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2018 Iowa Corn 300

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{{Infobox American championship car race report

|Country = USA

|Race = Iowa Corn 300

|Image = Iowa Speedway track map.png

|Date = July 9

|Year = 2018

|Official name = Iowa Corn 300

|Round_No = 11th

|Series = IndyCar Series

|Location = Iowa Speedway

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 0.875

|Course_km = 1.400

|Distance_laps = 300

|Distance_mi = 268.2

|Distance_km = 431.63

|Weather =

|Pole_Driver = Will Power

|Pole_Team = Team Penske

|Pole_Time = 17.6801 + 17.6112 = 35.2913

|Pole_Country = Australia

|Fast_Driver = Will Power

|Fast_Team = Team Penske

|Fast_Time = 18.6422

|Fast_Lap = 2

|Fast_Country = Australia

|First_Driver = James Hinchcliffe

|First_Team = Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|First_Country = Canada

|Second_Driver = Spencer Pigot

|Second_Team = Ed Carpenter Racing

|Second_Country = USA

|Third_Driver = Takuma Sato

|Third_Team = Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Third_Country = Japan}}

The 2018 Iowa Corn 300 was an IndyCar Series event held at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa on July 8, 2018. The event served as the 11th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. Will Power took his 52nd pole{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/iowa-indycar-power-takes-52nd-pole-of-career-1057378/|title=Iowa IndyCar: Power takes 52nd pole of career|last=Malsher|first=David|date=July 7, 2018|work=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|accessdate=July 9, 2018}} while James Hinchcliffe claimed victory of the 300-lap race, which ended under caution.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/iowa-indycar-hinchcliffe-wins-newgarden-suffers-in-bizarre-finish-1057908/|title=Iowa IndyCar: Hinchcliffe wins, Newgarden suffers in bizarre finish|last=Malsher|first=David|date=July 8, 2018|work=Motorsport.com|publisher=Motorsport Network|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}

Results

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!Key

!Meaning

align="center" |R

|Rookie

align="center" |W

|Past winner

=Qualifying=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!| Pos

!| No.

!| Name

!| Lap 1 Time

!| Lap 2 Time

!| Total Time

!| Avg. Speed (mph)

scope="row" | 1

| 12

| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power

| 17.6801

| 17.6112

| 35.2913

| 182.391

scope="row" | 2

| 1

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden W

| 17.7252

| 17.8058

| 35.5310

| 181.160

scope="row" | 3

| 28

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

| 17.8034

| 17.8219

| 35.6253

| 180.681

scope="row" | 4

| 22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

| 17.8616

| 17.8364

| 35.6980

| 180.313

scope="row" | 5

| 27

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

| 17.9188

| 17.8808

| 35.7996

| 179.801

scope="row" | 6

| 9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

| 17.9873

| 17.8672

| 35.8545

| 179.526

scope="row" | 7

| 6

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Robert Wickens R

| 17.9760

| 18.0073

| 35.9833

| 178.883

scope="row" | 8

| 10

| align="left" |{{flagicon|UAE}} Ed Jones

| 18.0150

| 18.0011

| 36.0161

| 178.720

scope="row" | 9

| 20

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Carpenter

| 18.0985

| 17.9183

| 36.0168

| 178.717

scope="row" | 10

| 30

| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

| 18.0678

| 17.9507

| 36.0185

| 178.708

scope="row" | 11

| 5

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe W

| 18.0289

| 18.0361

| 36.0650

| 178.478

12

|15

| align="left" | {{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

| 18.0323

| 18.0463

| 36.0786

| 178.410

scope="row" | 13

| 14

| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Tony Kanaan W

| 18.0341

| 18.1260

| 36.1601

| 178.008

scope="row" | 14

| 26

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Veach R

| 18.0867

| 18.1139

| 36.2006

| 177.809

scope="row" | 15

| 18

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais

| 18.0438

| 18.1830

| 36.2268

| 177.681

scope="row" | 16

| 88

| align="left" |{{flagicon|COL}} Gabby Chaves

| 18.1637

| 18.3125

| 36.4762

| 176.466

scope="row" | 17

| 23

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Kimball

| 18.1934

| 18.3284

| 36.5218

| 176.245

scope="row" | 18

| 21

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pigot

| 18.2349

| 18.5027

| 36.7376

| 175.210

scope="row" | 19

| 98

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Marco Andretti W

| 18.2374

| 18.6396

| 36.8770

| 174.548

scope="row" |20

|19

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Zachary Claman DeMelo R

| 18.4002

| 18.5209

| 36.9211

| 174.339

scope="row" | 21

| 59

| align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

| 18.6021

| 18.5086

| 37.1107

| 173.449

scope="row" | 22

| 4

| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Matheus Leist R

| 19.0284

| 19.1214

| 38.1498

| 168.724

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=Race=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}

!{{abbr|No.|Car Number}}

!Driver

!Team

!Engine

!Laps

!Time/Retired

!Pit Stops

!Grid

!Laps Led

!{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}{{ref|race5|1}}

1

|5

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe W

|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|300

| 1:47:32.4666

|3

|11

|45

|51

2

|21

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pigot

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

|300

| +2.6491

|3

|18

|

|40

3

|30

| align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|300

| +3.2506

|3

|10

|3

|36

4

|1

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden W

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|300

| +4.5296

|4

|2

|229

|35

5

|6

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Robert Wickens R

|Schmidt Peterson Motorsports

|Honda

|300

| +6.3214

|4

|7

|

|30

6

|12

| align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|299

| +1 lap

|3

|1

|23

|30

7

|15

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal

|Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing

|Honda

|299

| +1 lap

|4

|12

|

|26

8

|22

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud

|Team Penske

|Chevrolet

|299

| +1 lap

|4

|4

|

|24

9

|27

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|298

| +2 laps

|4

|5

|

|22

10

|20

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Carpenter

|Ed Carpenter Racing

|Chevrolet

|298

| +2 laps

|4

|9

|

|20

11

|18

| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais

|Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan

|Honda

|297

| +3 laps

|3

|15

|

|19

12

|9

| align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|296

| +4 laps

|4

|6

|

|18

13

|10

| align="left" |{{flagicon|UAE}} Ed Jones

|Chip Ganassi Racing

|Honda

|295

| +5 laps

|5

|8

|

|17

14

|23

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Kimball

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|295

| +5 laps

|3

|17

|

|16

15

|59

| align="left" |{{flagicon|GBR}} Max Chilton

|Carlin

|Chevrolet

|294

| +6 laps

|5

|21

|

|15

16

|98

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Marco Andretti W

|Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian

|Honda

|293

| +7 laps

|4

|19

|

|14

17

|14

| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Tony Kanaan W

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|292

| +8 laps

|4

|13

|

|13

18

|19

| align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} Zachary Claman DeMelo R

|Dale Coyne Racing

|Honda

|291

| +9 laps

|6

|20

|

|12

19

|28

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay W

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|283

| Mechanical

|6

|3

|

|11

20

|26

| align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Veach R

|Andretti Autosport

|Honda

|279

| +21 laps

|5

|14

|

|10

21

|88

| align="left" |{{flagicon|COL}} Gabby Chaves

|Harding Racing

|Chevrolet

|99

| Handling

|1

|16

|

|9

22

|4

| align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Matheus Leist R

|A. J. Foyt Enterprises

|Chevrolet

|40

| Mechanical

|0

|22

|

|8

colspan="11" |[https://cdn.theapexracing.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-Iowa-Corn-300-unofficial-results.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710133139/https://cdn.theapexracing.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2018-Iowa-Corn-300-unofficial-results.pdf |date=2018-07-10 }}

Notes:

{{ref|race1|1}} Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

Championship standings after the race

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{{col-2}}

;Drivers' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Driver

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| 1

| {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon

| align="right"| 411

align="left"| 10px 2

| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden

| align="right"| 378

align="left"| 10px 1

| 3

| {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi

| align="right"| 370

align="left"| 10px 2

| 4

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay

| align="right"| 359

align="left"| 10px

| 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power

| align="right"| 358

{{col-2}}

;Manufacturer standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos

! Manufacturer

! Points

align="left"| 10px

| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

| align="right"| 923

align="left"| 10px

| 2

| {{flagicon|USA}} Chevrolet

| align="right"| 779

{{col-end}}

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

{{reflist}}

{{IndyCar Series race report

|Name_of_race = Iowa Corn 300

|Year_of_race = 2018

|Previous_race_in_season = 2018 Kohler Grand Prix

|Next_race_in_season = 2018 Honda Indy Toronto

|Previous_year's_race = 2017 Iowa Corn 300

|Next_year's_race = 2019 Iowa 300

}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iowa Corn 300}}

Category:2018 in IndyCar

Category:2018 in sports in Iowa

Category:July 2018 sports events in the United States