Dan Wheldon and his Team Ganassi took a surprise victory in Iowa as a reward for a late fuel gamble that paid off in the end. Wheldon was followed to the checkered flag by Andretti Green's Hideki Mutoh and Marco Andretti.With 90 laps to go, the team decided to leave Wheldon on the track while most of the leaders pitted. The Briton had then to conserve fuel to make the strategy work but two further yellow flags at the end of the race allowed Wheldon to proceed without problems. Tony Kanaan and Helio Castroneves had dominated the majority of the race, and staged an astonishing side by side battle for much of the opening 25 laps. Neither would feature at the finish, however, with Kanaan crashing out of third while chasing Wheldon and Mutoh with 39 laps to go, and Castroneves finishing 14th after a late pitstop with a puncture. Race Results:
Pos Driver Team Time1. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 250 laps2. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green + 0.14303. Marco Andretti Andretti Green + 0.90284. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 1.27265. AJ Foyt IV Vision + 1.35646. Danica Patrick Andretti Green + 1.91157. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 3.97808. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman + 4.48889. Will Power KV + 5.615810. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 7.788611. John Andretti Roth + 8.463912. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 8.722513. EJ Viso HVM + 12.577514. Helio Castroneves Penske + 2 laps15. Vitor Meira Panther + 2 laps16. Oriol Servia KV + 3 laps17. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest + 8 laps18. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green + 39 laps19. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne + 58 laps20. Jaime Camara Conquest +117 laps21. Darren Manning Foyt +156 laps22. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold +172 laps23. Ed Carpenter Vision +212 laps24. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold +224 laps
Pos Driver Team Time1. Dan Wheldon Ganassi 250 laps2. Hideki Mutoh Andretti Green + 0.14303. Marco Andretti Andretti Green + 0.90284. Scott Dixon Ganassi + 1.27265. AJ Foyt IV Vision + 1.35646. Danica Patrick Andretti Green + 1.91157. Ryan Briscoe Penske + 3.97808. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rahal Letterman + 4.48889. Will Power KV + 5.615810. Graham Rahal Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 7.788611. John Andretti Roth + 8.463912. Justin Wilson Newman/Haas/Lanigan + 8.722513. EJ Viso HVM + 12.577514. Helio Castroneves Penske + 2 laps15. Vitor Meira Panther + 2 laps16. Oriol Servia KV + 3 laps17. Enrique Bernoldi Conquest + 8 laps18. Tony Kanaan Andretti Green + 39 laps19. Mario Moraes Dale Coyne + 58 laps20. Jaime Camara Conquest +117 laps21. Darren Manning Foyt +156 laps22. Buddy Rice Dreyer & Reinbold +172 laps23. Ed Carpenter Vision +212 laps24. Milka Duno Dreyer & Reinbold +224 laps