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Iowa Corn 350

Aug 9Iowa Speedway350 Laps

RACE RECAP

Ty Gibbs turned a two-tire pit call into the Iowa Corn 350 win, holding off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell by 0.253 seconds at Iowa Speedway. Gibbs took control after the final pit exchange and kept Bell behind him through the closing run for his second NASCAR Cup Series victory.

Bell finished second after leading 108 laps, winning Stage 2 and recording the fastest single lap used for FantasyJolt's fastest-lap award. Ryan Blaney started from the pole, won Stage 1, led a race-high 129 laps and finished third.

Josh Berry and Denny Hamlin completed the top five. The 350-lap race featured seven cautions for 45 laps, nine lead changes among six drivers and an average speed of 103.337 mph.

BY THE NUMBERS

9
Lead Changes
6
Leaders
7/45
Cautions / Laps
3
DNFs
.253
Margin of Victory
103.337
Avg MPH
2:57:49
Race Time
Stage Winners
S1Ryan Blaney
S2Christopher Bell
Caution Breakdown
1L5–128L#43, 45 Incident Turn 2
2L72–787LStage 1 ConclusonLD #9
3L92–976L#97 Spin Turn 4LD #60
4L99–1035L#47, 71 Incident Turn 3LD #97
5L141–1477L#77 Spin Turn 4LD #51
6L150–1545L#5, 48 Incident FrontstretchLD #77
7L212–2187LStage 2 ConclusionLD #41

KEY TAKEAWAYS

01Gibbs won by 0.253 seconds after a two-tire call moved him ahead of Bell.
02Bell led 108 laps, won Stage 2 and earned the FantasyJolt fastest-lap award.
03Blaney started from the pole, won Stage 1 and led a race-high 129 laps.
04Chastain, Briscoe and Logano converted stage points into strong FantasyJolt scores despite mixed finishing results.
05Bell, Blaney, Chastain, Berry and Connor Zilisch formed the perfect FantasyJolt lineup under the $50 cap.

VALUE PICKS

8.0
pts/$
Car #4
Noah Gragson$3
P17
6.60
pts/$
Car #88
Connor Zilisch$5
P11S1:P9S2:P10
5.78
pts/$
Car #1
Ross Chastain$9
P7S1:P6S2:P3Led:40
5.75
pts/$
Car #47
Ricky Stenhouse Jr$4
P18
5.67
pts/$
Car #16
A.J. Allmendinger$6
P8

BUSTS

0.5
pts/$
Car #45
Tyler Reddick$11
P36
0.70
pts/$
Car #48
Alex Bowman$10
P34
1.00
pts/$
Car #77
Carson Hocevar$10
P31
1.23
pts/$
Car #5
Kyle Larson$13
P33S1:P3
1.27
pts/$
Car #6
Brad Keselowski$11
P27

PERFECT LINEUP

Optimal 5-driver roster for this race

Salary
$50/50
Avg Finish
P5.4
Total Points
409.68
GroupDriverSalaryFinishPts
A
Car #20
Christopher Bell
$142
133.60
2 × 66.80
B
Car #12
Ryan Blaney
$143
115.33
1.75 × 65.90
C
Car #1
Ross Chastain
$97
78.00
1.5 × 52.00
D
Car #21
Josh Berry
$84
48.75
1.25 × 39.00
E
Car #88
Connor Zilisch
$511
33.00
1 × 33.00