Posted On July 9, 2016By Josh FarmerIn IndyCar
By Josh Farmer, IndyCar Reporter Ryan Hunter-Reay became the first victim of the turn 4 wall during this morning’s practice for tomorrow evening’s Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway. The three time Iowa Speedway winner lost control of his No. 28 DHL Honda coming off of turn 4 and gently backed it into the SAFER barrier. Hunter-Reay was doing a qualifying simulation and had only completed three laps prior to crashing and had the third quickest time.. He noted that the combination of some slight bumps in the corner along
Read More Helio Castroneves claimed his second pole at Iowa Speedway and his third pole of the season. From the start of qualifying, it looked as if Chip Ganassi Racing were as gold as they were in practice as Tony Kanaan set a big two lap average of 183.125 mph that distanced himself from the field. Castroneves went out five cars after Kanaan and responded with an even quicker two lap average of 183.480 mph. “The Hitachi car was certainly strong,” said Castroneves. “We proved (last week) that when we have a
Read More Andretti Autosport made it 5 for 5 at Iowa tonight when their leader Ryan Hunter-Reay stormed from 9th to 1st in the final 9 laps to take a surprise victory in the Iowa Corn Indy 300. A late race caution with 15 laps to go came out when Ed Carpenter chopped a hard charging Juan Pablo Montoya and sent the Penske driver into the wall. An incensed Montoya considered a NASCAR style helmet toss but settled for an angry arm wave as Carpenter went past his stricken car on the next lap.
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