NEWTON, Iowa — The Synk 275 powered by Sukup and Farm to Finish 275 powered by Sukup will be the 11th and 12th races of the NTT IndyCar Series season.
There have been three winners in 10 races. Alex Palou has six victories, Kyle Kirkwood has won three times and Scott Dixon triumphed last weekend at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. All 10 races have been won by Honda engines.
The Sukup IndyCar Race Weekend doubleheader will be the third and fourth oval races of the schedule. The previous two oval races of the season were won by Palou (Indianapolis 500) and Kyle Kirkwood (World Wide Technology Raceway). The remaining oval races will take place on Aug. 24 at the Milwaukee Mile and Aug. 31 at Nashville Superspeedway.
The races will be the 22nd and 23rd IndyCar races at the seven-eighths-mile race track.
• Josef Newgarden is the only entered driver to win at Iowa Speedway more than once. Newgarden has six wins at Iowa. Past winners Pato O’Ward, Scott McLaughlin and Will Power are also entered.
• Team Penske has won nine of the 21 previous races at Iowa Speedway, including eight of the last 10 races. Andretti Global has seven wins. Chip Ganassi Racing has two wins.
Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dario Franchitti and Josef Newgarden are the only drivers to win at Iowa Speedway and win the championship in the same season. Newgarden accomplished the feat in 2019, Hunter-Reay in 2012 and Franchitti in 2007 and 2009.
• Scott Dixon is the only driver to have competed in every IndyCar Series race at Iowa, and although he has 13 top-five finishes in his previous 21 starts on the oval, he’s never won at there.
• Thirteen entered drivers have led laps at the track (Josef Newgarden 1,847, Will Power 433, Scott McLaughlin 260, Dixon 131, Alex Palou 104, Pato O’Ward 97, Colton Herta 86, Graham Rahal 32, Conor Daly 17, Felix Rosenqvist 9, Alexander Rossi 4, Marcus Ericsson 3, and David Malukas 1).
• Scott Dixon will attempt to make his 350th and 351st consecutive starts, extending his record streak. Graham Rahal will attempt to make his 250th and 251st consecutive start, the third-longest streak in series history. Josef Newgarden will attempt to make his 213th and 214th consecutive starts, the sixth-longest streak in history. Pato O’Ward will attempt to make his 100th start in Saturday’s Synk 275 powered by Sukup.
