The 2015 Iowa Corn 300 was the thirteenth round of the 2015 IndyCar season. The race was held on July 18, 2015, the ninth consecutive year the Verizon IndyCar Series visited the Newton, Iowa short oval. 2014 race winner and series champion Ryan Hunter-Reay shook off the frustrations of his 2015 season for his first win and first podium finish of the season, Andretti Autosport's sixth consecutive win at Iowa.

Race summary Hélio Castroneves picked up his 3rd pole at Iowa. The start was waved off when Hélio Castroneves jumped his country mate and friend Tony Kanaan. The first caution waved on lap 10 when Championship leader Juan Pablo Montoya crashed in turn 2. The second caution came on lap 25 when Charlie Kimball and Stefano Coletti got together in turn 3. The third caution waved on lap 108 when Justin Wilson got up high in turn 2, eventually cutting a tire down. The fourth caution came out on lap 172 when Charlie Kimball crashed in turn 2. The fifth caution came on lap 195 when Stefano Coletti crashed in turn 2. The sixth and final caution waved on lap 262 when Takuma Sato hit the wall in turn 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay held off Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam to pick up his first win of the season. Ed Carpenter got out of his car after the race and confronted the 20 year old rookie driver from Nazareth Pennsylvania Sage Karam.

Qualifying Qualifying was held on the morning of race day, July 18, 2015.

Driver Team Engine Time 1 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 35.0817 1 2 10 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.1497 2 3 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 35.2302 3 4 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.2978 4 5 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 35.4397 5 6 1 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 35.4400 6 7 67 Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 35.4905 7 8 27 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 35.5465 8 9 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 35.5934 9 10 8 Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 35.6296 10 11 20 Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Chevrolet 35.6806 11 12 26 Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 35.7442 12 13 4 Stefano Coletti KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 35.7803 13 14 7 James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 35.9603 14 15 14 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 36.0740 15 16 83 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 36.1674 16 17 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 36.1909 17 18 25 Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 36.1975 18 19 5 Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 36.3852 19 20 19 Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 36.5196 20 21 41 Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 36.5199 21 22 18 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 36.6118 22 23 98 Gabby Chaves Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 36.6419 23 24 11 Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet No Time 24 Official results

Race The race was held on July 18, 2015. Ryan Hunter-Reay won over Josef Newgarden and Sage Karam for an all-American podium.

Driver Team Engine Laps Time/Retired PitStops Grid LapsLed 1 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda 300 2:03:50.3315 4 9 37 51 2 67 Josef Newgarden CFH Racing Chevrolet 300 +0.5046 4 7 111 43 3 8 Sage Karam Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 300 +2.8451 4 10 – 35 4 15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda 300 +4.6579 5 17 7 33 5 26 Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport Honda 300 +6.8921 4 12 – 30 6 20 Ed Carpenter CFH Racing Chevrolet 300 +7.4884 4 11 – 28 7 27 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda 300 +8.4296 5 8 – 26 8 5 Ryan Briscoe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 300 +10.5332 5 19 – 24 9 11 Sébastien Bourdais KVSH Racing Chevrolet 300 +11.8013 7 24 6 23 10 1 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet 300 +12.1472 4 6 2 21 11 3 Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet 300 +13.2151 5 1 50 21 12 19 Tristan Vautier Dale Coyne Racing Honda 299 +1 Lap 4 20 – 18 13 41 Jack Hawksworth A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 299 +1 Lap 6 21 7 18 14 22 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet 299 +1 Lap 4 5 - 16 15 7 James Jakes Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda 299 +1 Lap 7 14 3 16 16 98 Gabby Chaves Bryan Herta Autosport Honda 299 +1 Lap 7 23 – 14 17 25 Justin Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda 297 +3 Laps 6 18 – 13 18 9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 263 +37 Laps 4 4 - 12 19 14 Takuma Sato A. J. Foyt Racing Honda 260 Contact 4 15 - 11 20 4 Stefano Coletti KV Racing Technology Chevrolet 191 Contact 6 13 – 10 21 10 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 189 Mechanical 3 2 70 10 22 83 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet 170 Contact 2 16 7 9 23 18 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda 136 Handling 2 22 – 7 24 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet 9 Contact 0 3 – 6Fastest lap: Scott Dixon (Chip Ganassi Racing) – 18.1748 (Lap 191) Official results

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