
Practice:
Saturday, Aug. 2, 1:30 - 2:25 p.m. ET on TruTV/HBO Max
Qualifying: Saturday, Aug. 2, 2:40 p.m. ET on TruTV/HBO Max
Say
What?!
"Iowa was a unique racetrack last year; with the repaved corners and the old pavement straight aways, it made the track tricky. It will be interesting to see, after a year with the repaved corners, how the track feels. Last year, we had decent speed before the issues we had. I enjoyed driving the track and I’m looking forward to getting back there, continuing the find speed in our race car and
putting together a strong weekend." - AJ Allmendinger
"Fortunately we were able to get there for the tire test, and the track has changed a ton. It’s hard to go in
and feel like we have a leg up on the field after winning as a team last year, everybody had a chance to really learn the big chunks from last year. I’m sure there’s some confidence in the shop but it’s a pretty unique track as well with the partial repave and the challenge you have." - Austin Cindric
"Iowa was definitely good to me the few
times I won there in the Xfinity Series and Truck Series. It’s a fun track though. I like Iowa a lot, and it’s obviously changed a lot from my other races there with the repave in just a couple of lanes and not the whole track. So, I think the race last year was just really different than from what I remember. It’s really a neat track – a short track but also it kind of races like an intermediate. At the end of the day, it’s definitely a short track though. It’ll be interesting to see how those
repaved patches have worn over the year. It seems that they look a lot more worn out than they were a year ago, so it’ll be interesting to see how that changes the racing." - Erik Jones
