Where: Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
When: Friday, July 19, 2019 9 pm ET/8 pm CT
Television: MAVTV, Live
Track Length: 0.875 miles
Most Recent Winner: Sheldon Creed, July 7, 2018, 98.521 miles per hour
Most Recent Pole Winner: Sheldon Creed, July 7, 2018, 131.349 miles per hour
Track Qualifying Record: Steven Wallace, October 14, 2006, 137.357 miles per hour
• Iowa Speedway has hosted twelve previous ARCA Menards Series races dating back to the track’s inaugural season in 2006. The only year the track did not have the ARCA Menards Series on its calendar was 2014.
• There has never been a repeat winner in the ARCA Menards Series at Iowa Speedway. Previous winners include Steven Wallace (2006), Frank Kimmel (2007), Matt Hawkins (2008), Parker Kligerman (2009), Tom Hessert III (2010), Ty Dillon (2011), Alex Bowman (2012), Grant Enfinger (2013), Mason Mitchell (2015), Chase Briscoe (2016), Dalton Sargeant (2017), and Sheldon Creed (2018).
• The General Tire Pole winner has gone on to win the race three times: Steven Wallace in 2006, Ty Dillon in 2011, and Sheldon Creed in 2018. Parker Kligerman (2009), Tom Hessert III (2010), and Alex Bowman (2012) also started on the front row and drove to victory.
• Ty Dillon is the only multiple General Tire Pole Award winner at Iowa, earning the pole position in both 2010 and 2011. Other pole winners include Steven Wallace, Michael Annett, Matt Carter, Joey Coulter, Brennan Poole, Mason Mingus, Kyle Weatherman, Kyle Benjamin, Shane Lee and Sheldon Creed.
• The deepest a winner has started in the field was 28th when Matt Hawkins drove to victory in 2008. It was his first career start in the series. Sadly, Hawkins died in February 2009.
• Two drivers have earned their first career ARCA Menards Series victory at Iowa Speedway. Matt Hawkins won in 2008 in his first career series start, and Tom Hessert III won in 2010.
• Steven Wallace is the only driver to have earned his last or most recent ARCA Menards Series victory at Iowa.
• Iowa Speedway is just 1 hour and 45 minutes away from the World’s Largest Truck Stop, Iowa 80, located in Walcott, Iowa. Over 5,000 people visit daily, and there is parking for 900 trucks. The site employs 450 people. It serves 1 million cups of coffee annually, has 24 private showers for drivers, and a driver’s lounge with a fireplace. It even has a dentist’s office. Iowa is also home to the world’s second-largest frying pan. Measuring in at 14 feet, 3 inches, it is just three inches short of being the world’s largest. Bummer to whomever forgot to add the final 3.1 inches.
• The record for the most cautions in an ARCA Menards Series race at Iowa is nine, set four times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2015). The record for most caution laps is 69 set in 2006. The record for fewest cautions is two, set in 2016. The record for fewest caution laps, also set in 2016, is 16.
• The record for most lead changes in an ARCA Menards Series race at Iowa is 16 set in 2018. The record for the fewest lead changes is 2 set in 2011.
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