IndyCar drivers have been racing so closely together on ovals in 2015, they have been very tense when it comes to racing them, and the 2015 Iowa Corn 300 did not bear an exception.
During the closing laps on Saturday, Sage Karam came inches away from touching tires with Ed Carpenter. Upon seeing the #8 get close, Carpenter shook his fist not once, but twice on on the straights in anger.
Immediately after the race, Carpenter speed-walked to catch Sage Karam, even before the 20 year old could get out of his car.
Carpenter was adamant to get in something in Karam’s head. He told the young gun that rookies don’t race right, and even dropped an f-bomb or two.
“[Ed’s] just angry at my driving. He says I squeezed him a few times, but it’s the same way he drove me,” Karam said. Upon hearing it, Josef Newgarden looked around and smirked at the media.
Graham Rahal, who finished 4th after a long evening, said “[Sage] is going to kill somebody if he keeps driving like that.”
“We had a heck of a night – flat tire, which was early on, the right rear went flat, and then the car decided not to shift,” Rahal said. “Unfortunately we went down a couple laps there and got lucky with that yellow at the end, but really just soldiered through this thing.
Also early on, points leader Juan Pablo Montoya spun and hit the wall on lap ten, endings his night early for the first time in 18 races. The last track Montoya did not finish at was coincidently also Iowa Speedway in 2014.
IndyCar Final Race Results
1. Ryan Hunter-Reay
2. Josef Newgarden
3. Sage Karam
4. Graham Rahal
5. Carlos Muñoz
6. Ed Carpenter
7. Marco Andretti
8. Ryan Briscoe
9. Sebastian Bourdais
10. Will Power
The top four finishers all hail from the United States, making Saturday the first time since the 2006 Indianapolis 500 (Sam Hornish Jr, Marco Andretti, and Michael Andretti) that the podium was swept by Americans.
Unofficial IndyCar Points following Iowa
1. Juan Pablo Montoya – 445
2. Graham Rahal – 403
3. Scott Dixon – 397
4. Helio Castroneves – 391
5. Will Power – 390
Unofficial Sunoco IndyCar Rookie of the Year Standings following Iowa
1. Gabby Chaves – 211
2. Sage Karam – 172
3. Stefano Coletti – 160
4. Conor Daly – 81
5. Rodolfo Gonzalez – 40
6. Francesco Dracone – 38
7. Bryan Clauson – 10
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