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Date: Saturday, June 8
Start Time: 8 p.m. (ET)
Site: Iowa Speedway -- Newton, Iowa
Track: 0.875-mile oval
Laps: 250
Miles: 218.75
Capacity: 30,000+ (Grandstand Seating)
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 3rd
On TV: ESPN
Announcers:
On Radio: Motor Racing Network (MRN)/SIRIUS NASCAR Radio
Race record: Elliott Sadler, 2012 (115.662 mph)
Qualifying record: Elliott Sadler, 2012 (135.141 mph)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (not defending)
Runner up: Elliott Sadler
Pole winner: Elliott Sadler (133.911 mph)
Top 10:
1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Start: 3)
2. Elliott Sadler (1)
3. Michael McDowell (4)
4. Austin Dillon (6)
5. Kurt Busch (31)
6. Justin Allgaier (5)
7. Cole Whitt (12)
8. Parker Kligerman (10)
9. Darrell Wallace Jr. (9)
10. Brendan Gaughan (13)
Average speed: 107.157 mph
Time of race: 2 hrs., 2 mins., 29 secs.
Margin of victory: 1.465 secs.
Caution flags: 4 for 27 laps
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Past winners
2012 Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 107.157 mph
2011 Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 106.132 mph
Last race
Race: 5-Hour Energy 200 (June 1)
Site: Dover International Speedway -- Dover, Del.
Miles: 200
Laps: 200
Finish line order: Joey Logano, Brian Vickers, Matt Kenseth, Trevor Bayne, Kyle Busch
Time of Race: 1 hr., 47 mins., 58 secs.
Average speed: 111.145 mph
Margin of victory: 0.576 secs.
Caution flags: 5for 28 laps
Lead changes: 9among 5 drivers
Lap leaders: A. Dillon 1-35; K. Busch 36-47; A. Dillon 48-52; J. Logano 53-81; A. Dillon 1-35; K. Busch 36-47; A. Dillon 48-52; J. Logano 53-81; A. Dillon 82-84; T. Bayne 85-89; K. Busch 90-114; K. Kahne 115-128; K. Busch 129-163; J. Logano 164-200.
Entry list
#00 Blake Koch (West Palm Beach, FL) Toyota/TBA
#01 Mike Wallace (St. Louis, MO) ChevroletTBA
#2 Brian Scott (Boise, ID) Chevrolet/Shore Lodge
#3 Austin Dillon (Welcome, NC) Chevrolet/AdvoCare
#4 Landon Cassill (Fairfax, IA) Chevrolet/TBA
#5 Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) Chevrolet/Great Clips
#6 Trevor Bayne (Knoxville, TN) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#7 Regan Smith (Cato, NY) Chevrolet/taxslayer.com
#10 Jeff Green (Owensboro, KY) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#11 Elliott Sadler (Emporia, VA) Toyota/One Main Financial
#12 Sam Hornish Jr. (Defiance, OH) Ford/Alliance Truck Parts
#14 Eric McClure (Chilhowie, VA) Toyota/Hefty/Reynolds Wrap
#15 Carl Long (Roxboro, NC) Ford/Rick Ware Racing
#19 Mike Bliss (Milwaukie, OR) Toyota/TriStar Motorsports
#20 Brian Vickers (Thomasville, NC) Toyota/Dollar General
#22 Joey Logano (Middletown, CT) Ford/Discount Tire
#23 Harrison Rhodes (High Point, NC) Chevrolet/Rick Ware Racing
#24 Ken Butler (Lilburn, GA) Toyota/TBA
#29 Kenny Wallace (St. Louis, MO) Toyota/U.S. Cellular
#30 Nelson Piquet Jr. (Brasilia, Brazil) Chevrolet/Qualcomm
#31 Justin Allgaier (Riverton, IL) Chevrolet/Brandt
#32 Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, CA) Chevrolet/Vizio-Hulu
#33 Max Papis (Como, Italy) Chevrolet/Menards
#40 Reed Sorenson (Peachtree City, GA) Chevrolet/E-Swisher.com
#42 J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) Chevrolet/Curtis Key Plumbing
#43 Michael Annett (Des Moines, IA) Ford/Flying J Travel Plaza
#44 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) Toyota/Tastee Apple Inc.
#51 Jeremy Clements (Spartanburg, SC) Chevrolet/TBA
#52 Tim Schendel (Sparta, WI) Chevrolet/TBA
#54 Drew Herring (Benson, NC) Toyota/Monster Energy
#60 Travis Pastrana (Annapolis, MD) Ford/Roush Fenway Racing
#70 Johanna Long (Pensacola, FL) Chevrolet/TBA
#74 Danny Efland (Irmo, SC) Chevrolet/Mike Harmon Racing
#77 Parker Kligerman (Westport, CT) Toyota/Kyle Busch Motorsports
#79 Joey Gase (Cedar Rapids, IA) Ford/Donate Life
#87 Joe Nemechek (Lakeland, FL) Toyota/AM FM Energy Wood & Pellet
#89 Morgan Shepherd (Ferguson, NC) Chevrolet/TBA
#92 Dexter Stacey (Kahnawake, Canada) Ford/Maddie's Place
#98 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN) Ford/Carroll Shelby Engines
#99 Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) Toyota/schooltipline.com
Leading contenders
| Name | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Elliott Sadler | 5 | 2 |
| Austin Dillon | 10 | 4 |
| Justin Allgaier | 8 | 6 |
| Brian Scott | 27 | 11 |
| Sam Hornish Jr. | 12 | |
| Brad Sweet | 13 | |
| Drew Herring | 12 | |
| Joey Logano | ||
| Regan Smith | ||
| Brian Vickers | ||
| Trevor Bayne | ||
| Kyle Larson |
Notes
Built in 2006, Iowa Speedway has progressive banking from 12-14 degrees in all of its turns. There are 10 degrees of banking on the frontstretch and four degrees on the backstretch. The length of the frontstretch is 1,075 feet, and the backstretch measures 869 feet.
NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace led the design team for Iowa in the first- ever driver-designed racetrack. Wallace played an integral part of the overall design and layout of this track.
There have been six Nationwide races held at Iowa. The series competed there once each season from 2009-2010 and then twice each year since then. Brad Keselowski won the inaugural Nationwide race at this track, the U.S. Cellular 250, on Aug. 1, 2009.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won three races in a row at Iowa during his 2011-12 championship seasons in Nationwide. Stenhouse scored a season-sweep at this track in '11 and then followed up with another victory there in May 2012. Elliott Sadler snapped his winning streak at Iowa last August. Stenhouse is now a rookie in the Sprint Cup Series.
Sadler has won the pole for the last three Nationwide races at Iowa.
The closest margin of victory in a Nationwide race at Iowa occurred on Aug. 6, 2011 when Stenhouse beat Carl Edwards by just 0.066 seconds.
Drew Herring is the only driver on the entry list for this race that made his Nationwide debut at Iowa. Herring's first start came there on July 31, 2010. He is driving the No. 54 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing in this event.
The next Nationwide race is the June 15 Alliance Truck Parts 250 at Michigan International Speedway. Joey Logano won last year's event there.
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