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2015 Iowa Corn Indy 300
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July 2026
Indycar race held in Newton, Iowa
April 2025
USA Iowa Corn 300 Iowa Speedway track map.png July 18 2015 Iowa Corn 300 13th 2015 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 2015 Honda Indy 200 IndyCar Iowa Speedway Permanent racing facility 0.875 1.400 300 268.2 431.63 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske 35.0817 BRA Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing 18.1748 191 New Zealand Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing USA Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing USA 2014 2016
The 2015 Iowa Corn 300 was the thirteenth round of the 2015 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 18, 2015, the ninth consecutive year the Verizon IndyCar Series visited the Newton, Iowa short oval. 2014 race winner and series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay shook off the frustrations of his 2015 season for his first win and first podium finish of the season,Pruett Marshall Pruett's Preview: Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/news-multimedia/news/2015/07/17/pruetts-preview-iowa-corn-300-at-iowa-speedway-2015 IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com 5 August 2026 Andretti Autosport's sixth consecutive win at Iowa.Iowa Corn Indy 300 Race Report https://hondanews.com/en-US/releases/release-f0b8d2411ebc426abef48f4ad6b9c104-2015-iowa-corn-indy-300-race-report Honda Newsroom 5 August 2026
Race summary
Hélio Castroneves picked up his 3rd pole at Iowa. The start was waved off when Hélio Castroneves jumped his country mate and friend Tony Kanaan. The first caution waved on lap 10 when Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya crashed in turn 2. The second caution came on lap 25 when Charlie Kimball and Stefano Coletti got together in turn 3. The third caution waved on lap 108 when Justin Wilson got up high in turn 2, eventually cutting a tire down. The fourth caution came out on lap 172 when Charlie Kimball crashed in turn 2. The fifth caution came on lap 195 when Stefano Coletti crashed in turn 2. The sixth and final caution waved on lap 262 when Takuma Sato hit the wall in turn 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay held off Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam to pick up his first win of the season. Ed Carpenter got out of his car after the race and confronted the 20 year old rookie driver from Nazareth Pennsylvania Sage Karam.
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on the morning of race day, July 18, 2015.
Pos Position No. Car Number Driver Team Engine Time Finalgrid Final starting grid position for race 1 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 35.0817 1 2 10 BRA Tony Kanaan gold W silver Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.1497 2 3 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 35.2302 3 4 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.2978 4 5 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 35.4397 5 6 1 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 35.4400 6 7 67 USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 35.4905 7 8 27 USA Marco Andretti gold W silver Andretti Autosport Honda 35.5465 8 9 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay gold W silver Andretti Autosport Honda 35.5934 9 10 8 USA Sage Karam orange R silver Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.6296 10 11 20 USA Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Chevrolet 35.6806 11 12 26 COL Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 35.7442 12 13 4 MON Stefano Coletti orange R silver KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 35.7803 13 14 7 GBR James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 35.9603 14 15 14 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 36.0740 15 16 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36.1674 16 17 15 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 36.1909 17 18 25 GBR Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 36.1975 18 19 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 36.3852 19 20 19 FRA Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 36.5196 20 21 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 36.5199 21 22 18 GBR Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 36.6118 22 23 98 COL Gabby Chaves orange R silver Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 36.6419 23 24 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet No Time 24 Official results
Race
The race was held on July 18, 2015. Ryan Hunter-Reay won over Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam for an all-American podium.Oreovicz John Hunter-Reay rolls at Iowa to lead American surge https://www.espn.com/racing/indycar/story/_/id/13281621/indycar-ryan-hunter-reay-wins-leads-american-surge-iowa ESPN 5 August 2026
Pos Position No. Car Number Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed Pts. Points 1 28 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay gold W silver Andretti Autosport Honda 300 2:03:50.3315 4 9 37 51 2 67 USA Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 300 +0.5046 4 7 111 43 3 8 USA Sage Karam orange R silver Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 300 +2.8451 4 10 – 35 4 15 USA Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 300 +4.6579 5 17 7 33 5 26 COL Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 300 +6.8921 4 12 – 30 6 20 USA Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Chevrolet 300 +7.4884 4 11 – 28 7 27 USA Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 300 +8.4296 5 8 – 26 8 5 AUS Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 300 +10.5332 5 19 – 24 9 11 FRA Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet 300 +11.8013 7 24 6 23 10 1 AUS Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 300 +12.1472 4 6 2 21 11 3 BRA Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 300 +13.2151 5 1 50 21 12 19 FRA Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 299 +1 Lap 4 20 – 18 13 41 GBR Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 299 +1 Lap 6 21 7 18 14 22 FRA Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 299 +1 Lap 4 5 - 16 15 7 GBR James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 299 +1 Lap 7 14 3 16 16 98 COL Gabby Chaves orange R silver Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 299 +1 Lap 7 23 – 14 17 25 GBR Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 297 +3 Laps 6 18 – 13 18 9 NZL Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 263 +37 Laps 4 4 - 12 19 14 JPN Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 260 Contact 4 15 - 11 20 4 MON Stefano Coletti orange R silver KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 191 Contact 6 13 – 10 21 10 BRA Tony Kanaan gold W silver Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 189 Mechanical 3 2 70 10 22 83 USA Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 170 Contact 2 16 7 9 23 18 GBR Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 136 Handling 2 22 – 7 24 2 COL Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 9 Contact 0 3 – 6Fastest lap: New Zealand Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 18.1748 (Lap 191) Official results
References
Iowa Corn 300 2015 2015 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 2015 Honda Indy 200 2014 Iowa Corn 300 2016 Iowa Corn 300
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