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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

  1. Scott McLaughlin

  2. Pato O'Ward

  3. Josef Newgarden

  4. Scott Dixon

  5. Rinus Veekay

  6. Santino Ferrucci

  7. Kyle Kirkwood

  8. Alexander Rossi

  9. Marcus Ericsson

  10. Marcus Armstrong

  11. Colton Herta

  12. Nolan Siegel

  13. Felix Rosenqvist

  14. Kyffin Simpson

  15. Sting Ray Robb

  16. Graham Rahal

  17. Katherine Legge

  18. Will Power

  19. Ed Carpenter

  20. Pietro Fittipaldi

  21. Linus Lundqvist

  22. Christian Lundgaard

  23. Alex Palou

  24. Romain Grosjean

  25. Jack Harvey

  26. Agustin Canapino

  27. 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.

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.

Lap 120: Will Power given penalty

Will Power received a drive-thru penalty for speeding on pit lane.

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.

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.

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.

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.

  1. Colton Herta

  2. Scott McLaughlin

  3. Alex Palou

  4. Will Power

  5. Scott Dixon

  6. Pato O'Ward

  7. Alexander Rossi

  8. Santino Ferrucci

  9. Marcus Armstrong

  10. Marcus Ericsson

  11. Felix Rosenqvist

  12. Graham Rahal

  13. Linus Lundqvist

  14. Rinus VeeKay

  15. David Malukas

  16. Nolan Siegel

  17. Agustin Canapino

  18. Pietro Fittipaldi

  19. Jack Harvey

  20. Kyle Kirkwood

  21. Romain Grosjean

  22. Josef Newgarden

  23. Christian Lundgaard

  24. Sting Ray Robb

  25. Ed Carpenter

  26. Katherine Legge

  27. Kyffin Simpson

IndyCar qualifying results for Race 2 at Iowa Speedway

  1. Scott McLaughlin

  2. Alex Palou

  3. Scott Dixon

  4. Colton Herta

  5. Felix Rosenqvist

  6. Alexander Rossi

  7. Pato O'Ward

  8. Graham Rahal

  9. David Malukas

  10. Agustin Canapino

  11. Nolan Siegel

  12. Kyle Kirkwood

  13. Linus Lundqvist

  14. Josef Newgarden

  15. Rinus VeeKay

  16. Romain Grosjean

  17. Pietro Fittipaldi

  18. Jack Harvey

  19. Christian Lundgaard

  20. Santino Ferrucci

  21. Sting Ray Robb

  22. Marcus Ericsson

  23. Will Power

  24. Kyffin Simpson

  25. Katherine Legge

  26. Marcus Armstrong

  27. 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.%

Pato O'Ward**

March 24

Thermal, Calif.*#

Alex Palou

April 21

Long Beach, Calif.%

Scott Dixon

April 28

Leeds, Ala.#

Scott McLaughlin

May 11

Indianapolis#

Alex Palou

May 26

Indianapolis@

Josef Newgarden

June 2

Detroit%

Scott Dixon

June 9

Elkhart Lake, Wis.#

Will Power

June 23

Monterey, Calif.#

Alex Palou

July 7, 1:30 p.m.

Lexington, Ohio#

Pato O'Ward

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)

  1. Alex Palou, 329

  2. Will Power, 281

  3. Pato O'Ward, 249

  4. Scott Dixon, 248

  5. Colton Herta, 239

  6. Kyle Kirkwood, 224

  7. Alexander Rossi, 216

  8. Scott McLaughlin, 214

  9. Felix Rosenqvist, 192

  10. Josef Newgarden, 186

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IndyCar at Iowa Speedway Race 1 recap, results, Scott McLaughlin wins