NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Ryan Reed was having a solid run Saturday afternoon at Iowa Speedway until a vibration developed following a routine mid-race pit stop.  Reed tried to hold out for a caution, but had to pit under green for the loose wheel.  The loose wheel took away a top-10 finish for Reed.  Despite the setback, Reed held on to earn a 21st-place finish in the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford.

Top-10 Run Spoiled by Cut Tire for the RTP / Rheem Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway "This RTP / Rheem Camaro was really, really good on long runs all weekend. We fired off from our 13th-place qualifying effort and made our way into the top-10 by the end of that first stage. Randall (Burnett, crew chief) and the pit crew adjusted on this Chevy and we were able to race into the top-five at the halfway point."

A blown tire ended Garrett Smithley’s race early Saturday. Smithley’s Flex Shot Chevrolet blew a right front tire in turn two, forcing him to the garage on lap 240 of 254. He completed 218 laps and finished 35th.

Harrison Rhodes moved through the field to score a 15th-place finish in Saturday’s U.S. Cellular 250 Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway. The run was Rhodes’ second-best of the season.

Ryan Preece’s short-lived, but ambitious 2017 NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule began three weeks ago at his de facto home track, New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

While this weekend’s race at Iowa Speedway will be only Ty Majeski’s second NASCAR start, it will mark the 600th start for Roush Fenway’s iconic No. 60 NASCAR XFINITY Series Ford.

Ross Chastain is ready to race again at Iowa Speedway, and understandably so. In the Xfinity Series’ last visit to Iowa, in June, Chastain had one of the best runs of his NASCAR career, finishing fourth.

Harrison Rhodes’ last race at Iowa Speedway was much shorter than he anticipated. An engine problem forced Rhodes to park near the race’s halfway point last month at Iowa. He finished 36th.

One of the highlights of Garrett Smithley’s Xfinity Series season occurred last month at Iowa Speedway. The Georgia driver scored his second-best run of the season – a 10th – in the series’ first visit to Iowa this year.

Fresh off surviving a wild and crazy 250-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, B.J. McLeod Motorsports (BJMM) returns to Iowa Speedway for Saturday afternoon’s U.S. Cellular 250 ready to slip back into the groove of good ole’ short track racing.