Jimmie Johnson’s love of ice cream helped form a special relationship with an Iowa company. The five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion confessed his love for the cool treat in an article with Sports Illustrated, which attracted the attention of Mike Wells, President and CEO of Blue Bunny Ice Cream in Le Mars. “He reached out [...]
continue »Drivers will continue to be served pizza when they visit Pizza Ranch Victory Lane after winning auto racing events at Iowa Speedway in Newton. The restaurant chain based in the Midwest announced that it has decided to renew its sponsorship with the race track. Below is the news release announcing the continued partnership: Winning Delivery [...]
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Matt Kenseth has won his second Daytona 500, holding off Dale Earnhardt Jr. to end one of the more bizarre races in NASCAR history. Kenseth had Roush Fenway Racing teammate Greg Biffle lined up behind him on the final restart, and Biffle played the role of dutiful teammate for the two [...]
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Landon Cassill ran almost a full season on NASCAR’s Sprint Cup circuit last year, but Sunday he makes his maiden voyage in stock car racing’s biggest event. Cassill will be driving the No. 83 Toyota Camry in the Daytona 500, making his debut for BK Racing. It’s a new, hastily assembled team, but the 22-year-old [...]
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Iowa Speedway and Pioneer Hi-Bred announced Wednesday the DuPont business has signed on to sponsor the NASCAR Nationwide Series race in May at the 7/8-mile oval track in Newton. The race is the first of five major race weekends on two Nationwide events at the track. The Iowa Speedway will also host a Nationwide race [...]
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Landon Cassill has a job for the Daytona 500 for the first time in his career. Cassill said Thursday he’s been hired to drive for a team that purchased assets and last year’s points from the now defunct Red Bull Racing team. Cassill will drive the No. 83 Toyota, he said, and [...]
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Joey Gase, who turned 19 today, will be at a launch party Saturday, celebrating the upcoming start to his first full-time season on the NASCAR Nationwide Series schedule with Go Green Racing. In January, GGR announced Gase as their full-time driver for the No. 39 car. The launch party will be held at the Sip-N-Stir [...]
continue »According to sources with Go Green Racing, Cedar Rapids native Joey Gase will be the full-time driver of the team’s No. 39 NASCAR Nationwide Series car for 2012. Gase, 18, ran select races for Go Green Racing and owner Archie St. Hillaire in 2011. He started five races, finishing 29th or better in all of [...]
continue »Doug Fritz watched Iowa Speedway’s progress from afar, and now he is thrilled to be ushering the track into a new era. Fritz took over as Iowa Speedway’s Chief Executive Officer on Oct. 1, and is in charge of the track’s strategic initiatives, events and facilities development and capital reinvestments. He is anxious to make [...]
continue »Less than a month ago, Dan Wheldon sat in Iowa Speedway’s infield. After British auto racer talked to media about work on a prototype for next year’s IZOD IndyCar, he exposed his personal side, reminiscing about one of his more special achievements during about a decade of IZOD IndyCar Series racing. He showed he was much more than a talent [...]
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