Iowa Speedway
| File:Iowaspeed.jpg "Rusty Wallace Signature Series Track" | |
| Location | Newton, Iowa |
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| Time zone | GMT-6 |
| Capacity | 30,000 [1] |
| Owner | U.S. Motorsport Entertainment Corp. |
| Operator | Iowa Speedway |
| Broke ground | June 21, 2005 |
| Opened | September 15, 2006 |
| Construction cost | $70 million |
| Architect | Paxton Waters Architecture Rusty Wallace |
| Former names | Quad Cities International Raceway Park (planning stages name) |
| Major events | IRL IndyCar Series Iowa Corn Indy 250 (2007) ARCA RE/MAX Series |
| Website | http://www.iowaspeedway.com |
| Tri-oval | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 1.4 km (0.875 miles) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Banking | Turns: 12°-14° Frontstrech: 10° Backstrech: 4° |
| Race lap record | 0:17.6484 (Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, 2007, IRL IndyCar Series) |
| Road Course | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.09 km (1.3 miles) |
| Turns | 9 |
| Banking | Turns 1&2: 12°-14° Frontstrech: 10° Backstrech: 4° |
| Race lap record | 0:41.709 (Jon Fogarty, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing, 2007, Daytona Prototype) |
Iowa Speedway is a 7/8 mile long paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond International Raceway, a short track where Wallace was very successful. It has over 25,000 permanent seats as well as a unique multi-tiered Recreational Vehicle viewing area along the backstretch.
The track opened in September 2006 with the Soy Biodiesel 250, won by Woody Howard, for the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Four Champions playoff. The Indy Racing League announced a race there on June 24, 2007, the Iowa Corn Indy 250, which was won by Dario Franchitti, who barely nipped Marco Andretti at the finish line. The track has secured a combined NASCAR Grand National Busch East-AutoZone West race where results will count towards both series' championships. [2] That race delivered a dramatic battle between 17-year old Joey Logano from the Busch East Series, who defeated Daytona 500 champion Kevin Harvick, 1998 West Series champion, who represented the West Series at the end of the race. The track is also likely to pursue future NASCAR Nationwide Series and Craftsman Truck Series dates. They also reached an agreemeant with Indy that they are going to sign a three year contract which means that Indy will race there three more years.
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