IndyCar Series at Iowa doubleheader concerts, schedule, TV, streaming, qualifying
The IndyCar Series offers double the thrills this weekend with two races on the .875-mile Iowa Speedway tri-oval. The 250-lap (223.5 miles) events are on Saturday night and Sunday.
Josef Newgarden has won three straight races on this track, sweeping the 2023 doubleheader. The two-time Indianapolis 500 champ owns six career Iowa wins.
Alex Palou holds a comfortable lead in the 2024 championship standings after finishing second to Pato O'Ward last weekend at Mid-Ohio.
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Where is the IndyCar race in Iowa?
Iowa Speedway is in Newton, along Interstate 80, about 35 miles east of Des Moines, and about 85 miles west of Iowa City.
Luke Combs, Eric Church, Post Malone, Kelsea Ballerini concerts at Iowa Speedway
Luke Combs will perform before Saturday's IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. Eric Church will perform after the 8 p.m. ET race.
Post Malone and Kelsea Ballerini will perform after Sunday's IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. Race action is scheduled to end about 3:30 p.m. ET.
IndyCar Series schedule at Iowa
All times ET; all sessions on IndyCar Radio, IndyCar Live and SiriusXM Channel 218
Friday, July 12
2-3:15 p.m.: Indy NXT practice
3:35-6 p.m.: IndyCar practice, Peacock
6:30-7:15 p.m.: Indy NXT qualifying
Saturday, July 13
2:05-3:20 p.m.: Indy NXT race, Peacock
3:45-4:45 p.m.: IndyCar qualifying, Peacock
8-10 p.m.: IndyCar race, NBC, Peacock
Sunday, July 14
Noon-3:30 p.m.: IndyCar race, NBC, Peacock
How does IndyCar qualifying at Iowa work?
Qualifying runs are 2 laps on the .875-mile oval. Lap 1 is the qualifying run for the first race; Lap 2 is the qualifying run for the second race.
2024 IndyCar Series schedule
Times are ET for TV coverage
Date, time | Location | TV/winner |
March 10 | St. Petersburg, Fla.% | |
March 24 | Thermal, Calif.*# | |
April 21 | Long Beach, Calif.% | |
April 28 | Leeds, Ala.# | |
May 11 | Indianapolis# | |
May 26 | Indianapolis@ | |
June 2 | Detroit% | |
June 9 | Elkhart Lake, Wis.# | |
June 23 | Monterey, Calif.# | |
July 7, 1:30 p.m. | Lexington, Ohio# | |
July 13, 8 p.m. | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 14, noon | Newton, Iowa@ | NBC |
July 21, 1 p.m. | Toronto% | Peacock |
Aug. 17, 6 p.m. | Gateway, Ill.@ | USA |
Aug. 25, 3 p.m. | Portland# | USA |
Aug. 31, 6 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | Peacock |
Sept. 1, 2:30 p.m. | Milwaukee@ | USA |
Sept. 15, 3 p.m. | Nashville@ | NBC |
IndyCar Series points standings
(Through July 7)
Alex Palou, 329
Will Power, 281
Pato O'Ward, 249
Scott Dixon, 248
Colton Herta, 239
Kyle Kirkwood, 224
Alexander Rossi, 216
Scott McLaughlin, 214
Felix Rosenqvist, 192
Josef Newgarden, 186
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