By Jocko Connelly
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Race weekend: Friday, July 12-Sunday, July 14 Track: Iowa Speedway, a 7/8-mile (0.894-mile) oval in Newton, Iowa Race distance: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart: 250 laps/223.5 miles (Saturday) Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade: 250 laps/223.5 miles (Sunday) INDY NXT by Firestone INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway: 75 laps/67.05 miles Hybrid energy deployment parameters: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Unlimited activation with a maximum deployment of 105 kilojoules (kJ) per lap. Firestone tire allotment: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Fourteen sets for use through the doubleheader weekend. INDY NXT by Firestone Three sets for use through the event weekend. X: @indycaratiowa, @IndyCar, #HyVeeHomefront250, #HyVeeOneStep250 #INDYCAR Instagram: @indycaratiowa, @INDYCAR, #HyVeeHomefront250 #HyVeeOneStep250, #INDYCAR Threads: @INDYCAR, @INDYNXT Facebook: @HyVeeINDYCARWeekend, @INDYCAR, #INDYCAR TikTok: @INDYCAR, #INDYCAR YouTube: @INDYCAR Event website: www.hyveeindycarweekend.com INDYCAR website: www.indycar.com 2023 race winners: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Hitachi Team Penske Chevrolet), Race #1 and Race #2 INDY NXT by Firestone Christian Rasmussen (No. 6 HMD Motorsports) 2023 NTT P1 Award winner: Will Power (No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet), 17.7395 seconds, 181.426 mph (Race 1); 17.7246 seconds, 181.578 mph (Race 2) 2023 INDY NXT by Firestone pole winner: Jacob Abel (No. 51 Abel Motorsports), 39.6735 seconds, 162.244 mph (two laps) One-lap qualifying record: NTT INDYCAR SERIES Helio Castroneves, 17.2283 seconds, 186.809 mph, July 11, 2014 INDY NXT by Firestone Colton Herta, 19.6441 seconds, 163.835 mph, July 9, 2017 NBC race telecast: Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart, 8 p.m. ET Saturday, July 13, NBC; Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade, noon ET Sunday, July 14, NBC. Leigh Diffey is the play-by-play announcer for NBC’s coverage of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, alongside analysts Townsend Bell and James Hinchcliffe. Kevin Lee, Dillon Welch and Georgia Henneberry will be the pit reporters. Peacock Live Streaming: All NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice sessions and qualifying will stream live on Peacock, NBC’s direct-to-consumer livestreaming product, while NBC’s race telecasts of the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart and Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade will be simulcast on the streaming service. The INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway will be streamed on Peacock with practice and qualifying shown on INDYCAR LIVE. INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: Mark Jaynes is the anchor alongside driver analyst Davey Hamilton. Nick Yeoman is the turn announcer. Michael Young, Jake Query and DJ Clark are the pit reporters. The Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart race (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday), Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade race (noon ET Sunday), INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway (2 p.m. ET Saturday) and all NTT INDYCAR SERIES and INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway practices and qualifying sessions air live on network affiliates, SiriusXM 218, racecontrol.indycar.com and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA. |
SUNDAY, JULY 14
11 a.m. NBC on air
11:25 a.m. “Drivers, start your engines”
11:30 a.m. Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade (250 laps/223.5 miles), NBC (Live)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Notes:
- The Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart and Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade will be the 10th and 11th races of the 2024 season. There have been six winners in nine NTT INDYCAR SERIES races this season. Pato O’Ward (Streets of St. Petersburg and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course), Scott Dixon (Streets of Long Beach and Streets of Detroit), Scott McLaughlin (Barber Motorsports Park), Alex Palou (Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca), Josef Newgarden (Indianapolis 500) and Will Power (Road America) have all won in 2024. The modern record (1946-present) for the most different winners in a season is 11 in 2000, 2001 and 2014.
- Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend, featuring the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart and Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade, will be the second and third oval races of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule. The first oval race of the season was won by Josef Newgarden (Indianapolis 500). The remaining oval races will occur Aug. 17 at World Wide Technology Raceway and Milwaukee Mile on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.
- With the introduction of the INDYCAR hybrid power unit, The Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend will mark the use of horsepower assist on an oval for the first time. Hybrid energy deployment will include unlimited activation with a maximum deployment of 105 kilojoules (kJ) per lap.
- The Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart and Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade will be the 20th and 21st NTT INDYCAR SERIES events at Iowa Speedway. Josef Newgarden is the only entered driver to win at Iowa Speedway more than once. Newgarden has six wins (2016, 2019, 2020 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2023 Race #1 and 2023 Race #2). Past winner Pato O’Ward (2022 Race #2) is also entered in the event.
| ACTIVE RACE WINNER | WINS | SEASONS |
| Josef Newgarden | 6 | 2016, 2019, 2020 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2023 Race #1, 2023 Race #2 |
| Pato O’Ward | 1 | 2022 Race #2 |
- Andretti Autosport has won seven of the 19 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 also has seven wins (Helio Castroneves 2017, Josef Newgarden 2019, 2020 Race #2, 2022 Race #1, 2024 Race #1 and 2024 Race #2 and Simon Pagenaud 2020 Race #1). Chip Ganassi Racing has two wins (Dan Wheldon 2008 and Franchitti 2009).
- Josef Newgarden has won nine of the last 12 oval races on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES schedule – including three of the four races held at Iowa Speedway during Hy-Vee INDYCAR Weekend in 2022 and 2023.
- 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.
- Scott Dixon is the only driver to have competed in every NTT INDYCAR SERIES race at Iowa, and although he has 11 top-five finishes in his previous 19 starts on the oval, he’s never won at “The World’s Fastest Short Track.” Twelve drivers entered have led laps at the track (Josef Newgarden 1,847, Will Power 383, Dixon 131, Pato O’Ward 97, Graham Rahal 32, Ed Carpenter 18, Felix Rosenqvist 9, Alexander Rossi 4, Marcus Ericsson 3, Scott McLaughlin 2, David Malukas 1 and Alex Palou 1).
- Milestones: Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 332nd and 333rd consecutive starts, extending his record streak … Saturday’s race will mark Dixon’s 395th INDYCAR SERIES start, which will break a tie with Helio Castroneves for second on the all-time list.
INDY NXT by Firestone Race Notes:
- The INDY NXT by Firestone title fight between Jacob Abel and Louis Foster saw a new challenger step forward as Brazilian Caio Collet claimed his first win at Mid-Ohio. The series moves to Iowa Speedway for the first of four oval events this season. Foster, who has recorded six straight top-two finishes, heads to Iowa with a 41-point lead, but Abel, a two-time race winner in 2024, nearly won at Iowa a year ago and outscored Foster in the two oval races in 2023. The ultra-competitive 2024 season has seen five winners in nine races this season and eight different drivers finish on the podium.
- The INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix at Iowa Speedway will be the series’ 13th race at Iowa Speedway. Previous INDY NXT by Firestone winners at Iowa include Josef Newgarden, Ana Beatriz, Sage Karam, Matheus Leist, Pato O’Ward, Hunter McElrea and Christian Rasmussen.
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