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.
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 10th round of the 2013 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | June 23, 2013 |
| Official name | Iowa Corn Indy 250 |
| Location | Iowa Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.875 mi / 1.4 km |
| Distance | 250 laps 218.75 mi / 352.044 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Hélio Castroneves (Team Penske) |
| Time | 17.3324 |
| Podium | |
| First | James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport) |
| Second | Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti Autosport) |
| Third | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) |
Report
editBackground
editIowa 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
editHélio 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
editOn 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
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- 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
edit- ^ a b Lewandowski, Dave (2013-06-23). "Hinchcliffe dominates Iowa for first oval win". IndyCar Series. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "Hinchcliffe dominates to win Iowa Corn Indy 250". Times-Republican. Associated Press. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "Will Power on pole at Iowa Indy 250 after Helio Castroneves penalised for improper engine switch". News Corp Australia. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Estrada, Chris (2013-06-23). "James Hinchcliffe scores first oval win in Iowa romp". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 1". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 2". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250 Heat Race 3". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Eschliman, Bob (2013-06-24). "Hinchcliffe dominates, wins Iowa Corn Indy 250". Newton Daily News. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Hamilton, Andy (2013-06-24). "Hinchcliffe cruises to Iowa Corn Indy 250 victory". The Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ a b Weaver, Matt (2013-06-23). "James Hinchcliffe dominates Iowa for first victory on oval". SB Nation. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "Canada's Hinchcliffe wins Iowa IndyCar title". Fox News Channel. 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ Hamilton, Andy (2013-06-23). "Hinchcliffe cruises at Iowa, gets third IndyCar win". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "2013 Iowa Corn Indy 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 2013-07-06.