Iowa 300

The Iowa INDYCAR 250s was an IndyCar Series race held at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The first event was held in 2007. From 2007-2013, it was a 250-lap (218.75 miles) race; beginning in 2014, the race was increased to 300 laps (262.5 miles). For 2020, the race reverts back to 250 laps, with consecutive 250-lap races on Friday and Saturday night.

Indy car history in Iowa
The first Championship Car race in Iowa took place on July 9, 1915. AAA held a 100 mi race at Tri-State Fair Grounds in Burlington, Iowa, won by Bob Burman. Additional AAA races were held at Des Moines Speedway in Valley Junction, a one-mile (1.6 km) wooden board track, in 1915 and 1916. Only two championship car races, won by Ralph Mulford and Ralph DePalma respectively, were held at Des Moines, as the track closed and was dismantled shortly thereafter.

On August 6, 2006, IndyCar & Iowa Speedway officials announced the first IndyCar race at Iowa Speedway would be held June 24, 2007. The race itself was a crashfest with the 10th place finisher of Scott Dixon finishing 77 laps down to the winning driver of Dario Franchitti.

In October 2013, Iowa Speedway announced that the 2014 race was extended to 300 laps.

In most years since its inception, the race has been held as a Sunday afternoon event. In 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019, it was held as a Saturday night race under the lights.

In 2020 IndyCar had two 250-lap races at the track using a double header format with both races taking place at night on July 17th and 18th. On September 30th, 2020 IndyCar revealed their 2021 schedule and announced that due to financial issues with the Iowa Speedway their date had been dropped from the schedule along with Richmond Raceway, the latter not hosting a race in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions in the state of Virginia.

IndyCar Series

 * 2019: Race started four hours late due to thunderstorms within 7 miles of the circuit plus rain delay. Race started just before Midnight EST on July 20th. The race finished at 2:15 AM EST on July 21st, including a red flag 55 laps in due to a brief rain shower.

ARCA
Starting in 2015 the race was held as a support race for the IndyCar weekend.


 * 2015: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.