Iowa Corn 300 - Saturday, July 9, 2016

Saturday, July 09, 2016

Sticker honoring Johnny Rutherford at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The No. 28 DHL Honda of Ryan Hunter-Reay rolls through technical inspection prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Firestone tires on pit lane at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Iowa Speedway safety personnel -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The No. 12 Verizon Chevrolet of Will Power sits on pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Chevrolet front wings ready for Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The gloves of Will Power sit idle prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The No. 22 Menards Chevrolet of Simon Pagenaud rolls through technical inspection prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tire airgun at the ready prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Helio Castroneves walks pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alexander Rossi waits in his pit stand prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ed Carpenter along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alexander Rossi waits along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alexander Rossi waits along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alexander Rossi waits along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Sebastien Bourdais prepares for practice along pit lane at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Sebastien Bourdais looks down pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Conor Daly gets ready for practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal walks pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal prepares along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal prepares along pit lane prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal straps on his helmet prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal straps on his helmet prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Charlie Kimball streaks toward the start/finish line during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud flashes across the start/finish line during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Scott Dixon screams down the frontstretch during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden crosses the start/finish line during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan rolls down the backstretch during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Will Power straps on his helmet prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ryan Hunter-Reay in his pit stand following practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Ryan Hunter-Reay in his pit stand following practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Alexander Rossi waits in his pit stand prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti slides into his No. 27 Snapple Honda prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Graham Rahal straps on his helmet prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Former F1 driver Pastor Maldonado watches track activity during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Gabby Chaves on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Jack Hawksworth on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Alexander Rossi on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Charlie Kimball enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Teammates Alexander Rossi and Carlos Munoz enter Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones James Hinchcliffe enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Graham Rahal sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mikhail Aleshin sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Jack Hawksworth sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Will Power sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mikhail Aleshin enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Max Chilton sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Juan Pablo Montoya sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Tony Kanaan enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Max Chilton enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ryan Hunter-Reay sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Conor Daly enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti, Carlos Munoz, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Alexander Rossi during a media availability at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small announces a two-year extension for the Iowa Corn 300 for 2017 and 2018 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Iowa Speedway President Jimmy Small announces a two-year extension for the Iowa Corn 300 for 2017 and 2018 -- Photo by: Chris Jones Teammates Juan Pablo Montoya and Will Power chat along pit lane prior to qualifications for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud begins to prepare for his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Helio Castroneves waits along pit lane prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Josef Newgarden begins preparing for his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Max Chilton waits along pit lane prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Jack Hawksworth waits along pit lane prior to qualifications for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Gabby Chaves begins preparing for qualifications for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Team Penske with a celebratory selfie picture after winning the pole position for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud affixes the Verizon P1 Award emblem to his No. 22 Menards Chevrolet after winning the pole for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud affixes the Verizon P1 Award emblem to his No. 22 Menards Chevrolet after winning the pole position for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud affixes the Verizon P1 Award emblem for winning the pole for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud affixes the Verizon P1 Award emblem for winning the pole position for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud with the Verizon P1 Award flag for winning the pole position for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Team President Tim Cindric and Simon Pagenaud celebrate Team Penske's 500th overall pole position in the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud with the Verizon P1 Award after winning the pole position for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Simon Pagenaud enters Turn 4 during his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ed Carpenter enters Turn 4 during his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Helio Castroneves on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Ed Carpenter enters Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Sebastien Bourdais enters Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Juan Pablo Montoya slides on his helmet prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti begins preparing for his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden sits in his No. 21 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden sits on pit lane prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Max Chilton watches qualifications from his pit stand at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Simon Pagenaud starts preparing for his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Mikhail Aleshin sits in his No. 7 SMP Racing Honda prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Alexander Rossi sits in his No. 98 Honda prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Pit lane starts to come to life prior to practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden sits in his No. 20 Fuzzy's Vodka Chevrolet prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Josef Newgarden peels out of pit lane during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti spins along the frontstretch during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti slides down the frontstretch during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Scott Dixon sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Takuma Sato sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Max Chilton sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Tony Kanaan sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Alexander Rossi streaks down the backstretch during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Helio Castroneves sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Max Chilton sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Will Power sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Sebastien Bourdais sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Conor Daly sets up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Will Power sets up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Scott Dixon sets up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Ryan Hunter-Reay sets up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Marco Andretti sets up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Teammates James Hinchcliffe and Mikhail Aleshin set up for Turn 1 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Owens Takuma Sato waits along pit lane prior to his qualification attempt for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Graham Rahal sets up for Turn 3 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Scott Dixon sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Mikhail Aleshin sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Takuma Sato sets up for Turn 4 during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Marco Andretti and Will Power on course during practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Chris Jones Alexander Rossi signs an autograph during the driver autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The Firestone Firehawk poses for a photograph during the driver autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The Firestone Firehawk gives Graham Rahal a massage during the driver autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Graham Rahal signs an autograph hat during the driver autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher The Firestone Firehawk plants a smooch on a fan during the driver autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Scott Dixon and Juan Pablo Montoya sign a few autographs during the autograph session in the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Young fans cherishing their new autographed hero cards during the autograph session at the Iowa Speedway Fan Village -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud adjusts his balaclava prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud adjusts his balaclava prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud prepares along pit lane prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud adjusts his balaclava along pit lane prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Simon Pagenaud adjusts his balaclava along pit lane prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan gets prepared along pit lane for the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan begins his preparation for the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan adjusts his balaclava prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan adjusts his balaclava along pit lane prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Tony Kanaan prepares along pit lane prior to the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Will Power streaks down the backstretch during the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Scott Dixon streaks down the backstretch during the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden streaks down the backstretch during the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Gabby Chaves passes Ryan Hunter-Reay down the backstretch during the final practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher James Hinchcliffe streaks down the backstretch during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden streaks down the backstretch during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato and Tony Kanaan go nose-to-tail down the backstretch during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Safety tires during sunset at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden waits along pit lane prior to the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden waits along pit lane prior to the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden slides on his helmet prior to the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Josef Newgarden on pit lane following the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Firestone technician recording data on pit lane during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Firestone technician along pit lane during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Crewman on pit lane at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Crewman along pit lane during the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher James Hinchcliffe prepares along pit lane prior to the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher Takuma Sato on pit lane prior to the evening practice for the Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway -- Photo by: Shawn Gritzmacher