Posts Tagged ‘Iowa Speedway’

NASCAR notebook

Notebook: Jack Roush transferred to Mayo Clinic Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 29, 2010) NASCAR team owner Jack Roush, injured in a plane crash Tuesday in Oshkosh, Wis., has been transferred to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Roush-Fenway Racing announced Thursday. Roush remains in serious, but stable condition and will continue [...]

Keselowski: Iowa ‘a special moment in my career’

By Lee Montgomery Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 29, 2010) Brad Keselowski was already a three-time winner when he raced in the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Iowa Speedway last year. But winning the U.S. Cellular 250 in 2009 was a turning point in Keselowski’s career. He had yet to [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 28, 2010) 978: Miles between Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, and Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. The Nationwide race is Saturday night in Iowa, and the Sprint Cup race is Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania. Eight drivers are expected to make the commute to [...]

Dillon dominates for first truck series win

By Charles Krall Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 11, 2010) NEWTON, Iowa—Rookie Austin Dillon scored his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win Sunday, dominating the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway. In his 12th truck start, Dillon, 20, led 187 of 205 laps and beat Johnny Sauter to the finish [...]

Hessert Takes Prairie Meadows

Tom Hessert took charge early and drove to his first career ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards victory in the Prairie Meadows 200 at Iowa Speedway, along the way giving Cunningham Motorsports its second win of 2010 and its second consecutive triumph at the central Iowa track. Driving the No. 77 Cherry Hill [...]

Crafton needs repeat performance at Iowa

By Jared Turner Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 8, 2010) Matt Crafton doesn’t mince words or make excuses about his struggles in the 2010 Camping World Truck Series season. A top-five points finisher the two previous years, Crafton has been uncharacteristically inconsistent over the season’s first nine races. Crafton enters Sunday’s [...]

NASCAR By The Numbers

NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 5, 2010) 39: Tracks on which Ken Schrader has started races in NASCAR’s top three series. The number will rise to 40 this weekend when Schrader starts the Camping World Truck Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Schrader, 55, made his first Cup start [...]

Hillenburg To Replace Silas At Iowa?

Andy Hillenburg, owner of Fast Track Racing (FTR) and Rockingham (N.C.) Speedway promoter, is preparing himself to possibly come out of retirement and take the reins of the No. 11 Rockingham Speedway / Palm Beach Grading Ford Fusion in next weekend’s Prairie Meadows 200 events at Iowa Speedway. Stuart, Florida native Bryan Silas, a four [...]