2015 Iowa Corn Indy 300

2015 Iowa Corn 300

Race details
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Date	July 18, 2015
Official name	Iowa Corn 300
Location	Iowa Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.875 mi / 1.400 km
Distance	300 laps 268.2 mi / 431.63 km
Pole position
Driver	Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske)
Time	35.0817
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Time	18.1748 (on lap 191 of 300)
Podium
First	Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport)
Second	Josef Newgarden (CFH Racing)
Third	Sage Karam (Chip Ganassi Racing)
Chronology
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The 2015 Iowa Corn 300 was the thirteenth round of the 2015 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 18, 2015, the ninth consecutive year the Verizon IndyCar Series visited the Newton, Iowa short oval. 2014 race winner and series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay shook off the frustrations of his 2015 season for his first win and first podium finish of the season, Andretti Autosport's sixth consecutive win at Iowa.

Race summary

Hélio Castroneves picked up his 3rd pole at Iowa. The start was waved off when Hélio Castroneves jumped his country mate and friend Tony Kanaan. The first caution waved on lap 10 when Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya crashed in turn 2. The second caution came on lap 25 when Charlie Kimball and Stefano Coletti got together in turn 3. The third caution waved on lap 108 when Justin Wilson got up high in turn 2, eventually cutting a tire down. The fourth caution came out on lap 172 when Charlie Kimball crashed in turn 2. The fifth caution came on lap 195 when Stefano Coletti crashed in turn 2. The sixth and final caution waved on lap 262 when Takuma Sato hit the wall in turn 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay held off Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam to pick up his first win of the season. Ed Carpenter got out of his car after the race and confronted the 20 year old rookie driver from Nazareth Pennsylvania Sage Karam.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on the morning of race day, July 18, 2015.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Time	Final grid
1	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	35.0817	1
2	10	Tony Kanaan  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	35.1497	2
3	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	35.2302	3
4	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	35.2978	4
5	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	35.4397	5
6	1	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	35.4400	6
7	67	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	35.4905	7
8	27	Marco Andretti  W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	35.5465	8
9	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	35.5934	9
10	8	Sage Karam  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	35.6296	10
11	20	Ed Carpenter	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	35.6806	11
12	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	35.7442	12
13	4	Stefano Coletti  R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	35.7803	13
14	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	35.9603	14
15	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Racing	Honda	36.0740	15
16	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	36.1674	16
17	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	36.1909	17
18	25	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Honda	36.1975	18
19	5	Ryan Briscoe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	36.3852	19
20	19	Tristan Vautier	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	36.5196	20
21	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Racing	Honda	36.5199	21
22	18	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	36.6118	22
23	98	Gabby Chaves  R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	36.6419	23
24	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Chevrolet	No Time	24
Official results

Race

The race was held on July 18, 2015. Ryan Hunter-Reay won over Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam for an all-American podium.

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Engine	Laps	Time/Retired	Pit Stops	Grid	Laps Led	Pts.
1	28	Ryan Hunter-Reay  W	Andretti Autosport	Honda	300	2:03:50.3315	4	9	37	51
2	67	Josef Newgarden	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	300	+0.5046	4	7	111	43
3	8	Sage Karam  R	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	300	+2.8451	4	10	–	35
4	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing	Honda	300	+4.6579	5	17	7	33
5	26	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	Honda	300	+6.8921	4	12	–	30
6	20	Ed Carpenter	CFH Racing	Chevrolet	300	+7.4884	4	11	–	28
7	27	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	Honda	300	+8.4296	5	8	–	26
8	5	Ryan Briscoe	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	300	+10.5332	5	19	–	24
9	11	Sébastien Bourdais	KVSH Racing	Chevrolet	300	+11.8013	7	24	6	23
10	1	Will Power	Team Penske	Chevrolet	300	+12.1472	4	6	2	21
11	3	Hélio Castroneves	Team Penske	Chevrolet	300	+13.2151	5	1	50	21
12	19	Tristan Vautier	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	299	+1 Lap	4	20	–	18
13	41	Jack Hawksworth	A. J. Foyt Racing	Honda	299	+1 Lap	6	21	7	18
14	22	Simon Pagenaud	Team Penske	Chevrolet	299	+1 Lap	4	5	-	16
15	7	James Jakes	Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	Honda	299	+1 Lap	7	14	3	16
16	98	Gabby Chaves  R	Bryan Herta Autosport	Honda	299	+1 Lap	7	23	–	14
17	25	Justin Wilson	Andretti Autosport	Honda	297	+3 Laps	6	18	–	13
18	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	263	+37 Laps	4	4	-	12
19	14	Takuma Sato	A. J. Foyt Racing	Honda	260	Contact	4	15	-	11
20	4	Stefano Coletti  R	KV Racing Technology	Chevrolet	191	Contact	6	13	–	10
21	10	Tony Kanaan  W	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	189	Mechanical	3	2	70	10
22	83	Charlie Kimball	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	170	Contact	2	16	7	9
23	18	Pippa Mann	Dale Coyne Racing	Honda	136	Handling	2	22	–	7
24	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	Team Penske	Chevrolet	9	Contact	0	3	–	6
Fastest lap: Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 18.1748 (Lap 191)
Official results