Iowa Speedway hosted its inaugural NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) race on June 16, 2024. Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney won the race by 0.716 seconds. Blaney led four times for a career-high 201 of 350-scheduled laps in an event where he started on the front row alongside pole-sitter Kyle Larson.
The inaugural NCS race had eight cautions for a total of 49 caution laps, and 14 cars finished on the lead lap.
Track & Race Information for the Iowa Corn 350
Race Purse: $9,797,935
Race Length: 350 laps (306.25 miles)
Track Size/Type: 0.875 Mile – Asphalt Paved Oval
Number of Turns: 4
Degrees of Banking Turns: 12-14 degrees (progressive banking)
Degrees of Frontstretch: 10 degrees
Degrees of Backstretch: 4 degrees
Time
Sunday, August 3 at 3:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio (Channel 90).
Stages
Stage 1 Length: 70 laps (Ends on Lap 70)
Stage 2 Length: 140 laps (Ends on Lap 210)
Final Stage Length: 140 laps (Ends on Laps 350)
Who and what should you look out for at Iowa Speedway?
- Ryan Blaney has one win, one top five, one top 10, and an average finish of 1.000. Blaney started second and won the inaugural NCS race on June 16, 2024.
- William Byron has one top five, one top 10, and an average finish of 2.000. Byron finished runner-up in the inaugural NCS race in 2024.
- Chase Elliott has one top five, one top 10, and an average finish of 3.000.
- Christopher Bell has one top five, one top 10, and an average finish of 4.000.
- Kyle Larson has one pole and an average finish of 34.000. Larson captured the inaugural NCS pole in 2024 with a lap of 136.458 mph (23.084 seconds).
