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, and was won by James Hinchcliffe of

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Background

Iowa Speedway is the shortest track on the IndyCar schedule, being .875 miles long. Four of the first nine races in the season were dominated by

drivers James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay, each winning two races. The defending race winner was Hunter-Reay.

Qualifying

Hélio Castroneves of Team Penske set the one-lap track record in qualifying with a time of 17.3324 seconds and a speed of , breaking the record set in

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by Ryan Briscoe. Castroneves also won the

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after winning the qualifying heat race, but IndyCar officials ruled that Castroneves and his team had an improper engine change, changing engines before it ran the minimum 2,000 miles (3,218 km). Because of this, Penske teammate

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was given the pole, with James Hinchcliffe in second,

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in third and Ed Carpenter in fourth, taking

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's spot, who was also penalized for improperly changing engines. Defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay failed to advance out of the preliminary heat. The starting grid for the race was decided by three 50-lap heat races. Dixon won the first race, Graham Rahal won heat 2, and Castroneves won the final heat.

Race

On lap one, James Hinchcliffe passed pole-sitter

for the lead, and proceeded to dominate the race, leading all but 24 laps, a track-record 226 laps; he had led only 33 laps on ovals prior to the race. Hinchcliffe's teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay fell behind with early right front car damage early in the race, and was in 21st, but was able to reach second, but was slowed by lapped cars. Hinchcliffe beat Hunter-Reay to the finish by 1.5009 seconds, giving

its second consecutive 1-2 finish at the track, and the team's fifth win at the track. The win was Hinchcliffe's third of the season, making him the first three-race winner of the season, and was also his first on an oval.

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finished third, Ed Carpenter and Graham Rahal finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

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, Hélio Castroneves,

, and

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closed out the top ten.

Race results

;Notes: 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.

References

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Iowa Corn Indy 250 The Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash and Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google are IndyCar Series races held at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The first event was held in 2007. From 2007 to 2013, it was a 250-lap (218.75 mil ...