Preview · Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol 2026 · Pitwall

Short track0.875 mipaved

Banking · Degree of Banking on Turns 12-14 degrees° · Degree of Banking on Frontstretch 10 degrees° · Degree of Banking on Backstretch 4 degrees°

Newton, IA

Cup Series · 2026 · RACE 23 · PRE-RACE PREVIEW

Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol

Sun, Aug 9, 20263:30 PM local

S1 70S2 140S3 140350 laps

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What the track usually does

Last 2 completed races here · 2024–2025 · n = races behind each number

Cautions

10.0

n=2

Caution laps

60.5

n=2

Lead changes

13.5

n=2

Leaders

7.5

n=2

Green run

26.1laps

n=2

Longest green run

93.5laps

n=2 · max 96

Margin

0.954s

n=2

Pole wins

n=2

Form favourites · top 8

Drivers · 36

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Driver	St	Form index▼	This trackAvg finish	·Wins	·Top 5	·Top 10	·Avg start	·Laps led %	·Rating	·Avg running pos	·Pace rank	·Fire-off rank	·Long-run rank	·vs teammates	·Make wins	SimilarAvg finish	·Pace rank	FormLast 5 avg	·% off best (5)	·Trend	·Avg start	·Consistency	·Comeback	·Stage pts/race	·Closing	·Passes/race	·Quality pass %	·Top-10 laps %	Pit & restartsRestart gain	·Pit avg	·Pit rank	ErrorsPenalties/race	·Errors/race	·DNF %	PlayoffsPoints	·Last visit	·Career here
24William Byron	19	66	1.5²	1²	2²	2²	3.0²	20.1%²	—	5.6²	1.5²	3.5²	3.0²	-14.2²	1²	—	—	13.0⁵	0.55%⁵	+0.3⁶	15.8²²	11.1²²	-0.1²²	4.7²²	-0.52²¹	112.6²¹	47.1%²¹	45.9%²²	-0.36²²	14.68s²¹	14.1²¹	0.00²²	0.18²²	13.6%²²	568¹	2025: P1 from 2 · led 141 · 0.00% off	2 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 1.5
12Ryan Blaney	1	66	2.5²	1²	2²	2²	4.0²	32.9%²	—	3.9²	2.0²	1.5²	1.5²	-11.8²	1²	—	—	10.2⁵	0.57%⁵	+5.3⁶	9.7²²	9.3²²	-1.5²²	6.9²²	+0.19²¹	114.4²¹	54.9%²¹	60.3%²²	+0.54²²	14.06s²¹	18.8²¹	0.09²²	0.09²²	9.1%²²	766¹	2025: P4 from 6 · led 29 · 0.07% off	2 st · 1 W · best P1 · avg 2.5
20Christopher Bell	22	64	10.5²	0²	1²	1²	13.5²	1.0%²	—	14.7²	9.0²	24.0²	5.0²	-8.0²	0²	—	—	6.0⁵	0.48%⁵	-7.7⁶	14.5²²	13.1²²	-1.2²²	5.7²²	-4.05²¹	128.3²¹	54.5%²¹	52.6%²²	+0.23²¹	12.22s²⁰	14.6²⁰	0.18²²	0.18²²	18.2%²²	609¹	2025: P17 from 17 · 0.59% off	2 st · 0 W · best P4 · avg 10.5
22Joey Logano	3	63	7.5²	0²	0²	2²	12.5²	0.0%²	—	12.5²	13.5²	15.5²	13.0²	-4.3²	1²	—	—	9.8⁵	0.79%⁵	-13.7⁶	15.3²²	12.9²²	-2.8²²	4.3²²	+1.62²¹	108.3²¹	44.2%²¹	45.1%²²	+0.19²²	11.39s²¹	10.8²¹	0.00²²	0.14²²	13.6%²²	545¹	2025: P9 from 14 · 0.80% off	2 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 7.5
19Chase Briscoe	20	60	15.0²	0²	1²	1²	3.5²	11.6%²	—	12.0²	13.0²	12.5²	15.0²	-3.7²	0²	—	—	9.2⁵	0.34%⁵	+7.7⁶	13.5²²	13.6²²	-1.6²²	5.4²²	+0.14²¹	86.5²¹	55.8%²¹	58.2%²²	+0.72²²	13.85s²¹	14.5²¹	0.18²²	0.18²²	18.2%²²	623¹	2025: P2 from 1 · led 81 · 0.22% off	2 st · 0 W · best P2 · avg 15.0
6Brad Keselowski	4	59	6.5²	0²	1²	2²	5.0²	10.4%²	—	7.6²	5.5²	13.5²	5.0²	-9.3²	1²	—	—	15.0⁵	0.93%⁵	-10.3⁶	20.5²²	11.0²²	+2.0²²	2.3²²	+0.10²¹	118.9²¹	44.8%²¹	25.5%²²	-0.07²²	17.98s²¹	24.8²¹	0.05²²	0.18²²	13.6%²²	468¹	2025: P3 from 5 · led 68 · 0.05% off	2 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 6.5
54Ty Gibbs	6	58	23.0²	0²	0²	0²	23.5²	0.0%²	—	18.6²	16.0²	17.0²	16.0²	+8.7²	0²	—	—	6.2⁵	0.26%⁵	-2.0⁶	9.2²²	11.4²²	-2.9²²	8.1²²	+0.57²¹	103.5²¹	55.6%²¹	65.1%²²	+0.69²²	14.15s²¹	10.1²¹	0.27²²	0.18²²	18.2%²²	751¹	2025: P21 from 20 · 0.61% off	2 st · 0 W · best P21 · avg 23.0
9Chase Elliott	32	58	8.5²	0²	1²	1²	8.5²	1.7%²	—	8.2²	5.0²	5.0²	6.0²	-4.8²	1²	—	—	19.0⁵	0.98%⁵	+9.0⁶	14.6²²	10.9²²	+0.3²²	3.9²²	+1.43²¹	123.8²¹	54.7%²¹	45.7%²²	+0.66²²	11.32s²¹	12.9²¹	0.05²²	0.18²²	9.1%²²	635¹	2025: P14 from 8 · led 11 · 0.40% off	2 st · 0 W · best P3 · avg 8.5
77Carson Hocevar	18	58	11.0²	0²	0²	1²	13.5²	0.0%²	—	15.2²	15.5²	19.0²	14.5²	-14.5²	1²	—	—	11.6⁵	0.76%⁵	-9.0⁶	10.4²²	8.5²²	-3.7²²	4.7²²	+0.43²¹	115.5²¹	44.1%²¹	41.9%²²	+0.70²²	13.66s²¹	18.6²¹	0.18²²	0.00²²	0.0%²²	638¹	2025: P8 from 7 · 0.35% off	2 st · 0 W · best P8 · avg 11.0
48Alex Bowman	30	58	7.5²	0²	0²	2²	24.5²	0.0%²	—	13.1²	13.0²	11.5²	12.0²	-6.2²	1²	—	—	16.4⁵	0.93%⁵	+8.7⁶	20.7¹⁸	11.2¹⁸	-0.9¹⁸	1.5¹⁸	-0.82¹⁷	122.7¹⁷	27.0%¹⁷	17.0%¹⁸	-1.06¹⁸	13.75s¹⁷	18.8¹⁷	0.06¹⁸	0.17¹⁸	16.7%¹⁸	310¹	2025: P7 from 16 · 0.62% off	2 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 7.5
23Darrell Wallace Jr.	26	56	11.5²	0²	0²	1²	15.5²	0.0%²	—	16.7²	16.0²	21.5²	12.0²	-11.8²	0²	—	—	18.2⁵	0.75%⁵	+11.0⁶	18.5²²	11.9²²	+1.4²²	4.5²²	-1.38²¹	116.3²¹	55.2%²¹	52.0%²²	+0.28²²	12.91s²¹	13.8²¹	0.09²²	0.14²²	13.6%²²	540¹	2025: P6 from 15 · 0.44% off	2 st · 0 W · best P6 · avg 11.5
2Austin Cindric	12	55	21.0²	0²	0²	0²	12.5²	2.9%²	—	15.8²	17.5²	7.0²	19.5²	+16.0²	1²	—	—	13.6⁵	0.72%⁵	-2.0⁶	20.2²²	9.5²²	+2.1²²	4.5²²	+0.57²¹	109.5²¹	50.0%²¹	35.2%²²	-0.09²²	11.31s²¹	13.1²¹	0.00²²	0.14²²	13.6%²²	518¹	2025: P12 from 4 · led 20 · 0.25% off	2 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 21.0
11Denny Hamlin	29	54	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	11.5²	0.0%²	—	18.4²	24.5²	22.0²	25.0²	+10.0²	0²	—	—	9.6⁵	0.32%⁵	-8.0⁶	10.1²²	8.3²²	+1.6²²	8.1²²	+0.48²¹	97.4²¹	64.3%²¹	70.5%²²	-0.46²²	10.93s²¹	10.7²¹	0.27²²	0.00²²	0.0%²²	886¹	2025: P24 from 11 · 0.72% off	2 st · 0 W · best P24 · avg 24.0
1Ross Chastain	9	54	11.0²	0²	0²	0²	22.5²	0.0%²	—	15.6²	13.5²	13.0²	13.5²	-7.5²	1²	—	—	18.6⁵	1.21%⁵	+7.3⁶	18.9²²	9.6²²	-1.0²²	2.5²²	-1.05²¹	127.0²¹	45.5%²¹	19.4%²²	+1.26²²	13.61s²¹	16.3²¹	0.14²²	0.09²²	9.1%²²	436¹	2025: P11 from 28 · 0.83% off	2 st · 0 W · best P11 · avg 11.0
17Chris Buescher	27	52	20.0²	0²	0²	0²	21.0²	2.3%²	—	21.4²	24.0²	26.0²	23.0²	+13.0²	1²	—	—	15.8⁵	0.82%⁵	-1.0⁶	12.4²²	7.7²²	-1.1²²	4.3²²	-0.24²¹	118.7²¹	49.8%²¹	40.7%²²	+0.05²²	12.09s²¹	14.0²¹	0.05²²	0.05²²	4.5%²²	613¹	2025: P22 from 27 · 1.11% off	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 20.0
7Daniel Suarez	33	52	17.0²	0²	0²	1²	19.5²	0.6%²	—	15.2²	19.0²	15.0²	21.0²	+1.0²	1²	—	—	18.4⁵	0.95%⁵	-3.7⁶	12.0²²	7.8²²	-2.8²²	3.2²²	+1.38²¹	128.2²¹	31.8%²¹	26.6%²²	+0.19²²	14.12s²¹	20.5²¹	0.05²²	0.05²²	4.5%²²	583¹	2025: P25 from 26 · 1.10% off	2 st · 0 W · best P9 · avg 17.0
60Ryan Preece	35	51	16.0²	0²	1²	1²	31.0²	0.0%²	—	20.9²	22.0²	10.0²	25.0²	+1.3²	1²	—	—	16.4⁵	1.19%⁵	-3.0⁶	20.0²²	9.1²²	+2.6²²	3.3²²	-1.09²¹	116.2²¹	43.9%²¹	22.8%²²	+0.16²²	14.59s²¹	20.3²¹	0.09²²	0.09²²	13.6%²²	480¹	2025: P5 from 33 · 0.78% off	2 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 16.0
21Josh Berry	13	51	10.0²	0²	0²	1²	7.5²	4.6%²	—	9.1²	7.0²	4.0²	8.0²	-16.7¹	1²	—	—	25.8⁵	1.09%⁵	-7.3⁶	24.9²²	9.0²²	-1.5²²	1.1²²	+0.38²¹	106.1²¹	30.3%²¹	17.5%²²	+0.28²²	14.51s²¹	25.0²¹	0.09²²	0.27²²	22.7%²²	264¹	2025: P13 from 12 · 0.47% off	2 st · 0 W · best P7 · avg 10.0
3Austin Dillon	7	49	14.5²	0²	0²	1²	27.0²	0.0%²	—	18.3²	18.5²	14.5²	18.0²	-13.0²	1²	—	—	22.0⁵	1.28%⁵	-5.3⁶	21.7²²	8.2²²	-0.4²²	0.5²²	-0.86²¹	106.9²¹	28.3%²¹	8.6%²²	+0.19²²	14.70s²¹	21.8²¹	0.05²²	0.18²²	18.2%²²	349¹	2025: P10 from 18 · 0.43% off	2 st · 0 W · best P10 · avg 14.5
97Shane van Gisbergen	23	49	31.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	21.0¹	0.0%¹	—	24.7¹	29.0¹	33.0¹	27.0¹	+13.0¹	1²	—	—	10.6⁵	0.71%⁵	-12.3⁶	18.0²²	12.8²²	+0.5²²	2.9²²	+1.29²¹	111.2²¹	46.0%²¹	36.4%²²	+0.21²²	18.14s²¹	19.7²¹	0.14²²	0.14²²	9.1%²²	537¹	2025: P31 from 21 · 1.18% off	1 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 31.0
45Tyler Reddick	5	48	20.5²	0²	0²	0²	15.0²	0.0%²	—	18.2²	18.0²	15.5²	19.0²	+3.0²	0²	—	—	24.0⁵	0.63%⁵	-16.3⁶	8.2²²	12.4²²	-3.6²²	6.9²²	+1.57²¹	118.5²¹	61.6%²¹	67.1%²²	+0.55²²	13.69s²¹	17.8²¹	0.09²²	0.05²²	4.5%²²	802¹	2025: P19 from 22 · 0.89% off	2 st · 0 W · best P19 · avg 20.5
43Erik Jones	10	48	24.0²	0²	0²	0²	28.5²	0.0%²	—	26.3²	27.5²	28.5²	28.0²	+3.5²	0²	—	—	18.2⁵	0.99%⁵	-1.7⁶	20.9²²	7.9²²	+3.5²²	2.0²²	-1.05²¹	132.3²¹	36.4%²¹	16.5%²²	-1.02²²	14.82s²¹	18.7²¹	0.05²²	0.00²²	0.0%²²	474¹	2025: P16 from 25 · 0.99% off	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 24.0
5Kyle Larson	2	46	31.0²	0²	0²	0²	2.0²	11.4%²	—	14.8²	9.5²	10.0²	12.0²	+25.2²	1²	—	—	25.2⁵	0.63%⁵	+15.7⁶	9.2²²	14.0²²	-7.8²²	7.3²²	-2.38²¹	103.1²¹	56.3%²¹	65.7%²²	+0.74²¹	12.08s²¹	11.8²¹	0.09²²	0.23²²	13.6%²²	617¹	2025: P28 from 3 · 0.54% off	2 st · 0 W · best P28 · avg 31.0
71Michael McDowell	11	46	25.0²	0²	0²	0²	17.5²	0.0%²	—	20.1²	16.5²	19.0²	17.0²	+11.3²	1²	—	—	19.0⁵	1.11%⁵	+3.0⁶	16.0²²	8.6²²	-2.9²²	1.7²²	+1.09²¹	106.2²¹	27.7%²¹	14.9%²²	-0.20²²	16.53s²¹	24.4²¹	0.23²²	0.05²²	4.5%²²	442¹	2025: P27 from 13 · 0.82% off	2 st · 0 W · best P23 · avg 25.0
34Todd Gilliland	17	45	23.0²	0²	0²	0²	24.0²	0.0%²	—	24.2²	25.5²	33.0²	23.0²	-4.8²	1²	—	—	19.2⁵	1.29%⁵	-5.0⁶	25.6²²	8.0²²	+4.8²²	2.0²²	+1.52²¹	105.5²¹	27.8%²¹	11.5%²²	-0.29²²	17.74s²¹	26.1²¹	0.09²²	0.09²²	9.1%²²	406¹	2025: P34 from 34 · 2.01% off	2 st · 0 W · best P12 · avg 23.0
47Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	16	43	19.0²	0²	1²	1²	32.5²	0.6%²	—	25.2²	24.5²	27.5²	25.0²	—	1²	—	—	24.8⁵	1.58%⁵	-1.0⁶	22.9²²	9.7²²	+0.8²²	1.5²²	+2.14²¹	109.7²¹	22.2%²¹	9.4%²²	+1.01²²	13.55s²¹	21.1²¹	0.14²²	0.09²²	13.6%²²	364¹	2025: P33 from 30 · 1.97% off	2 st · 0 W · best P5 · avg 19.0
16AJ Allmendinger	25	43	27.0²	0²	0²	0²	13.5²	0.0%²	—	24.4²	23.5²	27.0²	23.5²	-5.0²	1²	—	—	26.4⁵	0.97%⁵	+20.3⁶	20.8²²	9.2²²	-0.2²²	2.5²²	+0.38²¹	118.5²¹	19.6%²¹	7.4%²²	+0.83²²	12.40s²¹	14.8²¹	0.05²²	0.18²²	13.6%²²	409¹	2025: P18 from 9 · 0.53% off	2 st · 0 W · best P18 · avg 27.0
42John Hunter Nemechek	21	43	20.5²	0²	0²	0²	31.5²	0.0%²	—	21.7²	25.0²	22.5²	23.0²	-3.5²	0²	—	—	25.8⁵	1.18%⁵	+5.7⁶	22.2²²	7.2²²	+0.0²²	1.0²²	-0.29²¹	107.8²¹	26.1%²¹	8.5%²²	-1.42²²	15.77s²¹	23.1²¹	0.14²²	0.05²²	4.5%²²	355¹	2025: P15 from 29 · 0.91% off	2 st · 0 W · best P15 · avg 20.5
88Connor Zilisch	8	43	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1²	—	—	27.8⁵	1.34%⁵	+4.0⁶	25.4²²	8.7²²	-2.7²²	0.5²²	-1.00²¹	90.3²¹	21.8%²¹	7.3%²¹	+0.21²⁰	19.50s²⁰	24.4¹⁹	0.14²¹	0.46²²	36.4%²²	216¹	first start here	—
41Cole Custer	36	43	26.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	19.0¹	0.0%¹	—	23.6¹	30.0¹	34.0¹	26.0¹	—	1²	—	—	21.8⁵	1.33%⁵	-8.0⁶	25.1²²	7.3²²	+0.1²²	0.1²²	-0.24²¹	104.0²¹	22.1%²¹	4.6%²²	-0.35²²	14.90s²¹	24.3²¹	0.00²²	0.05²²	9.1%²²	270¹	2025: P26 from 19 · 1.24% off	1 st · 0 W · best P26 · avg 26.0
4Noah Gragson	15	41	22.5²	0²	0²	0²	27.0²	0.0%²	—	27.2²	25.5²	30.0²	25.0²	-5.3²	1²	—	—	26.6⁵	1.77%⁵	-6.7⁶	29.1²²	7.3²²	+4.1²²	0.2²²	+1.19²¹	118.2²¹	21.9%²¹	2.7%²²	-0.05²²	14.72s²¹	23.5²¹	0.05²²	0.14²²	18.2%²²	268¹	2025: P29 from 31 · 1.42% off	2 st · 0 W · best P16 · avg 22.5
33Austin Hill	24	40	—	0⁰	0⁰	0⁰	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1²	—	—	33.6⁵	1.54%⁵	-3.3⁶	24.7¹²	6.5¹²	-4.5¹²	0.1¹²	-1.00¹²	80.8¹²	8.9%¹²	2.4%¹²	-0.22¹²	16.58s¹¹	26.2¹¹	0.00¹²	0.25¹²	25.0%¹²	0¹	first start here	—
35Riley Herbst	28	38	30.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	24.0¹	0.0%¹	—	28.4¹	28.0¹	30.0¹	28.0¹	+17.5¹	0²	—	—	25.8⁵	1.02%⁵	+13.7⁶	21.9²²	9.3²²	+0.2²²	1.5²²	-1.33²¹	112.5²¹	27.9%²¹	13.5%²²	-0.17²²	13.56s²¹	19.2²¹	0.32²²	0.18²²	13.6%²²	370¹	2025: P30 from 24 · 1.17% off	1 st · 0 W · best P30 · avg 30.0
38Zane Smith	14	37	33.5²	0²	0²	0²	24.5²	0.0%²	—	29.5²	34.5²	32.0²	35.5²	+9.0²	1²	—	—	22.6⁵	1.25%⁵	+5.7⁶	20.6²²	10.5²²	+0.4²²	1.0²²	+0.19²¹	122.0²¹	33.6%²¹	10.9%²²	+0.02²²	17.81s²¹	20.1²¹	0.23²²	0.18²²	13.6%²²	393¹	2025: P36 from 23 · 2.01% off	2 st · 0 W · best P31 · avg 33.5
10Ty Dillon	31	35	35.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	32.0¹	0.0%¹	—	33.4¹	36.0¹	13.0¹	36.0¹	+17.0¹	1²	—	—	24.2⁵	1.68%⁵	-6.3⁶	29.9²²	7.9²²	+4.9²²	0.0²²	+0.86²¹	119.3²¹	11.5%²¹	1.4%²²	+0.38²²	14.31s²¹	22.4²¹	0.05²²	0.00²²	4.5%²²	266¹	2025: P35 from 32 · 2.02% off	1 st · 0 W · best P35 · avg 35.0
51Cody Ware	34	30	32.0¹	0¹	0¹	0¹	35.0¹	0.0%¹	—	33.5¹	32.0¹	32.0¹	32.0¹	—	1²	—	—	31.0⁵	2.14%⁵	+2.0⁶	34.3²²	5.4²²	+5.3²²	0.2²²	-0.52²¹	80.0²¹	21.1%²¹	2.8%²²	-0.31²²	21.94s²¹	31.9²¹	0.18²²	0.09²²	9.1%²²	183¹	2025: P32 from 35 · 1.88% off	1 st · 0 W · best P32 · avg 32.0