The 2023 INDYCAR season continues weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2023 Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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INDY NXT by Firestone Preview: INDY NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway (Entry List) – Saturday, July 22, 2023 11:00AM (ET) Peacock – The first oval weekend of the year for INDY NXT by Firestone figures to be a big one as the series championship has heated up. The Top 5 in the standings are separated by less than 50 points now. That Top 5 is Nolan Siegel, Christian Rasmussen, Hunter McElrea, Louis Foster, and Jacob Abel. McElrea won this race last year so watch out for him again this weekend. Matthew Brabham will drive the No. 75 entry this weekend for Juncos Hollinger Racing after the team announced they parted ways with Matteo Nannini this week.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend – Hy-Vee Homefront 250: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 3:00PM (ET) NBC & Hy-Vee One Step 250: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 2:00PM (ET) NBC – It’s a doubleheader weekend for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES this weekend at a track where Josef Newgarden has been absolutely dominant at over the course of his career His success at Iowa may be the only hope for a title race at this point as Alex Palou’s championship lead is now 117 points over second place Scott Dixon and 126 points over third place Newgarden. Conor Daly will be substituting for the still-not-cleared Simon Pagenaud in the Meyer Shank Racing No. 60 this weekend. Previous driver performance at the circuit shows four former winners entered in Josef Newgarden (4), Ryan Hunter-Reay (3), Helio Castroneves (1),  and Pato O’Ward (1). Newgarden and O’Ward are the two most recent winners at the circuit, though Newgarden would have won both races last year if not for a mechanical issue. Looking at the box scores from the 2022 Race 1 and 2022 Race 2 races at Iowa, O’Ward, Will Power, and Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, those three are joined by Marcus Ericsson and Romain Grosjean. The Top 5 in laps led at Iowa entered this weekend are Newgarden (1,506), Castroneves (644), Power (234), Dixon (130), and O’Ward (97).

My pick to win: Josef Newgarden (x2) – This is Josef Newgarden’s house until proven otherwise. Outside of the previously mentioned mechanical issue in the second race at Iowa last year, he’s won every NTT INDYCAR SERIES race on an oval for a calendar year. Look at those laps led. It’d be foolish to pick anyone but him this weekend regardless of what happens.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Pato O’Ward $30, Alexander Rossi $28, Conor Daly $24, & Benjamin Pedersen $18 – At an insane $42 this weekend, it’s nearly impossible to pick Newgarden. Just get his bonus points when picking the Top 3 and take him as the winner. O’Ward should be on the podium and that’s still good value at $30. Rossi steps into a great car in his Arrow McLaren machine and I like his potential this weekend. In a weekend tough to predict at the lower dollar amounts, I like what Daly might be able to do this weekend for his price. Pedersen will be my pick for best of the $18 options heading into the weekend as Foyt had a good oval showing at Indy even if that’s entirely different and Pedersen had a solid performance last year at Gateway what was then Indy Lights.

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#8 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ERICSSON

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The 2022 INDYCAR season continues with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES 2022 Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. OpenWheel.com will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires Preview: Indy Lights at Iowa Speedway (Entry List) – Saturday, July 23, 2022 12:15PM (ET) Peacock – Indy Lights heads to Iowa Speedway for their first oval race weekend of the season. Linus Lundqvist continues to hold a big lead in the championship that seems inevitable at this point. But there has been a lot more parity in recent events and an oval event should exacerbate that situation even more. David Malukas won the only two Lights races of the season last year at WWT Raceway so expect the HMD/GRG teams to be strong as always but Andretti Autosport and Kyle Kirkwood finished second in both races so the Andretti team will be right there too. I genuinely have no idea what to expect this weekend let’s just hope it’s as good of a race as it appears it should be.

NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Hy-Vee INDYCAR Race Weekend – HyVeeDeals.com 250 presented by DoorDash on Saturday, July 23, 2022 4:00PM (ET) NBC & Hy-Vee Salute to Farmers 300 presented by Google on Sunday, July 24, 2022 3:00PM (ET) NBC – The NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to the Iowa Speedway bullring for after a year off in 2021 for what should be an exciting doubleheader weekend with the excitement of new partners promoting the event and all they’re bringing with them. The pre-race and post-race concerts this weekend feature a lineup any music festival would strive for in Tim McGraw, Florida Georgia Line, Gwen Stefani, and Blake Shelton. The championship battle remains tight with the top 5 drivers of Marcus Ericsson, Will Power, Alex Palou, Josef Newgarden, and Scott Dixon separated by just 44 points and others not far behind.

Previous driver experience at Iowa shows three former winners in the field in Newgarden (3), Helio Castroneves (1), and Simon Pagenaud (1). Newgarden and Pagenaud won the last two races in 2020. Looking at the box scores from 2020 Race 2 and 2020 Race 1, Newgarden, Pagenaud, and Dixon finished in the Top 5 in both races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, that duo is joined by Jack Harvey, Alexander Rossi, and Ericsson. The active Top 5 in laps led at the circuit are Newgarden (1,150), Power (131), Dixon (130), Pagenaud (98), and Takuma Sato (59).

My pick to win: Josef Newgarden & Felix Rosenqvist – I mean look at those laps led stats above and how can you not pick Newgarden this weekend? All five race wins by drivers entered in the race this weekend were won with Team Penske. Newgarden is almost certain to win one of these two races. I’m going with a big surprise for the other winner this weekend in Rosenqvist. He’s had some sneaky good results on ovals and has shown a lot more speed in recent events. Oliver Askew and Pato O’Ward had good weekends for Arrow McLaren SP at Iowa a couple years ago so look out for Felix this weekend.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Josef Newgarden $30, Felix Rosenqvist $26, Conor Daly $23, & David Malukas $19 – You know my thoughts on Newgarden and Rosenqvist. Daly has a pole at Iowa with Carlin!!! of all teams in 2020 and will bring that knowledge and experience to ECR this year with a team that will be hungry for some good results. Malukas has been very impressive in recent events and won two oval races in Lights last year.

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#4 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVY DALLARA – CHARLIE KIMBALL

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#5 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVY DALLARA – PATO O’WARD

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#7 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVY DALLARA – OLIVER ASKEW

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#8 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ERICSSON

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#9 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – SCOTT DIXON

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#10 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – FELIX ROSENQVIST

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#55 DALE COYNE RACING W/TEAM GOH HONDA DALLARA – ALEX PALOU

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#60 MEYER SHANK RACING HONDA DALLARA – JACK HARVEY

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#88 ANDRETTI HARDING STEINBRENNER AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – COLTON HERTA

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The INDYCAR season continues this weekend with the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Iowa INDYCAR 250s at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The Open Wheel will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES Preview: Iowa INDYCAR 250s – Race 1 Friday, July 17, 2020 8:30PM (ET) NBCSN & Race 2 Sunday, July 18, 2020 8:30PM (ET) NBCSN – Fans will be in attendance for the second weekend this season as the NTT INDYCAR SERIES enters its second consecutive doubleheader weekend at perhaps the most physical circuit of the year. The two biggest storylines of the weekend, besides the doubleheader itself, will be whether Ganassi can keep up its perfect record to start the year after 3 wins by Scott Dixon and 1 win for Felix Rosenqvist and just how dominant Josef Newgarden can be as he’s owned Iowa in recent years and will be eager to make up for his error to throw away Race 1 at Road America.

Previous driver experience at Iowa shows four former winners in the field in Ryan Hunter-Reay (3), Josef Newgarden (2), Marco Andretti (1), and Tony Kanaan (1). The active Top 5 in laps led are Newgarden (868), Kanaan (523), Will Power (129), Dixon (128), and Andretti (94). The two most recent winners are Newgarden and James Hinchcliffe, who isn’t scheduled to drive this weekend. Looking at the box scores from 2019 and 2018, only Newgarden has finished in the Top 5 in each of the last two races. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, Newgarden is joined by Pagenaud, Rossi, and Rahal.

My picks to win: Josef Newgarden & Simon Pagenaud – The Team Penske cars have started on the first two rows of the grid in each of the past two races and there’s no reason to think that won’t continue. As dominant as Newgarden has been both with Ed Carpenter Racing and now Team Penske, it would be almost silly not to pick him for at least one win this weekend. Pagenaud hasn’t had the best qualifying luck to this point this year, but has raced well and may just sneak his first win at Iowa this weekend.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Simon Pagenaud, Alexander Rossi, Tony Kanaan, & Oliver Askew – You know my thoughts on Pagenaud and Newgarden is too difficult to build a pre-qualifying team around at $31. Rossi has finished well at Iowa and may be back on track after a podium finish in Race 2 at Road America. TK has shown improved speed with Foyt over the last 12 months and will no doubt be a threat for a Top 10 or even Top 5 finish. Watch out for the Arrow McLaren SP rookies this weekend the former SPM cars were always quick at Iowa and each of these two rookies knew how to put on a show on ovals in Indy Lights.

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#7 ARROW SCHMIDT PETERSON MOTORSPORTS HONDA DALLARA – MARCUS ERICSSON

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#9 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – SCOTT DIXON

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#10 CHIP GANASSI RACING HONDA DALLARA – FELIX ROSENQVIST

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#12 TEAM PENSKE CHEVY DALLARA – WILL POWER

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#14 A.J. FOYT ENTERPRISES CHEVY DALLARA – TONY KANAAN

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#15 RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN RACING HONDA DALLARA – GRAHAM RAHAL

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#27 ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT HONDA DALLARA – ALEXANDER ROSSI

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The INDYCAR season continues this weekend with the NTT IndyCar Series Iowa 300 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. The Open Wheel will be covering the action all weekend so stay tuned to this site and our Twitter page @openwh33l for all of the latest news.

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NTT IndyCar Series Preview: Iowa 300 – Saturday, July 20, 2019 7:00PM (ET) NBCSN – Previous driver experience at Iowa Speedway shows five former winners in the field in Ryan Hunter-Reay (3), James Hinchcliffe (2), Marco Andretti (1), Tony Kanaan (1), and Josef Newgarden (1). The Top 5 in laps led are Newgarden (623), Kanaan (523), Hinchcliffe (290), Scott Dixon (126), and Andretti (94). Note that Hunter-Reay incredibly has three wins with only 54 laps led. Hinchcliffe and Castroneves have won over the last two years. Looking at the box scores from 2018 and 2017, no one has finished in the Top 5 in each of the last two years, but the Ed Carpenter Racing No. 21 car has finished in the Top 2 in each of those races albeit with two different drivers. If that’s expanded to the Top 10, the list includes Hinchcliffe, Newgarden, Will Power, Graham Rahal, and Simon Pagenaud. My pick to win: Josef Newgarden – This is a track where Newgarden has had plenty of success and a good chance for him to put some distance between himself and fellow championship contender Alexander Rossi.

My fantasy.indycar.com picks: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Dixon, Colton Herta, & Spencer Pigot – You know my thoughts on Newgarden, but it’s hard to put together a strong team with him included at a price of $33, so we’ll try and scoop up the best of the rest. Ryan Hunter-Reay’s three wins on just 54 laps led show he’s capable of hanging around long enough to take advantage at the finish so he’s a strong pick. Iowa isn’t Scott Dixon’s best track, but he does have a 50% Top 5 rate there and needs a big result to keep within touching distance of the championship. Colton Herta has been lightning fast everywhere and will be eager for a good result to backup his exciting performances on ovals this year. Spencer Pigot has the good fortune of driving the No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing car that has been the class of the field at Iowa over the last few years while being driven by Newgarden, JR Hildebrand, and last year himself to a P2 finish. It’s a great opportunity for the struggling American to earn a much needed strong result.

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