IndyCar: Iowa Hy-Vee Race Weekend Preview
After a year away the NTT INDYCAR SERIES heads back to the Midwest for a twin-bill at a unique venue on the 2022 schedule: the 0.875-mile Iowa Speedway. It continues a run of five races over a four-week period.
INDYCAR squads will race at 4 p.m. ET on Saturday in the Hy-VeeDeals.com 250, followed the next day at 3 p.m. ET by the Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300. Each event will air live on NBC, Peacock and the INDYCAR Radio Network.
Chevrolet leads in the INDYCAR Engine Manufacturer Championship – as it has done since the first race at St. Petersburg in February. Through 10 races, Chevrolet teams have claimed seven race wins by four different drivers and six pole positions by six different drivers from three different teams.
Honda drivers have scored eight wins in 15 previous races at Iowa Speedway. Honda’s most recent Iowa Speedway victory came in 2018, when James Hinchcliffe came from mid-field to dominate the final 50 laps and score Honda’s sixth (of an eventual 11) 2018 race wins. The win also marked the sixth career IndyCar Series victory for Hinchcliffe.
Team Chevy has its sights set on Iowa, a venue where the manufacturer has achieved incredible success. It’s the perfect place for a rebound from a disappointing race at Toronto
“We’re all looking forward to returning to Iowa Speedway for this year’s doubleheader,” said Rob Buckner, Chevrolet Program Manager for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. “It’s a classic American short-track where things happen very quickly. After a weekend like Toronto, there’s nothing like getting back to racing right away at a place where we have traditionally been strong. We need to keep piling up points and results.”
There haven’t been many places where Chevrolet has done that more than Iowa. The Bowtie brand has seven wins and nine pole positions in 10 races… plus it has set the fastest race laps in all 10 previous appearances since 2012.
Team Chevy swept the podium in 2013, 2014 and 2016 and has 20 podiums out of a possible 30.
Chevrolet also will serve as the official pace car with a Corvette Stingray Coupe leading the field to green.
Race weekend: Friday, July 22-Sunday, July 24
Track: Iowa Speedway, a 7/8-mile (0.894-mile) oval in Newton, Iowa
Race distance: Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash: 250 laps/223.5 miles (Saturday) | Hy-Vee Salute To Farmers 300 presented by Google: 300 laps/268.2 miles (Sunday) | Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway: 75 laps/67.05 miles
Firestone tire allotment: Fourteen sets for use through the doubleheader weekend
Twitter: @indycaratiowa, @IndyCar, #IndyCar
Event website: www.hyveeindycarweekend.com
INDYCAR website: www.indycar.com
Entry List
|
CAR |
DRIVER |
HOMETOWN |
CAR NAME |
TEAM |
ENGINE |
|
|
1 |
2 |
Josef Newgarden |
Nashville, Tennessee |
Hitachi Team Penske |
Team Penske |
Chevrolet |
|
2 |
3 |
Scott McLaughlin |
Christchurch, New Zealand |
Freightliner Team Penske |
Team Penske |
Chevrolet |
|
3 |
4 |
Dalton Kellett |
Toronto, Canada |
K-LINE / AJ FOYT RACING |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
Chevrolet |
|
4 |
5 |
Pato O’Ward |
Monterrey, Mexico |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Chevrolet |
|
5 |
06 |
Helio Castroneves |
Sao Paulo, Brazil |
AutoNation/SiriusXM |
Meyer Shank Racing |
Honda |
|
6 |
7 |
Felix Rosenqvist |
Värnamo, Sweden |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Arrow McLaren SP |
Chevrolet |
|
7 |
8 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Kumla, Sweden |
Huski Chocolate Chip Ganassi Racing |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Honda |
|
8 |
9 |
Scott Dixon |
Auckland, New Zealand |
PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Honda |
|
9 |
10 |
Alex Palou |
Barcelona, Spain |
Ridgeline Lubricants |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Honda |
|
10 |
12 |
Will Power |
Toowoomba, Australia |
Verizon Team Penske |
Team Penske |
Chevrolet |
|
11 |
14 |
Kyle Kirkwood (R) |
Jupiter, Florida |
Sexton Properties |
A.J. Foyt Enterprises |
Chevrolet |
|
12 |
15 |
Graham Rahal |
New Albany, Ohio |
High Rock Vodka |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
Honda |
|
13 |
18 |
David Malukas (R) |
Chicago, Illinois |
HMD |
Dale Coyne Racing with HMD |
Honda |
|
14 |
20 |
Conor Daly |
Noblesville, Indiana |
BitNile |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
15 |
21 |
Rinus VeeKay |
Hoofddorp, Netherlands |
Bitcoin Racing Team with BitNile |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
16 |
26 |
Colton Herta |
Valencia, California |
Gainbridge |
Andretti Autosport w/ Curb-Agajanian |
Honda |
|
17 |
27 |
Alexander Rossi |
Nevada City, California |
NAPA AUTO PARTS / AutoNation |
Andretti Autosport |
Honda |
|
18 |
28 |
Romain Grosjean |
Geneva, Switzerland |
DHL |
Andretti Autosport |
Honda |
|
19 |
29 |
Devlin DeFrancesco (R) |
Toronto, Canada |
PowerTap |
Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport |
Honda |
|
20 |
30 |
Christian Lundgaard (R) |
Hedensted, Denmark |
Shield Cleansers |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
Honda |
|
21 |
33 |
Ed Carpenter |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Alzamend Neuro |
Ed Carpenter Racing |
Chevrolet |
|
22 |
45 |
Jack Harvey |
Bassingham, England |
Hy-Vee |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |
Honda |
|
23 |
48 |
Jimmie Johnson |
El Cajon, California |
American Legion |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Honda |
|
24 |
51 |
Takuma Sato |
Tokyo, Japan |
Nurtec ODT |
Dale Coyne Racing with RWR |
Honda |
|
25 |
60 |
Simon Pagenaud |
Montmorillon, France |
AutoNation/SiriusXM |
Meyer Shank Racing |
Honda |
|
26 |
77 |
Callum Ilott (R) |
Cambridge, England |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
Juncos Hollinger Racing |
Chevrolet |
Most recent race winners:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Simon Pagenaud (No. 22 Menards Team Penske Chevrolet) 2020 Race #1
Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet) 2020 Race #2
Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires
Pato O’Ward (Andretti Autosport) 2018
2020 NTT P1 Award winners:
Conor Daly (No. 59 Gallagher Carlin Chevrolet), 18.3711 seconds, 175.188 mph
Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet), 18.3559 seconds, 175.333 mph
One-lap qualifying record:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES
Helio Castroneves, 17.2283 seconds, 186.809 mph, July 11, 2014
Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires
Colton Herta, 19.6441 seconds, 163.835 mph, July 9, 2017
NBC Sports race telecast: The HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash 4 p.m. ET Saturday, July 23, NBC; Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google, 3 p.m. ET Sunday, NBC. Kevin Lee is the play-by-play announcer for NBC’s coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe.
Peacock Premium Live Streaming: All NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice sessions and qualifying will stream live on Peacock Premium, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product, while NBC’s race telecasts of The HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash and Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google will be simulcast on the streaming service. Peacock Premium’s exclusive post-race show – featuring driver interviews, podium ceremonies and post-race analysis – will be streamed following the race. The Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway will be streamed on Peacock Premium with practice and qualifying being shown on INDYCAR Live!
INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the chief announcer alongside analyst Davey Hamilton. Nick Yeoman (Saturday) and Jake Query (Sunday) are the turn announcers. Michael Young be the pit reporter alongside Query (Saturday) and Yeoman (Sunday). The HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash race (3:30 p.m. ET Saturday), Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google race (3 p.m. ET Sunday), Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway (11:50 a.m. ET Saturday) and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES and Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM 160, racecontrol.indycar.com and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.
At-track schedule (all times Central):
FRIDAY, JULY 22
2:15-3:05 p.m. – Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Practice, INDYCAR Live!
3:30-5 p.m. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice, Peacock Premium
SATURDAY, JULY 23
8:30 a.m. – Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Qualifying (Single car, Two laps), INDYCAR Live!
9:30 a.m. – Qualifying for the NTT P1 Award (Single car, Two laps (Lap 1/Race 1; Lap 2/Race 2), Peacock Premium
11:15 a.m. – Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway “Drivers, start your engines”
11:20 a.m. – Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway (75 laps/67.05 miles), Peacock Premium
3 p.m. – NBC on air
3:01 p.m. – “Drivers, start your engines”
3:06 p.m. – HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash (250 laps/223.5miles), NBC (Live)
SUNDAY, JULY 24
10:55-11 a.m. – NTT INDYCAR SERIES systems check (Out and In Lap)
2 p.m. – NBC on air
2:25 p.m. – “Drivers, start your engines”
2:30 p.m. – Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google (300 laps/268.2 miles), NBC (Live)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Notes:
- There have been seven different winners in 10 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races in the 2022 season. Scott McLaughlin (Streets of St. Petersburg, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course), Josef Newgarden (Texas Motor Speedway, Streets of Long Beach and Road America), Pato O’Ward (Barber Motorsports Park), Colton Herta (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course-1), Marcus Ericsson (Indianapolis 500), Will Power (Raceway at Belle Isle Park) and Scott Dixon (Streets of Toronto) have all won in 2022. The record for most different winners in a season is 11 in 2000, 2001 and 2014.
- There have been seven different winners in the last 10 NTT INDYCAR SERIES races (Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden, Pato O’Ward, Colton Herta, Marcus Ericsson, Will Power and Scott Dixon) The only repeat winners in that stretch are Newgarden (Texas 2022, Long Beach 2022 and Road America 2022) and McLaughlin (St. Petersburg 2022 and Mid-Ohio 2022).
- There have been nine different NTT P1 Award winners in 2022. Scott McLaughlin (Streets of St. Petersburg), Felix Rosenqvist (Texas Motor Speedway), Colton Herta (Streets of Long Beach and Streets of Toronto), Rinus VeeKay (Barber Motorsports Park), Will Power (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course-1), Scott Dixon (Indianapolis 500), Josef Newgarden (Raceway at Belle Isle Park), Alexander Rossi (Road America) and Pato O’Ward (Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course) have won pole positions in 2022. The record for most pole winners in a season is 12 set in the 1999 CART season.
- Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend, featuring the Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash and Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google, will be the third and fourth oval races of the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. The previous two oval races were won by Josef Newgarden (Texas Motor Speedway) and Marcus Ericsson (Indianapolis 500). The remaining oval race will take place at World Wide Technology Raceway (Aug. 20).
- The Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash and Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google will be the 16th and 17th NTT INDYCAR SERIES events at Iowa Speedway. Josef Newgarden is the only entered driver to win at Iowa Speedway more than once. Newgarden has three wins. Other past winners Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves are also entered in the event.
| ACTIVE RACE WINNER | WINS | SEASONS |
| Josef Newgarden | 3 | 2016, 2019, 2020 Race #2 |
| Helio Castroneves | 1 | 2017 |
| Simon Pagenaud | 1 | 2020 Race #1 |
- Andretti Autosport has won seven of the 15 previous races at Iowa Speedway (Dario Franchitti 2007, Tony Kanaan 2010, Marco Andretti 2011, Ryan Hunter-Reay 2012, 2014 and 2015 and James Hinchcliffe 2013). Team Penske has four wins (Helio Castroneves 2017, Josef Newgarden 2019 and 2020 Race #2 and Simon Pagenaud 2020 Race #1). Chip Ganassi Racing has two wins (Dan Wheldon 2008 and Franchitti 2009).
- Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dario Franchitti and Josef Newgarden are the only drivers to win at Iowa Speedway and win the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship in the same season. Newgarden accomplished the feat in 2019, Hunter-Reay in 2012 and Franchitti in 2007 and 2009.
- Three drivers have competed in every NTT INDYCAR SERIES race at Iowa: Marco Andretti, Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. Only Dixon is entered this year. Eleven drivers entered have led laps at the track (Josef Newgarden 1,150, Will Power 131, Dixon 130, Simon Pagenaud 98, Takuma Sato 59, Graham Rahal 32, Pato O’Ward 31, Ed Carpenter 18, Conor Daly 17, Felix Rosenqvist 7 and Alexander Rossi 4).
- Josef Newgarden has finished in the top four in six of the last eight races at Iowa (2014-2016 and 2018-2020) … Scott Dixon has started on pole three times (two earned) and has 12 top-10 finishes at Iowa in 15 starts, but he has never finished better than second.
- Milestones:Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 299th and 300th consecutive starts, the second-longest streak in INDYCAR SERIES history…Helio Castroneves needs two starts to tie A.J. Foyt for second on the all-time starts list with 369 starts…Pato O’Ward will attempt to make his 49th and 50th INDYCAR SERIES starts.
Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Notes:
- Linus Lundqvist is on the verge of building an insurmountable lead in the Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires point standings. The 23-year-old Swede leads Sting Ray Robb by 87 points heading into the first oval race of the season.
- The Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway will be the first of two oval events for Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires. The track will be completely new for every driver in the field as no driver has raced on the 7/8-mile oval in any previous series. The series last raced at Iowa Speedway in 2018 with eventual champion Pato O’Ward taking the checkered flag.
Danial Frost, Christian Rasmussen and Hunter McElrea became first-time winners earlier this season. Will another talented prospect like Sting Ray Robb, Benjamin Pedersen, Kyffin Simpson or Ernie Francis Jr. score a first series win in 2022?