2024 Iowa Corn 350

2024 Iowa Corn 350

Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Race 17 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	June 16, 2024 (2024-06-16)
Location	Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa
Course	Permanent racing facility 0.875 mi (1.408 km)
Distance	350 laps, 306.25 mi (492.862 km)
Average speed	102.874 miles per hour (165.560 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Kyle Larson	Hendrick Motorsports
Time	23.084
Most laps led
Driver	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Laps	201
Winner
No. 12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
Television in the United States
Network	USA
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio	MRN
Booth Announcers	Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers	Dave Moody (1 & 2) and Kurt Becker (3 & 4)

The 2024 Iowa Corn 350 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on June 16, 2024, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Contested over 350 laps on the 0.875-mile (1.408 km) D-shaped oval, it was the 17th race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season.

The repaved inside turns caused serious tire issues.

Report[edit]

Background[edit]

Iowa Speedway is a 7/8-mile (1.4 km) paved oval motor racing track in Newton, Iowa, United States, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines. The track was designed with influence from Rusty Wallace and patterned after Richmond 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 race replaced the Pala Casino 400 due to planned construction at the Auto Club Speedway.^[10]

Entry list[edit]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Practice[edit]

Noah Gragson was the fastest in the practice session with a time of 22.828 seconds and a speed of 137.988 mph (222.070 km/h).^[11]

Practice results[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Kyle Larson scored the pole for the race with a time of 23.084 and a speed of 136.458 mph (219.608 km/h).^[12] Qualifying was shortened to one round after it was delayed due to rain.

Qualifying results[edit]

Race[edit]

Race results[edit]

Stage results[edit]

Stage One Laps: 70

Stage Two Laps: 140

Final Stage results[edit]

Stage Three Laps: 140

Race statistics[edit]

• Lead changes: 17 among 9 different drivers
• Cautions/Laps: 8 for 49
• Red flags: 0
• Time of race: 2 hours, 58 minutes, and 37 seconds
• Average speed: 102.874 miles per hour (165.560 km/h)

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

USA covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte called the race from the broadcast booth. Dave Burns, Kim Coon, and Marty Snider handled the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio[edit]

Radio coverage of the race was broadcast by Motor Racing Network (MRN) and was also simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.

Standings after the race[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Chase Elliott 591 1 2 Kyle Larson 583 (–9) 3 Denny Hamlin 553 (–38) 2 4 William Byron 537 (–54) 5 Martin Truex Jr. 530 (–61) 2 6 Tyler Reddick 527 (–64) 5 7 Ryan Blaney 501 (–90) 1 8 Christopher Bell 498 (–93) 2 9 Brad Keselowski 498 (–93) 10 Ross Chastain 479 (–112) 3 11 Ty Gibbs 478 (–113) 1 12 Alex Bowman 474 (–117) 13 Chris Buescher 435 (–156) 14 Bubba Wallace 414 (–177) 1 15 Joey Logano 408 (–183) 1 16 Kyle Busch 383 (–208) Official driver's standings

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Manufacturer Points 1 Chevrolet 617 2 Toyota 607 (–10) 3 Ford 588 (–29) Note: Only the first 16 positions are included for the driver standings. . – Driver has clinched a position in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.

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