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Fans pack Iowa Speedway for NASCAR weekend

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June 17th, 2024 by Jim Field

Iowa Speedway officials estimate more than 120-thousand fans enjoyed three days of NASCAR action. Saturday’s Xfinity series race and Sunday night’s Iowa Corn 350 both featured sold out crowds of around 45-thousand fans. It was the first time the NASCAR Cup Series raced at the Iowa Speedway.

That’s Iowa Speedway President Eric Peterson who says race fans responded after the 18-year-old speedway finally landed a Cup Series race.

Peterson on the possibility of the Iowa Speedway getting an annual Cup Series race.

Peterson and his team will spend the next few days evaluating all of the logistics that went in to hosting the event.

The INDYCAR races at the Iowa Speedway are July 13th and 14th.