James Hinchcliffe (Andretti Autosport) was the undisputed winner of the IZOD IndyCar Series event at Iowa Speedway: having led virtually the entire race while other championship contenders had their share of troubles.
The Canadian finished ahead of his teammate Ryan Hunter-Reay with a 1.5-second lead while KV Racing Technology's Tony Kanaan was able to go on the podium with a late-race pass on Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman).
Right at the start, Hinchcliffe was able to pass pole-sitter Will Power (Team Penske) and, while some drivers, Graham Rahal being the closest, tried to challenge his position, no one was able to be a real threat. Even thought the outcome was a happy one for Hunter-Reay, the race was not as easy for the current champion. After breaking his front wing following a contact with Rahal and the ensuing pitstop, he rejoined in 19th as the last car on the lead lap. But he picked his way back through the field and was back with the lead group with 90 of the 250 laps still to run. Tony Kanaan had also to contend with an overheating problem but still managed to make a late move on Rahal and take the final podium spot, only to see Rahal lost another place to Ed Carpenter on the final lap.
Iowa race Results - 250 laps: Pos Driver Team/Engine Time/Gap 1. James Hinchcliffe Andretti/Chevy 1h30m16.0266s 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti/Chevy +1.5009s 3. Tony Kanaan KV/Chevy +1.6891s 4. Ed Carpenter Carpenter/Chevy +2.7605s 5. Graham Rahal Rahal/Honda +3.0201s 6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt/Honda +6.6654s 7. Oriol Servia Panther/Chevy +9.7006s 8. Helio Castroneves Penske/Chevy +10.6855s 9. Marco Andretti Andretti/Chevy +12.7133s 10. EJ Viso Andretti/Chevy +17.6157s 11. Justin Wilson Coyne/Honda +1 lap 12. Charlie Kimball Ganassi/Honda +1 lap 13. Tristan Vautier Schmidt/Honda +2 laps 14. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon/Chevy +2 laps 15. Josef Newgarden Fisher/Honda +2 laps 16. Scott Dixon Ganassi/Honda +3 laps 17. Will Power Penske/Chevy +3 laps 18. James Jakes Rahal/Honda +3 laps 19. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon/Chevy +3 laps 20. Dario Franchitti Ganassi/Honda +4 laps 21. Simona de Silvestro KV/Chevy +7 laps Retirements: Ana Beatriz Coyne/Honda 183 laps Takuma Sato Foyt/Honda 162 laps Alex Tagliani Herta/Honda 139 laps IndyCar Standings after Iowa Pos. Driver Points 1. Helio Castroneves 332 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay 323 3. Marco Andretti 277 4. James Hinchcliffe 266 5. Tony Kanaan 253 6. Etc.
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