2019 Iowa 300

{{Infobox American championship car race report |Country = USA |Race = Iowa 300 |Image = Iowa_Speedway_track_map.png |Date = July 20 |Year = 2019 |Official name = Iowa 300 |Round_No = 12th |Series = IndyCar |Location = Iowa Speedway |Course = Permanent racing facility |Course_mi = 0.875 |Course_km = 1.4 |Distance_laps = 300 |Distance_mi = 268.2 |Distance_km = 431.6 |Weather = |Pole_Driver = Simon Pagenaud |Pole_Team = Team Penske |Pole_Time = 17.8479 + 17.8976 = 35.7455 |Pole_Country = FRA |Fast_Driver = Josef Newgarden |Fast_Team = Team Penske |Fast_Time = 18.1160 |Fast_Lap = 202 |Fast_Country = USA |First_Driver = Josef Newgarden |First_Team = Team Penske |First_Country = USA |Second_Driver = Scott Dixon |Second_Team = Chip Ganassi Racing |Second_Country = NZL |Third_Driver = James Hinchcliffe |Third_Team = Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |Third_Country = USA }} The '''2019 Iowa 300''' was the twelfth round of the 2019 IndyCar Series season, contested over 300 laps at the 0.875-mile (1.4 km) Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Simon Pagenaud claimed his third pole position of the season,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indycar.com/News/2019/07/07-19-Iowa-Pagenaud-Pole|title=Track big or small, Pagenaud again fastest in NTT P1 Award qualifying|work=indycar.com|publisher=IndyCar|last=Cavin|first=Curt|date=July 19, 2019|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}</ref> while Josef Newgarden went on to win his 4th race of the season and 14th of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indycar.com/News/2019/07/07-20-Cavin-Newgarden|title=Josef Newgarden again dominates Iowa 300|work=indycar.com|publisher=IndyCar|last=Cavin|first=Curt|date=July 21, 2019|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}</ref>

==Results== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Key ! Meaning |- | align="center" | '''R''' | Rookie |- | align="center" | '''W''' | Past winner |}

===Qualifying=== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" !| Pos !| No. !| Name !| Lap 1 Time !| Lap 2 Time !| Total Time !| Avg. Speed (mph) |- ! scope="row" | 1 | 22 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud | 17.8479 | 17.8976 | 35.7455 | 180.073 |- ! scope="row" | 2 | 12 | align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power | 17.9254 | 17.9164 | 35.8418 | 179.589 |- ! scope="row" | 3 | 2 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden '''W''' | 17.8886 | 17.9813 | 35.8699 | 179.449 |- ! scope="row" | 4 | 30 | align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato | 17.9605 | 18.2733 | 36.2338 | 177.646 |- ! scope="row" | 5 | 5 | align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe '''W''' | 18.1780 | 18.3532 | 36.5312 | 176.200 |- ! scope="row" | 6 | 27 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi | 18.2530 | 18.3079 | 36.5609 | 176.057 |- ! scope="row" | 7 | 15 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal | 18.3540 | 18.2484 | 36.6024 | 175.857 |- ! scope="row" | 8 | 9 | align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon | 18.3343 | 18.2957 | 36.6300 | 175.725 |- ! scope="row" | 9 | 28 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay '''W''' | 18.3063 | 18.3459 | 36.6522 | 175.618 |- ! scope="row" | 10 | 7 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson '''R''' | 18.3582 | 18.3025 | 36.6607 | 175.578 |- ! scope="row" | 11 | 88 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta '''R''' | 18.3381 | 18.3710 | 36.7091 | 175.346 |- ! scope="row" | 12 | 19 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Santino Ferrucci '''R''' | 18.3977 | 18.3178 | 36.7155 | 175.316 |- ! scope="row" | 13 | 14 | align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Tony Kanaan '''W''' | 18.3081 | 18.5055 | 36.8136 | 174.848 |- ! scope="row" | 14 | 31 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Sage Karam | 18.5027 | 18.4219 | 36.9246 | 174.323 |- ! scope="row" | 15 | 10 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Felix Rosenqvist '''R''' | 18.3883 | 18.5545 | 36.9428 | 174.237 |- ! scope="row" | 16 | 59 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly | 18.5098 | 18.5180 | 37.0278 | 173.837 |- ! scope="row" | 17 | 20 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Carpenter | 18.5000 | 18.5911 | 37.0911 | 173.540 |- ! scope="row" | 18 | 98 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Marco Andretti '''W''' | 18.4927 | 18.7047 | 37.1974 | 173.044 |- ! scope="row" | 19 | 21 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pigot | 18.5621 | 18.9067 | 37.4688 | 171.791 |- ! scope="row" | 20 | 26 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Veach | 18.6744 | 18.8305 | 37.5049 | 171.626 |- ! scope="row" | 21 | 18 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais | 18.7006 | 18.8558 | 37.5564 | 171.390 |- ! scope="row" | 22 | 4 | align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Matheus Leist | 19.0247 | 19.4876 | 38.5123 | 167.136 |- !colspan=11|[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5634/2019-07-19/indycar-qualresults.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE] |}

===Race=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" !{{abbr|Pos|Position}} !{{abbr|No.|Car Number}} !Driver !Team !Engine !Laps !Time/Retired !Pit Stops !Grid !Laps Led !{{abbr|Pts.|Points}}{{ref|race5|1}} |- !1 |2 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden '''W''' |Team Penske |Chevrolet |300 | 1:56:53.5753 |5 |3 |245 |53 |- !2 |9 | align="left" |{{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon |Chip Ganassi Racing |Honda |300 | +2.8527 |5 |8 |2 |41 |- !3 |5 | align="left" |{{flagicon|CAN}} James Hinchcliffe '''W''' |Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |Honda |300 | +3.3941 |5 |5 | |35 |- !4 |22 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud |Team Penske |Chevrolet |300 | +7.5630 |5 |1 |2 |34 |- !5 |21 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Spencer Pigot |Ed Carpenter Racing |Chevrolet |300 | +10.9683 |6 |19 | |30 |- !6 |27 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi |Andretti Autosport |Honda |300 | +12.1308 |6 |6 | |28 |- !7 |26 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Veach |Andretti Autosport |Honda |300 | +17.1267 |6 |20 | |26 |- !8 |15 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Graham Rahal |Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |Honda |299 | +1 lap |6 |7 | |24 |- !9 |18 | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Sébastien Bourdais |Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan |Honda |299 | +1 lap |6 |21 |2 |23 |- !10 |14 | align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Tony Kanaan '''W''' |A. J. Foyt Enterprises |Chevrolet |299 | +1 lap |6 |13 | |20 |- !11 |7 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Ericsson '''R''' |Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |Honda |299 | +1 lap |7 |10 | |19 |- !12 |19 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Santino Ferrucci '''R''' |Dale Coyne Racing |Honda |299 | +1 lap |6 |12 | |18 |- !13 |59 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Conor Daly |Carlin |Chevrolet |299 | +1 lap |6 |16 | |17 |- !14 |10 | align="left" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Felix Rosenqvist '''R''' |Chip Ganassi Racing |Honda |299 | +1 lap |6 |15 | |16 |- !15 |12 | align="left" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power |Team Penske |Chevrolet |299 | +1 lap |7 |2 |49 |16 |- !16 |4 | align="left" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Matheus Leist |A. J. Foyt Enterprises |Chevrolet |298 | +2 laps |6 |22 | |14 |- !17 |28 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hunter-Reay '''W''' |Andretti Autosport |Honda |298 | +2 laps |6 |9 | |13 |- !18 |88 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Colton Herta '''R''' |Harding Steinbrenner Racing |Honda |276 | Mechanical |7 |11 | |12 |- !19 |20 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Carpenter |Ed Carpenter Racing |Chevrolet |262 | Contact |5 |17 | |11 |- !20 |30 | align="left" |{{flagicon|JPN}} Takuma Sato |Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing |Honda |216 | Contact |5 |4 | |10 |- !21 |98 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Marco Andretti '''W''' |Andretti Herta Autosport with Marco Andretti & Curb-Agajanian |Honda |205 | Handling |5 |18 | |9 |- !22 |31 | align="left" |{{flagicon|USA}} Sage Karam |Carlin |Chevrolet |193 | Contact |4 |14 | |8 |- !colspan=11|[http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/5468/2019-07-21/indycar-boxscore.pdf OFFICIAL BOX SCORE] |} Notes: {{ref|race1|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.

==Championship standings after the race== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Drivers' Championship standings {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! ! Pos ! Driver ! Points |- |align="left"| 10px | 1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Josef Newgarden | align="right"| 487 |- |align="left"| 10px | 2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alexander Rossi | align="right"| 458 |- |align="left"| 10px | 3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Pagenaud | align="right"| 429 |- |align="left"| 10px | 4 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Scott Dixon | align="right"| 389 |- |align="left"| 10px | 5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Will Power | align="right"| 322 |}

{{col-2}} ;Manufacturer standings {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! ! Pos ! Manufacturer ! Points |- | align="left"| 10px | 1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Chevrolet | align="right"| 1051 |- | align="left"| 10px | 2 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda | align="right"| 1012 |} {{col-end}} * '''Note:''' Only the top five positions are included.

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

{{IndyCar Series race report |Name_of_race = Iowa 300 |Year_of_race = 2019 |Previous_race_in_season = 2019 Honda Indy Toronto |Next_race_in_season = 2019 Honda Indy 200 |Previous_year's_race = 2018 Iowa Corn 300 |Next_year's_race = 2020 Iowa IndyCar 250s }} {{2019 IndyCar Series}}

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