In a backup car, and starting in the rear of the field, Christopher Bell earned a hard-fought fourth-place finish in the inaugural Iowa Corn 350 at Iowa Speedway. The Oklahoma native and his Joe Gibbs Racing team overcame adversity all weekend and race long on the way to their fifthContinue Reading
Q. Ryan Blaney, welcome to the Playoffs. 80 friends and family are here. Did this one mean a little bit more? RYAN BLANEY: Yeah, definitely. Man, what a cool way to win here. This place means a lot to me, means a lot to my mom. We got a lotContinue Reading
· With a caution on lap 259, William Byron was running in the third position when Crew Chief Rudy Fugle called the driver of the No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1 to pit road for four tires, fuel and an air pressure adjustment. With the lead cars opting for aContinue Reading
RYAN BLANEY CLINCHES PLAYOFF SPOT WITH INAUGURAL IOWA WIN RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Advance Auto Parts Ford Mustang Dark Horse – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – DID THIS ONE MEAN A LITTLE MORE? “Yeah, definitely. What a cool way to win here. This place means a lot to me and meansContinue Reading
AJ Allmendinger, No. 16 Action Industries Camaro ZL1 – Sidelined by damage sustained after a tire issue in the first stage. Did it feel the same as yesterday, as far as the car, or is it any different? “No, the warning signs were there. I told my team the lapContinue Reading
On-track activity from Iowa Speedway resumed Saturday as NASCAR Cup Series drivers took to the .875-mile short track for qualifying to set the starting lineup for Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350, the inaugural premier series race at the Newton, Iowa, venue. After rainfall delayed the start of qualifying, NASCAR altered theContinue Reading
Kyle Larson was hoping for a rainout of Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session at Iowa Speedway. His wish wasn’t granted, but in the end, it didn’t matter. Larson will start from the front of the field in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, the inaugural Cup race atContinue Reading
Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson will lead the field to the green-flag in the NASCAR Cup Series’ inaugural race at Iowa Speedway – posting a pole-winning lap of 23.084 seconds, at 136.458 mph, in his No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1.· The pole marks Larson’s 20th career NASCAR Cup Series pole – fourContinue Reading
Ford Performance Unofficial Results: 2nd – Ryan Blaney 3rd – Josh Berry 5th – Brad Keselowski 6th – Chase Briscoe 11th – Joey Logano 14th – Todd Gilliland 15th – Chris Buescher 19th – Justin Haley 21st – Austin Cindric 22nd – Michael McDowell 23rd – Noah Gragson 25th –Continue Reading