The 2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Presented by DEKALB,[1] the seventh annual running of the event, was an IndyCar Series race held on June 23, 2013 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The race was the tenth round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season, and was won by James Hinchcliffe of Andretti Autosport.

Report

Background

Iowa Speedway is the shortest track on the IndyCar schedule, being .875 miles long.[2] Four of the first nine races in the season were dominated by Andretti Autosport drivers James Hinchcliffe and Ryan Hunter-Reay, each winning two races. The defending race winner was Hunter-Reay.

Qualifying

Hélio Castroneves of Team Penske set the one-lap track record in qualifying with a time of 17.3324 seconds and a speed of 185.65 mph (298.77 km/h), breaking the record set in 2008 by Ryan Briscoe. Castroneves also won the pole position after winning the qualifying heat race, but IndyCar officials ruled that Castroneves and his team had an improper engine change, changing engines before it ran the minimum 2,000 miles (3,218 km). Because of this, Penske teammate Will Power was given the pole, with James Hinchcliffe in second, Marco Andretti in third and Ed Carpenter in fourth, taking Scott Dixon's spot, who was also penalized for improperly changing engines.[3] Defending race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay failed to advance out of the preliminary heat.[4] The starting grid for the race was decided by three 50-lap heat races. Dixon won the first race,[5] Graham Rahal won heat 2,[6] and Castroneves won the final heat.[7]

Race

On lap one, James Hinchcliffe passed pole-sitter Will Power for the lead,[8] and proceeded to dominate the race, leading all but 24 laps, a track-record 226 laps;[9] he had led only 33 laps on ovals prior to the race.[10] Hinchcliffe's teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay fell behind with early right front car damage early in the race, and was in 21st, but was able to reach second, but was slowed by lapped cars.[11] Hinchcliffe beat Hunter-Reay to the finish by 1.5009 seconds, giving Andretti Autosport its second consecutive 1-2 finish at the track, and the team's fifth win at the track.[12] The win was Hinchcliffe's third of the season, making him the first three-race winner of the season, and was also his first on an oval.[10] Tony Kanaan finished third, Ed Carpenter and Graham Rahal finished fourth and fifth, respectively.[1] Simon Pagenaud, Oriol Servia, Hélio Castroneves, Marco Andretti, and E. J. Viso closed out the top ten.[13]

Race results

Pos No. Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired Pit Stops Grid Laps Led Points1
1 27 Canada James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250 1:30:16.0266 3 2 226 60
2 1 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250 + 1.5009 4 12 40
3 11 Brazil Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 250 + 1.6891 4 5 38
4 20 United States Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet 250 + 2.7605 4 4 18 37
5 15 United States Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 250 + 3.0201 3 6 1 33
6 77 France Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports Honda 250 + 6.6654 3 8 29
7 4 Spain Oriol Servià Panther Racing Chevrolet 250 + 9.7006 3 7 28
8 3 Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 250 + 10.6855 3 11 33
9 25 United States Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250 + 12.7133 3 3 28
10 5 Venezuela E. J. Viso Andretti Autosport Chevrolet 250 + 17.6157 3 16 20
11 19 United Kingdom Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing Honda 249 + 1 lap 4 10 5 20
12 83 United States Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 249 + 1 lap 4 14 18
13 55 France Tristan Vautier Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 248 + 2 laps 3 13 17
14 7 France Sebastian Bourdais Dragon Racing Chevrolet 248 + 2 laps 3 19 16
15 67 United States Josef Newgarden Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Honda 248 + 2 laps 3 22 15
16 9 New Zealand Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 247 + 3 laps 3 15 19
17 12 Australia Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 247 + 3 laps 4 1 21
18 16 United Kingdom James Jakes Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 247 + 3 laps 4 24 12
19 6 Colombia Sebastián Saavedra Dragon Racing Chevrolet 247 + 3 laps 4 18 11
20 10 United Kingdom Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 246 + 4 laps 5 21 10
21 78 Switzerland Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 243 + 7 laps 5 20 9
22 18 Brazil Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing Honda 183 Mechanical 3 23 8
23 14 Japan Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Enterprises Honda 162 Mechanical 2 17 10
24 98 Canada Alex Tagliani Barracuda Racing Honda 139 Contact 3 9 7
Notes

1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

References

  1. ^ a b Lewandowski, Dave (June 23, 2013). "Hinchcliffe dominates Iowa for first oval win". IndyCar Series. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Hinchcliffe dominates to win Iowa Corn Indy 250". Times-Republican. Associated Press. June 24, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  3. ^ "Will Power on pole at Iowa Indy 250 after Helio Castroneves penalised for improper engine switch". News Corp Australia. June 23, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  4. ^ Estrada, Chris (June 23, 2013). "James Hinchcliffe scores first oval win in Iowa romp". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  5. ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 1". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  6. ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 2". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  7. ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 3". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  8. ^ Eschliman, Bob (June 24, 2013). "Hinchcliffe dominates, wins Iowa Corn Indy 250". Newton Daily News. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  9. ^ Hamilton, Andy (June 24, 2013). "Hinchcliffe cruises to Iowa Corn Indy 250 victory". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  10. ^ a b Weaver, Matt (June 23, 2013). "James Hinchcliffe dominates Iowa for first victory on oval". SB Nation. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  11. ^ "Canada's Hinchcliffe wins Iowa IndyCar title". Fox News Channel. June 23, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  12. ^ Hamilton, Andy (June 23, 2013). "Hinchcliffe cruises at Iowa, gets third IndyCar win". USA Today. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
  13. ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 6, 2013.


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