NASCAR O'Reilly Series

Ben Kennedy Shows Speed in the No. 2 Rheem Chevy in Iowa "We had a great race tonight. Our No. 2 Rheem Chevy was really fast, especially on the long run. My team did a great job getting it dialed in. We started out pretty free, but we made good changes and progressively got better throughout the night."

Camry driver Dakoda Armstrong claimed fifth place with the top-finishing Toyota in Saturday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Iowa Speedway.

NEWTON, Iowa — Last week, a blink-of-an-eye moment weighed heavily on William Byron. Saturday, the driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lifted his head and shouted out a pent-up yelp that formed the suitable soundtrack the rookie’s first career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory.

MATT TIFFT, No. 19 Tunity Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to be back racing at Iowa Speedway, the first race you missed last year due to your brain tumor? “Yeah, it’s I guess it’s maybe a little bit ironic taking the stage right after the guy who won in the car in last year when I was out (Sam Hornish Jr.). That was a weird feeling for me – that was a time where I had the back injury, but I knew something wasn’t right with my head too, so all that stuff was going on, but the weirdest part that day before we figured out all of the obviously health issues was going on was watching that day the Matt Tifft nameplate or doorplate on the car in victory lane with me sitting at home watching on TV."

Although still a relative newcomer to NASCAR racing, Harrison Rhodes will sign in at Iowa Speedway this weekend as a veteran of sorts. Rhodes has raced in four Xfinity Series events at the seven-eighths mile track.

Garrett Smithley will make his third Xfinity Series start at Iowa Speedway in Saturday’s American Ethanol E15 250. The seven-eighths mile track usually hosts tight races for the Xfinity Series.

The Xfinity Series schedule stretches from coast to coast, but Ross Chastain always looks forward to the stops in the heartland at Iowa Speedway.

When Ty Majeksi makes his first career start in the NASCAR XFINITY Series this week at Iowa Speedway, he will be doing it in one of the most noted cars in NASCAR history. Majeski will pilot the No. 60 iRacing Ford this weekend, a car entry that holds the record for NASCAR XFINITY Series wins with 93. The car has been driven to victory lane on numerous occasions by NASCAR and former Roush Fenway legends Mark Martin, Greg Biffle and Carl Edwards.

The NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series travels to Sonoma Raceway this weekend while the XFINITY Series and the Camping World Truck Series head to Iowa Speedway.

Richard Childress Racing in Wine Country ... In 66 starts at the 10-turn stadium course, Richard Childress Racing owns two wins, with Dale Earnhardt in the 1995 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 and with Robby Gordon in the Save Mart 350 in 2003, one pole award (Earnhardt, 1995), 14 top-five and 26 top-10 finishes. The Welcome, N.C.,-based team has led 140 laps at Sonoma, completed 6,894 of the 6,940 laps contested (99.3 percent) and recorded just one DNF (Did Not Finish) over that stretch (1989-2016).