{"id":1740,"date":"2017-07-10T06:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2017-07-10T06:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:17:21","slug":"iowa-corn-300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2017\/07\/10\/iowa-corn-300\/","title":{"rendered":"Helio Castroneves earns first win in three years at Iowa Corn 300"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had been over three years since the last time Helio Castroneves<\/strong> won a Verizon IndyCar Series<\/strong> race when the series entered Iowa Speedway<\/strong> this weekend. However that streak ended Sunday when the Penske<\/strong> racer took home the win at the Iowa Corn 300.<\/p>\n

Helio Castroneves earns first win in three years at Iowa Corn 300<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The last time Castroneves won an IndyCar race was at Belle Isle<\/strong> in Detroit in 2014, which was 54 races ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe focused on something we knew we needed to work on, which was the ability to maintain the life of the tire,\u201d said Castroneves. \u201cThat was it. We were finally able to put it together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Castroneves’ win was Team Penske’s first at Iowa in 11 attempts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have always been very quick here,” Castroneves said. “We have had a lot of pole positions as a team here.”<\/p>\n

After the last cycle of green flag pit stops had taken place, Castroneves came out behind J.R. Hildebrand<\/strong>, who had had the best car on long runs during the race.<\/p>\n

“It was definitely the right call to try and challenge for the win,” Hildebrand said. “We held off everybody but one.”<\/p>\n

The series now heads to Toronto next Sunday in the first of their last six races of the season. It will be televised by NBCSN at 3:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Iowa Results
\n<\/strong>1. Helio Castroneves
\n2. J.R. Hildebrand
\n3. Ryan Hunter-Reay
\n4. Will Power
\n5. Graham Rahal
\n6. Josef Newgarden
\n7. Simon Pagenaud
\n8. Scott Dixon
\n9. Tony Kanaan
\n10. James Hinchcliffe
\n11. Alexander Rossi
\n12. Ed Carpenter
\n13. Esteban Gutierrez
\n14. Max Chilton
\n15. Charlie Kimball
\n16. Takuma Sato
\n17. Marco Andretti
\n18. Ed Jones
\n19. Conor Daly
\n20. Carlos Munoz
\n21. Mikhail Aleshin<\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Unofficial Verizon
\nIndyCar Series Points Standings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/td>\nDriver<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\nBehind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nScott Dixon<\/td>\n403<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nHelio Castroneves<\/td>\n395<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nSimon Pagenaud<\/td>\n372<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWill Power<\/td>\n350<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nJosef Newgarden<\/td>\n347<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nGraham Rahal<\/td>\n337<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTakuma Sato<\/td>\n337<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTony Kanaan<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nAlexander Rossi<\/td>\n290<\/td>\n113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nMax Chilton<\/td>\n268<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Unofficial Sunoco
\n<\/strong>Rookie of the year Points Standings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/td>\nDriver<\/td>\nPoints<\/td>\nBehind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nEd Jones<\/td>\n266<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nEsteban Gutierrez<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nFernando Alonso<\/td>\n47<\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nZach Veach<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n143<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nJack Harvey<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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