For the first 150 laps the race was marked by plenty of crashing, and both of Ganassi's Target cars were dominating the race. One of the many drivers that were involved in a crash was IndyCar Series Championship contender Will Power crashed just 90 laps into the race in turn 2. Earlier in the race while pulling out of the pits Power hit Charlie Kimball(R), and sustained some damage. This may have been the reason why he just lost it, and ended up going backwards into the wall. Power has a mild concussion from the crash, and will have to pass a test to drive in Toronto in 2 weeks. Will Power ended up finishing 21st, and is now 20 points behind points leader Dario Franchitti.
I would like to point out that Will Power wasn't just the only driver who crashed because of a minor bump in turn 2. Will Power, Takuma Sato, James Jakes(R), Sebastian Saveedra(R), and Ana Beatriz(R) all crashed in turn 2. If I were the IndyCar Series I would pressure the track to get that fixed by next year.
Chip Ganassi Racing as a whole did real well again with Dario Franchitti leading most of the race up until around lap 172 when Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti took over. Scott Dixon did real well moving from his starting position of 23rd, and finished 3rd. Where did the other Ganassi drivers finish? Dario Franchitti-5th Graham Rahal-15th Charlie Kimball(R)-22nd
Right after Dario's lead faded Tony Kanaan, and Marco Andretti put on a great show fighting for first place for the rest of the race. Tony put up a good fight with Andretti up until about 18 laps left of the race when TK tried to go under Marco, and then Marco pulled down right in front of TK. Right then TK had to fall back, and was a good 4 car lengths behind Marco in second during the rest of the race.
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| Marco celebrating his win. From:indycar.com |
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| Tony Kanaan congratulating Marco for his race win. From:indycar.com |
This was Marco's first win since his first win at Infineon Raceway in 2006. This win shows Andretti Autosport can still win, and that Marco can win by himself. Also he makes it look like getting on the pole is nothing when he won the race from a starting position of 17th.
Other drivers that had a good run during Iowa was Panther Racing's JR Hildebrand(R) which finished 4th, and even led a couple laps in the middle of the race. Penske Racing's Helio Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe stayed in the top 10 all night. They finished 6th and 7th. Also Newman/Haas Racing's James Hinchcliffe(R) had another good finish of 9th.
The whole race was a success with Iowa showing their love for Open Wheel Racing with an official race attendance of 35,118.
Official Iowa Corn 250 results.
1. (17) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
2. (3) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
3. (23) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
4. (4) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
5. (6) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
6. (10) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
7. (13) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
8. (8) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
9. (7) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
10. (2) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
11. (14) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
12. (12) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
13. (22) Alex Lloyd, Dallara-Honda, 250, Running
14. (11) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 249, Running
15. (20) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 249, Running
16. (15) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 249, Running
17. (19) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 239, Handling
18. (16) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 227, Handling
19. (1) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 182, Contact
20. (25) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 114, Contact
21. (5) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 89, Contact
22. (21) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 62, Mechanical
23. (18) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 44, Contact
24. (9) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 44, Contact
25. (24) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 22, Contact
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