| Race details | |
|---|---|
| 11th round of the2018 IndyCar Series season | |
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| Date | July 9, 2018 |
| Official name | Iowa Corn 300 |
| Location | Iowa Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.875 mi / 1.400 km |
| Distance | 300 laps 268.2 mi / 431.63 km |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 17.6801 + 17.6112 = 35.2913 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Will Power (Team Penske) |
| Time | 18.6422 (on lap 2 of 300) |
| Podium | |
| First | James Hinchcliffe (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) |
| Second | Spencer Pigot (Ed Carpenter Racing) |
| Third | Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) |
The2018 Iowa Corn 300 was anIndyCar Series event held atIowa Speedway inNewton, Iowa on July 8, 2018. The event served as the 11th round of the2018 IndyCar Series season.Will Power took his 52nd pole[1] whileJames Hinchcliffe claimed victory of the 300-lap race, which ended under caution.[2]
| Key | Meaning |
|---|---|
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |
| Pos | No. | Name | Lap 1 Time | Lap 2 Time | Total Time | Avg. Speed (mph) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |  Will Power | 17.6801 | 17.6112 | 35.2913 | 182.391 | ||||
| 2 | 1 |  Josef NewgardenW | 17.7252 | 17.8058 | 35.5310 | 181.160 | ||||
| 3 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-ReayW | 17.8034 | 17.8219 | 35.6253 | 180.681 | ||||
| 4 | 22 |  Simon Pagenaud | 17.8616 | 17.8364 | 35.6980 | 180.313 | ||||
| 5 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 17.9188 | 17.8808 | 35.7996 | 179.801 | ||||
| 6 | 9 |  Scott Dixon | 17.9873 | 17.8672 | 35.8545 | 179.526 | ||||
| 7 | 6 |  Robert WickensR | 17.9760 | 18.0073 | 35.9833 | 178.883 | ||||
| 8 | 10 |  Ed Jones | 18.0150 | 18.0011 | 36.0161 | 178.720 | ||||
| 9 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 18.0985 | 17.9183 | 36.0168 | 178.717 | ||||
| 10 | 30 |  Takuma Sato | 18.0678 | 17.9507 | 36.0185 | 178.708 | ||||
| 11 | 5 | James HinchcliffeW | 18.0289 | 18.0361 | 36.0650 | 178.478 | ||||
| 12 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 18.0323 | 18.0463 | 36.0786 | 178.410 | ||||
| 13 | 14 |  Tony KanaanW | 18.0341 | 18.1260 | 36.1601 | 178.008 | ||||
| 14 | 26 | Zach VeachR | 18.0867 | 18.1139 | 36.2006 | 177.809 | ||||
| 15 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 18.0438 | 18.1830 | 36.2268 | 177.681 | ||||
| 16 | 88 |  Gabby Chaves | 18.1637 | 18.3125 | 36.4762 | 176.466 | ||||
| 17 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 18.1934 | 18.3284 | 36.5218 | 176.245 | ||||
| 18 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 18.2349 | 18.5027 | 36.7376 | 175.210 | ||||
| 19 | 98 | Marco AndrettiW | 18.2374 | 18.6396 | 36.8770 | 174.548 | ||||
| 20 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMeloR | 18.4002 | 18.5209 | 36.9211 | 174.339 | ||||
| 21 | 59 |  Max Chilton | 18.6021 | 18.5086 | 37.1107 | 173.449 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | Matheus LeistR | 19.0284 | 19.1214 | 38.1498 | 168.724 | ||||
| OFFICIAL BOX SCOREArchived 2018-07-10 at theWayback Machine | ||||||||||
Notes:1 Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.
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| Previous race: 2018 Kohler Grand Prix | IndyCar Series 2018 season | Next race: 2018 Honda Indy Toronto |
| Previous race: 2017 Iowa Corn 300 | Iowa Corn 300 | Next race: 2019 Iowa 300 |
