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.
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.
- 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.% | 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)
- 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