Friday, June 24, at the Iowa Speedway

The Iowa Corn Indy 250 is being run this weekend. Today is INDYCAR practice and qualifying.

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Iowa Speedway logo
The Iowa Corn Indy 250 logo.
Garage area at the speedway. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Scoring tower at the Iowa Speedway. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Franchitti wears a dark blue drivers suit this weekend. ©Clarino 6/24/11
The #10 car during morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dario,s #10 blue Suave car leaves the pits. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Hunter-Reay is back in his Yellow Sun Drop car also carring sponsor Circle K for this race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Hunter-Reay is back in his yellow Sun Drop, DHL driving suit. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Mike Conway, driving the lack car #27, does not seem to have a sponsor this weekend. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dario in timing stand before morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ana Beatriz on the way to her car. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #24 driven by Ana Beatriz. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 24 and 9 come out of turn 4 at Iowa. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #9 rolls out of pit lane. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dixon on the way to his car for morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Why is Dixon looking at the cement? ©Clarino 6/24/11
Danica hurrys to her car. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Danica puts her gloves on as she gets ready to go out. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #7 was 4th quick during morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ed Carpenter sits in his car while he waits for the yellow light to go out. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #67 comes into his pit box. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Carpenter in car #67 runs down pit lane. ©Clarino 6/24/11
AJ Foyt arrives for morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dennis Reinbold. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Sarah Fisher, owner of car #67. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Tony George was here this weekend watching Ed Carpenter, his step son. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Helio talks to a person on pit row. ©Clarino 6/24/11
As usual, Helio had a big smile before practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #3 comes into the pits with several other cars after their 1st run check. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #3 rolls down pit lane. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 18 and 3 run together during morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ryan Hunter-Reay was 12th quick during morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Sato on his timing stand. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Sato in for a tire change. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 5 and 6 on the track during morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Tony stands on the pit wall while his team prepares his car. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Tony confers with a crew member. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Kanaan looks down pit row. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #82 was 10th quick in morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Viso gets in car. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 59/5/2 on a practice run. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 59 and 77 pass the start finish line. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Justin Wilson. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Wilson gets buckled in. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #22 crosses the start finish line in morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #10 leaves the pits. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #4 was 22 in morning practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #06 was 24th in morning practice with a speed of 177.913. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Cars 06 and 19 just after the start finish line. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Tony give Sato the winning formula to get the pole. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Power sits in his pit box during a yellow. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Meria in #14 was 18th fastest in moring practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #18 is driven by rookie James Jakes. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Alex Lloyd is in car #19. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Marco sits in his pit box. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #26 runs down pit lane. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #27 waits for the green flag.©Clarino 6/24/11
Graham Rahal comes in for a quick car check. ©Clarino 6/24/11
They put a umbrella over Graham as he waits for the track to go green again. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #77 was 13th quick in the A.M. practice. ©Clarino 6/24/11
77 and 22 zip by the IOWA 4 sign. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #83 had a morning practice speed of 179.038. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Car #6 comes into his pit box. ©Clarino 6/24/11
This is the fuel nozzle used by INDYCAR's. ©Clarino 6/24/11
1st practice at Iowa Speedway. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ana Beatriz qualified 18th in her blue and yellow #18 car. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Briscoe had a disappointing qualifying run putting him in the 10th spot on the grid. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ed Carpenter was quick in final practice on Friday. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Mike Conway qualified 9th with a speed of 179.185. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Danica was on the pole for a while, but then dropped to second on the grid for the race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dario had a disappointing 6th place qualification run. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Scott Dixon had a discouraging qualifying run landing him in the 23rd spot on the grid. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Helio qualified in the middle of the pack in the 13th position. ©Clarino 6/24/11
JR Hildebrand has a smile on his face after he put his car in the 4th starting position for the race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
James Hinchcliffe qualified with a average speed of 179.385, putting him 7th on the grid. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Rookie James Jakes is 24th on the starting grid. ©Clarino 6/24/11
With an average speed of 179.833, Tony sits in the 3rd starting position. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Rookie Charlie Kimball qualified with a 2 lap average speed of 177.280. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Dale Coyne lets Alex Lloyd know he was only fast enough to qualify 22nd for the race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Marco had a puckered frown as he found out he only qualified in the 17th starting position. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Meira is 14th on the starting grid with a speed of 178.365. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Power has a solid 5th starting position for team Penske. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Graham Rahal looks at the tower to see where his qualifying run place him for tomorrow's race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Ryan Hunter -Reay removes his gear after qualifying 8th for the Iowa Corn Indy 250. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Takuma Sato took the pole with a qualifying speed of 180.375. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Servia qualified his Newman/Hass car in the 11th position on the starting grid. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Tagliani crashed his car in the 2nd practice after qualifying 15th for the race. ©Clarino 6/24/11
Justin Wilson had a 2 lap average speed of 178.631 for his qualifying run. ©Clarino 6/24/11