Stock car racing events in theNASCAR Xfinity Series have been held at theIowa Speedway. The track held 2 races annually from 2011 to 2020, when the track was removed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. The track returned to the schedule following the release of the2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule, supportinga Cup Series race on the same weekend.

NASCAR Xfinity Series at Iowa

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	Iowa Speedway
Location	Newton, Iowa,United States

TheHy-Vee PERKS 250 is a 250-lap, 218.75-mileNASCAR Xfinity Series race atIowa Speedway inNewton, Iowa. The race has been held in May or June from 2011 to 2019 and was going to be held again in 2020 before being canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The race was removed from the Xfinity Series schedule entirely in 2021.^[2] The race returned to the schedule in 2024.

Sam Mayer is the defending race winner.

In the race's first year in 2011,Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned his first win in what was then the Nationwide Series despite his engine blowing coming to the start/finish line on the last lap. HisRoush Fenway Racing teammateCarl Edwards, who was running 2nd, could not see through the smoke coming from Stenhouse's car and as a result, he hit the back of Stenhouse's car which allowed him to cross the start/finish line 1st and win.

The race had different title sponsor almost every year in its first stint on the schedule. The revivedCircuit City brand was the race's title sponsor in the last of those years in 2019.^[3] On March 27, 2024,Hy-Vee was announced as the title sponsor of the race in 2024 in its first year on the series' schedule since 2019. The grocery store has been the title sponsor of theIndyCar Seriesdoubleheader races at the track since2022. The store is highlighting their rewards program PERKS in the name of the race. The track also announced in that announcement that the 2024 race had been sold out.^[4]

• 2013: Race postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain.
• 2015 and 2024: Races extended due toNASCAR Overtime.
• 2020: Race cancelled and moved toHomestead-Miami due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

TheU.S. Cellular 250 was a 250-lap, 218.75-mileNASCAR Xfinity Series race which was held atIowa Speedway inNewton, Iowa every summer from 2009 to 2019. It was traditionally held in late July or early August, whileU.S. Cellular was the title sponsor every year since the event's inception with different presenting sponsors over the years.The race was canceled in 2020 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic before being removed from the schedule entirely in 2021.^[19][20]

• 2015, 2017 and 2018: Race extended due toovertime;2015 and 2018 took two tries.
• 2020: Race cancelled and moved toKansas due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

• Iowa Speedway race results at Racing-Reference