Texas winner Helio Castroneves set a new single-lap record at Iowa Speedway of 185.687 mph and will have the pole for the third and final IndyCar heat race on Saturday afternoon.
IndyCar Iowa Corn 250 Heat Races starting lineups
Here are the starting lineups for the three Iowa IndyCar heat races.
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The rest of the top six automatically qualifying for the final heat include Marco Andretti, Will Power, Tony Kanaan, James Hinchcliffe and Oriol Servia.
Ed Carpenter and Scott Dixon are on pole for the two preliminary heat races. Dario Franchitti (20th) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (22nd) were among those with poor qualifying laps. Ana Beatriz did not set a time.
The complete starting lineups for the three heat races can be found below.
Race No. 1
- Scott Dixon
- Takuma Sato
- Josef Newgarden
- Alex Tagliani
- Sebastien Bourdais
- Sebastian Saavedra
- Dario Franchitti
- Ryan Hunter-Reay
Race No. 2
- Ed Carpenter
- Tristan Vautier
- Charlie Kimball
- James Jakes
- E.J. Viso
- Simon Pagenaud
- Graham Rahal
- Justin Wilson
- Simona de Silvestro
Race No. 3
- Helio Catstroneves
- Marco Andretti
- Will Power
- Tony Kanaan
- James Hinchciffe
- Oriol Servia
- Winner Race #2
- Winner Race #1
- 2nd Place Race #2
- 2nd Place Race #1
Just to clarify, the top two finishers from heats 1 and 2 will advance to race in the third heat and compete for the Indy Iowa Corn 250 pole and valuable championship points. The complete format is explained here.
The three heat races will be streamed online Saturday night at 6:45 ET on IndyCar.com. The Indy Iowa Corn 250 will take place on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 ET and will be televised on ABC.
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