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NASCAR in Iowa: Weekend schedule, watch info, favorites for Iowa Corn 350

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NASCAR in Iowa: Weekend schedule, watch info, favorites for Iowa Corn 350

NASCAR at Iowa: Weekend schedule, viewing information, favorites for Iowa Corn 350 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

NASCAR on NBC it’s back.

Starting this weekend in Newton, Iowa, the remaining 20 races of the 2024 season will be contested air on NBC or USA Network. Coverage begins with a complete unknownalso, when the Cup Series visits Iowa Speedway for the first time.

The short oval track is just under a mile and has hosted races for NASCAR’s lower series from 2009 to 2019. Now, Iowa Speedway has a shot at the big leagues.

Who runs in Iowa? What is the TV and streaming schedule? And which drivers could compete for victory on Sunday? Here’s everything you need to know for the Iowa Corn 350 this weekend:

NASCAR on Iowa entry list

Thirty-six drivers career in iowa – the 34 full-time workers, plus two others.

Kaz Grala will drive the No. 15 during Rick Ware Racing while continuing his part-time effort. Then there’s AJ Allmendinger, who will make his sixth start of the season for Racing Kaulig.

Here is the complete registration list for Iowa:

car number

Driver

Equipment

Sponsor

1

Ross Chastain

track racing

Luz Busch

2

Austin Cindric

Team Penske

Menards

3

Austin Dillon

Richard Childress Careers

Bass Pro Shops

4

jose berry

Stewart-Haas Racing

Crowd

5

Kyle Larson

Hendrick Motorsports

HendrickCars.com

6

Brad Keselowski

RFK Racing

king hawaiian

7

Corey La Joie

needle motorsports

Gainbridge

8

kyle busch

Richard Childress Careers

Zone

9

Chase Elliott

Hendrick Motorsports

NAPA Auto Parts

10

Noah Gragson

Stewart-Haas Racing

Bass Pro Shops

eleven

Danny Hamlin

Joe Gibbs Racing

Interstate batteries

12

Ryan Blaney

Team Penske

Advanced Auto Parts

14

Chase Briscoe

Stewart-Haas Racing

Mahindra Tractors

fifteen

Kaz Grala

Rick Ware Racing

Remixers.com/Xemex

sixteen

AJ Allmendinger

Racing Kaulig

Action Industries

17

Chris Buescher

RFK Racing

Fastenal

19

Martin Truex Jr.

Joe Gibbs Racing

Fine Reser Foods

twenty

Christopher Bell

Joe Gibbs Racing

Reem

twenty-one

Harrison Burton

Wooden Brothers Racing

Menards

22

Joey Logano

Team Penske

Shell/Penzoil

23

Bubba Wallace

Racing 23XI

McDonald’s

24

William Byron

Hendrick Motorsports

Liberty University

31

Daniel Hemric

Racing Kaulig

Circle

3. 4

Michael McDowell

Motorsports in the front row

The journey of love stops

38

Todd Gilliland

Motorsports in the front row

Rüdebusch

41

Ryan Preece

Stewart-Haas Racing

Morton Buildings

42

John Hunter Nemechek

Legacy Motor Club

dollar tree

43

Eric Jones

Legacy Motor Club

family dollar

Four. Five

Tyler Reddick

Racing 23XI

McDonald’s

47

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

JTG Daugherty Racing

Kroger/NOS Energy

48

Alex Bowman

Hendrick Motorsports

Ally

51

Justin Haley

Rick Ware Racing

MotoRad

54

Ty Gibbs

Joe Gibbs Racing

monstrous energy

71

Zane Smith

needle motorsports

Focused health

77

Carson Hocevar

needle motorsports

Top-notch security

99

Daniel Suarez

track racing

Kubota Tractors

When is the NASCAR race in Iowa?

The Iowa Corn 350 is scheduled for Sunday, June 16 at 7 pm ET.

Before Sunday’s race there will be training and qualifying sessions. The 36 drivers will have an hour of practice on Friday.

The field will then compete in two-round qualifying on Saturday. Is that how it works:

  • The 36 drivers will be divided into two groups (found here).

  • Each driver will do two laps in the first round, and the five fastest cars in single lap speed from each group will advance.

  • In the final round, the remaining drivers each get two laps to establish the top 10 starting order, with positions 11 to 36 established based on the first round times.

What is the NASCAR TV schedule this weekend?

Rick Allen (play-by-play), Jeff Burton (analyst), Steve Letarte (analyst) and Brad Daugherty (analyst) will be on the NBC call all weekend. Marty Snider, Dave Burns and Kim Coon will serve as pit reporters, while NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Jarrett will serve as a beat reporter and studio analyst for pre- and post-race coverage.

Here is the Complete TV and streaming programming:

Friday, June 14 (USA Network and streaming)

Saturday, June 15 (USA Network and streaming)

Sunday, June 16 (USA Network and streaming)

  • Countdown to green: 6:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports app

  • Iowa Corn 350: 7 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports app

  • NASCAR post-race: 10:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, NBC Sports app

Past NASCAR Iowa winners, racing history

Well, there’s no racial background here. This is the inaugural Iowa Corn 350 and the first Cup event ever held at this track. However, there are plenty of past Iowa winners in the field.

Ryan Blaney, Erik Jones and William Byron have wins in both the second-tier Xfinity Series and the third-tier Truck Series. Brad Keselowski and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. lead the Xfinity Series with three Iowa wins each.

Here are all the Past Iowa Winners Sunday races:

XFINITY SERIES

  • Brad Keselowski (2009, 2013, 2014)

  • Kyle Busch (2010)

  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2011, 2011, 2012)

  • Chris Buscher (2015)

  • Ryan Blaney (2015)

  • Erik Jones (2016)

  • William Byron (2017)

  • Ryan Preece (2017)

  • Christopher Bell (2018, 2019)

  • Chase Briscoe (2019)

TRUCK SERIES

NASCAR in Iowa chooses favorites, drivers to follow

This is a total shot in the dark given the lack of history in Iowa.

But there are three questions you can answer to choose this weekend, in this order of importance:

1. Who has been fast on short tracks this season?

Iowa will be the sixth race this season to be held on a track of one mile or less. In those first five events, Hamlin has three wins (Bristol, Richmond, Dover), Bell has one win (Phoenix) and Byron has one win (Martinsville).

All of the Toyota drivers from Joe Gibbs Racing (Hamlin, Bell, Truex, Gibbs) and 23XI Racing (Reddick, Wallace) have been especially fast on this type of track, but the Hendrick Motorsports Chevys (Byron, Larson, Elliott) have been particularly fast. They awarded the top. three locations in Martinsville.

2. Who has tested at Iowa Speedway?

NASCAR held a tire test in Iowa last month with a representative from each manufacturer: Bell for Toyota, Larson for Chevy and Keselowski for Ford.

While it may not seem like much, spending a full day of laps on a new track could be an invaluable experience. The drivers will only have an hour to practice on Friday, but these three will arrive with a better idea of ​​what to expect.

3. Who won at Iowa Speedway in the lower series?

What’s less important is that you can look at the previous winners mentioned above to determine who might perform well on Sunday. However, it does not deserve as much consideration as the previous two questions. In the lower series, drivers with larger teams have a big advantage. So, don’t make a big deal out of this one, but don’t ignore it completely either.

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