IndyCar Series at Iowa Speedway

IndyCar Series at Iowa Speedway

IndyCar Series
Venue	Iowa Speedway
First race	2007
Distance	218.75 miles
Laps	250
Previous names	Iowa Corn Indy 250 (2007–2013) Iowa Corn Indy 300 (2014–2015) Iowa Corn 300 (2016–2018) Iowa 300 (2019) Iowa IndyCar 250s (2020) Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash (2022) Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google (2022)
Most wins (driver)	Josef Newgarden (6)
Most wins (team)	Team Penske (9)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chassis: Dallara (21) Engine: Chevrolet (13)

The Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart and Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade are IndyCar Series races held at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The first event was held in 2007. From 2007 to 2013, it was a 250-lap (218.75 miles) race; beginning in 2014, the race was increased to 300 laps (262.5 miles). For 2020, the race reverted to 250 laps, with consecutive 250-lap races on Friday and Saturday night. After being left off of the calendar for 2021, it returned to the 2022 schedule with the 250/300 format held in years previous.^[1]

The first Championship Car race in Iowa took place on July 9, 1915. AAA held a 100-mile (160 km) race at Tri-State Fair Grounds in Burlington, Iowa, won by Bob Burman. Additional AAA races were held at Des Moines Speedway in Valley Junction, a one-mile (1.6 km) wooden board track, in 1915 and 1916. Only two championship car races, won by Ralph Mulford and Ralph DePalma respectively, were held at Des Moines, as the track closed and was dismantled shortly thereafter.

On August 6, 2006, IndyCar & Iowa Speedway officials announced the first IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway would be held June 24, 2007. The race itself was a crashfest with the 10th-place finisher of Scott Dixon finishing 77 laps down to the winning driver of Dario Franchitti.

In October 2013, Iowa Speedway announced that the 2014 race was extended to 300 laps.^[2]

In most years since its inception, the race has been held as a Sunday afternoon event. In 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019, it was held as a Saturday night race under the lights.

In 2020 IndyCar had two 250-lap races at the track using a double header format with both races taking place at night on July 17 and 18. On September 30, 2020, IndyCar revealed their 2021 schedule and announced that due to financial issues with the Iowa Speedway their date had been dropped from the schedule along with Richmond Raceway, the latter not hosting a race in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions in the state of Virginia.^[3]

Iowa was left off the calendar for 2021, to the disappointment of fans and drivers alike. Former series champion and team owner Bobby Rahal managed to secure new sponsorship for the event from Iowa supermarket chain Hy-Vee and was successful in returning IndyCar racing to the speedway on a multi year agreement starting in 2022. A double header race weekend will be used as the format for the event going forward, with one 250 lap race and one 300 lap race.^[4]

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed	Report
						Laps	Miles (km)
2007	June 24	Dario Franchitti	Andretti Green Racing	Dallara	Honda	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:48:14	123.896 mph (199.391 km/h)	Report
2008	June 22	Dan Wheldon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:38:36	136.007 mph (218.882 km/h)	Report
2009	June 21	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	Dallara	Honda	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:39:48	134.371 mph (216.249 km/h)	Report
2010	June 20	Tony Kanaan	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:42:13	131.205 mph (211.154 km/h)	Report
2011	June 25	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:53:00	118.671 mph (190.982 km/h)	Report
2012	June 23	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:43:39	129.371 mph (208.202 km/h)	Report
2013	June 23	James Hinchcliffe	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:30:16	148.559 mph (239.083 km/h)	Report
2014	July 12	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	300	262.5 (422.452)	2:01:59	131.923 mph (212.309 km/h)	Report
2015	July 18	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	Honda	300	262.5 (422.452)	2:03:50	129.943 mph (209.123 km/h)	Report
2016	July 10	Josef Newgarden	Ed Carpenter Racing	Dallara	Chevrolet	300	262.5 (422.452)	1:52:16	143.330 mph (230.667 km/h)	Report
2017	July 9	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	300	262.5 (422.452)	1:55:11	139.702 mph (224.829 km/h)	Report
2018	July 8	James Hinchcliffe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Dallara	Honda	300	262.5 (422.452)	1:47:32	149.636 mph (240.816 km/h)	Report
2019*	July 20–21*	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	300	262.5 (422.452)	1:56:53	137.664 mph (221.549 km/h)	Report
2020	July 17	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:41:25	132.220 mph (212.787 km/h)	Report
	July 18	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:38:40	135.900 mph (218.710 km/h)
2021	Not held
2022	July 23	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	218.75 (352.044)	1:39:34	134.674 mph (216.737 km/h)	Report
	July 24	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren SP	Dallara	Chevrolet	300	262.5 (422.452)	1:54:23	140.681 mph (226.404 km/h)
2023	July 22	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	223.5 (359.688)	1:33:40	143.155 mph (230.386 km/h)	Report
	July 23	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	223.5 (359.688)	1:40:25	133.527 mph (214.891 km/h)
2024	July 13	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	223.5 (359.688)	1:44:41	128.098 mph (206.154 km/h)	Report
	July 14	Will Power	Team Penske	Dallara	Chevrolet	250	223.5 (359.688)	1:26:38	154.768 mph (249.075 km/h)

• 2019: Race finished after midnight on Sunday after being postponed same day due to lightning policy.

Season	Date	Driver	Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed
						Laps	Miles (km)
Indy Pro Series
2007	June 23	Alex Lloyd	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara	Infiniti	115	100.625 (161.94)	0:53:19	115.707 mph (186.212 km/h)
Indy Lights
2008	June 21	Dillon Battistini	Panther Racing	Dallara	Infiniti	115	100.625 (161.94)	0:47:06	130.986 mph (210.802 km/h)
2009	June 20	Ana Beatriz	Sam Schmidt Motorsports					0:48:05	128.285 mph (206.455 km/h)
2010	June 19	Sebastián Saavedra	Bryan Herta Autosport					0:46:10	133.614 mph (215.031 km/h)
2011	June 25	Josef Newgarden	Sam Schmidt Motorsports					0:40:27	152.478 mph (245.390 km/h)
2012	June 23	Esteban Guerrieri	Sam Schmidt Motorsports					0:40:59	150.530 mph (242.255 km/h)
2013	June 22	Sage Karam	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports					0:39:59	154.274 mph (248.280 km/h)
2014	Not held
2015	July 18	Max Chilton	Carlin	Dallara	Mazda	100	87.5 (140.817)	0:36:50	145.621 mph (234.354 km/h)
2016	July 10	Félix Serrallés	Carlin					0:34:45	154.396 mph (248.476 km/h)
2017	July 9	Matheus Leist	Carlin					0:37:08	144.436 mph (232.447 km/h)
2018	July 8	Patricio O'Ward	Andretti Autosport					0:34:37	154.935 mph (249.344 km/h)
2019 – 2021	Not held
2022	July 23	Hunter McElrea	Andretti Autosport	Dallara	AER	75	67.05 (107.907)	0:29:52	134.693 mph (216.767 km/h)
Indy NXT
2023	July 22	Christian Rasmussen	HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing	Dallara	AER	75	67.05 (107.907)	0:27:54	144.126 mph (231.948 km/h)
2024	July 13	Louis Foster	Andretti Global	Dallara	AER	55	67.05 (107.907)

Starting in 2015 until 2020, the race was held as a support race for the IndyCar weekend.

• 2015: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime.

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