Scott McLaughlin wins IndyCar Series at Iowa Speedway Race 1, will start on pole Sunday
IndyCar returns to the Iowa Speedway for Race 1 on Saturday night.
Colton Herta will start out in front for the race while Scott McLaughlin snagged the pole for Race 2, which takes place tomorrow.
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Qualifying results: Colton Herta, Scott McLaughlin snag IndyCar Iowa Speedway poles
Race change: Broadcast of IndyCar's Saturday race at Iowa Speedway moved to CNBC, Peacock
IndyCar at Iowa Speedway Race 1 finish order
Scott McLaughlin
Pato O'Ward
Josef Newgarden
Scott Dixon
Rinus Veekay
Santino Ferrucci
Kyle Kirkwood
Alexander Rossi
Marcus Ericsson
Marcus Armstrong
Colton Herta
Nolan Siegel
Felix Rosenqvist
Kyffin Simpson
Sting Ray Robb
Graham Rahal
Katherine Legge
Will Power
Ed Carpenter
Pietro Fittipaldi
Linus Lundqvist
Christian Lundgaard
Alex Palou
Romain Grosjean
Jack Harvey
Agustin Canapino
David Malukas
Final: Scott McLaughlin wins Race 1 at Iowa
Scott McLaughlin, who started second, won the Saturday night race at Iowa Speedway. It's his first career IndyCar oval win. McLaughlin will start on pole tomorrow.
Lap 225: Caution flag out after Colton Herta nearly spins out
Colton Herta nearly spun out. He corrected and was able to stay on the track. The caution flag came out right after.
SAVE OF THE SEASON!
Unbelievable catch from @ColtonHerta 🤯
📺: #INDYCARatIowa on CNBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/IT9AcMQ9sR— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 14, 2024
Lap 211: Caution flag comes out for Linus Lundqvist
The caution flag is out once again after Linus Lundqvist pulled off on the side of the track.
Scott McLaughlin still leads, but Pato O'Ward is in second now and Scott Dixon is in third.
Lap 180: Alex Palou crashes into Turn 1 wall
Alex Palou, the championship leader, crashed. Palou appeared to lose control coming onto the front stretch and spun all the way around into the Turn 1 wall.
The top three are Scott McLaughlin, Scott Dixon and Pato O'Ward.
Around goes the championship leader!@AlexPalou spins into the wall!
📺: #INDYCARatIowa on CNBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/2UgN2eMulS— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 14, 2024
Lap 120: Will Power given penalty
Will Power received a drive-thru penalty for speeding on pit lane.
They went WHEEL-TO-WHEEL on that restart!
📺: #INDYCARatIowa on CNBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/uLSGz3t9mw— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 14, 2024
Lap 91: Scott McLaughlin takes the lead
Scott McLaughlin is out in front with Colton Herta in second and Scott Dixon in third.
The race went back into a caution after Graham Rahal's car slowed. Radio said his wheel was cracked. He's back on the track after going into the pits.
Alex Palou dropped to 19th after an extended stop.
Problems for the No. 15!@GrahamRahal brings out the second caution of the night.
📺: #INDYCARatIowa on CNBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/fXuZDG9yh6— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 14, 2024
Top-10 after the stops:
McLaughlin
Herta
Dixon
Pato
Rossi
Power
Ericsson
Armstrong
VeeKay
Newgarden https://t.co/GcZC9XBBJV— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) July 14, 2024
Lap 54: Colton Herta remains in the lead at Iowa
Colton Herta, Scott McLaughlin and Alex Palou round out the top three after 54 laps.
Santino Ferrucci was given a drive-thru penalty.
And now he’s gotten a stop-and-go for “failure to follow the direction of IndyCar.” https://t.co/UduLjI9Eew
— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) July 14, 2024
Lap 1: Crash between drivers on Turn 2
Christian Lundgaard, Agustin Canapino and David Malukas were involved in a crash in Turn 2. The race is under caution.
TROUBLE on the opening lap!
Multiple cars are involved, bringing out the yellow flag.
📺: #INDYCARatIowa on CNBC and Peacock pic.twitter.com/I7zu2vKDAz— NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar) July 14, 2024
Lap 1: Lundgaard, Canapino & Malukas involved in a crash in Turn 2.
Grosjean in pit lane after getting a couple wheels off the ground as JHR surveys the damage.— Nathan Brown (@By_NathanBrown) July 14, 2024
IndyCar qualifying results for Race 1 at Iowa Speedway
*Graham Rahal and Kyffin Simpson will both drop nine spots on the starting grid for Saturday night's race due to the team making an unapproved engine change after Mid-Ohio. Below are the qualifying results.
Colton Herta
Scott McLaughlin
Alex Palou
Will Power
Scott Dixon
Pato O'Ward
Alexander Rossi
Santino Ferrucci
Marcus Armstrong
Marcus Ericsson
Felix Rosenqvist
Graham Rahal
Linus Lundqvist
Rinus VeeKay
David Malukas
Nolan Siegel
Agustin Canapino
Pietro Fittipaldi
Jack Harvey
Kyle Kirkwood
Romain Grosjean
Josef Newgarden
Christian Lundgaard
Sting Ray Robb
Ed Carpenter
Katherine Legge
Kyffin Simpson
IndyCar qualifying results for Race 2 at Iowa Speedway
Scott McLaughlin
Alex Palou
Scott Dixon
Colton Herta
Felix Rosenqvist
Alexander Rossi
Pato O'Ward
Graham Rahal
David Malukas
Agustin Canapino
Nolan Siegel
Kyle Kirkwood
Linus Lundqvist
Josef Newgarden
Rinus VeeKay
Romain Grosjean
Pietro Fittipaldi
Jack Harvey
Christian Lundgaard
Santino Ferrucci
Sting Ray Robb
Marcus Ericsson
Will Power
Kyffin Simpson
Katherine Legge
Marcus Armstrong
Ed Carpenter
IndyCar Series schedule at Iowa
All times ET; all sessions on IndyCar Radio, IndyCar Live and SiriusXM Channel 218
Saturday, July 13
3:45-4:45 p.m.: IndyCar qualifying, Peacock
8-10 p.m.: IndyCar race, NBC, Peacock
Sunday, July 14
Noon-3:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, CNBC, Peacock
How does IndyCar qualifying at Iowa work?
Qualifying runs are 2 laps on the .875-mile oval. Lap 1 is the qualifying run for the first race; Lap 2 is the qualifying run for the second race.
2024 IndyCar Series schedule
Times are ET for TV coverage
Date, time | Location | TV/winner |
March 10 | St. Petersburg, Fla.% | |
March 24 | Thermal, Calif.*# | |
April 21 | Long Beach, Calif.% | |
April 28 | Leeds, Ala.# | |
May 11 | Indianapolis# | |
May 26 | Indianapolis@ | |
June 2 | Detroit% | |
June 9 | Elkhart Lake, Wis.# | |
June 23 | Monterey, Calif.# | |
July 7, 1:30 p.m. | Lexington, Ohio# | |
July 13, 8 p.m. | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 14, noon | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 21, 1 p.m. | Toronto% | Peacock |
Aug. 17, 6 p.m. | Gateway, Ill.@ | USA |
Aug. 25, 3 p.m. | Portland# | USA |
Aug. 31, 6 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | Peacock |
Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | USA |
Sept. 15, 3 p.m. | Nashville@ | NBC |
IndyCar Series points standings
(Through July 7)
Alex Palou, 329
Will Power, 281
Pato O'Ward, 249
Scott Dixon, 248
Colton Herta, 239
Kyle Kirkwood, 224
Alexander Rossi, 216
Scott McLaughlin, 214
Felix Rosenqvist, 192
Josef Newgarden, 186
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