Speediatrics 200 NCWTS Preview

While the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has the weekend off, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be joining the NASCAR Xfinity Series for a Father’s Day special at the 7/8th-mile Iowa Speedway. 34 drivers will be competing for 32 spots for Saturday night’s Speediatrics 200.

 

Iowa Speedway has hosted nine Camping World Truck Series events. Each race at Iowa Speedway has seen different pole winners. Erik Jones is the youngest pole winner at Iowa, while Mike Skinner is the oldest. There have been four races where the driver, who started in the pole position, has went on and won the race. Erik Jones was the last driver to win from the pole. Jones also holds the race record at a speed of 110.429 mph. German Quiroga Jr. holds the qualifying record set in 2013 at 138.62 mph. Norm Benning, Matt Crafton, Timothy Peters, and Johnny Sauter, have competed in all Camping World Truck Series events at Iowa.

 

Iowa Speedway is located in Newton, Iowa. The length around the speedway is .88 miles. The turns at Iowa Speedway feature variable banking ranging from 12 to 14 degrees. The frontstretch is banked at 10 degrees, while the backstretch is at four degrees.

 

William Byron, winner of last week’s race at Texas Motor Speedway, explains his outlook going into Iowa. “I think our strong suit this year has been going to different tracks and being able to adapt quickly, so going to a track I’ve been to before is going to help us get up to speed a lot faster and be able to work on the truck even more. I think it’s going to help us overall and help us be a little better for the beginning of the race. In the races we’ve won, I feel like our truck was the best at the end of the race, so hopefully this weekend we can start the race as well as we finish.”

 

Matt Crafton, the points leader, explains why he enjoys racing at Iowa. “I did the very first Goodyear tire test there and literally the first run I made on the track I said, ‘This place races just like a mile and a half.’ I used to say it was very similar to Kentucky – we’ll say the old Kentucky race track – or the old Kansas race track. They didn’t have a bunch of banking and they raced very, very similar. I love going there, it’s a great race, I’ve won there and we’ve been very good there in the past. I always look forward to it.”

 

Ben Kennedy states, “It feels great to be headed to Iowa straight off a top-five finish at Texas. This will be a busy weekend but the No. 33 team is incredibly prepared and I know we’ll be running up front again. I’m excited to have Wheelwell on board and to get a good finish for them in their NASCAR debut.”

 

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will hit the track for the first of two practice sessions on Friday at 3 pm Eastern.

 

Friday, June 17
3 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice, FS2
6 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1

Saturday, June 18
4:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Keystone Light Pole Qualifying, FS2
8 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Setup, FS1
8:30 p.m., NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Speediatrics 200, FS1

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