2008 IRL Rd. 8--Iowa Corn Indy 250
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:14 am
With Texas in the rear-view mirror and a week off to catch up on everything, IndyCar Series teams now head back to the Midwest and the first of two short-ovals on the calendar, the .875-mile Iowa Speedway and the Iowa Corn Indy 250 presented by Pioneer and Ethanol.
While Iowa is akin to fellow short-oval Richmond, the 7.8ths' mile oval is nothing like Richmond. With progressive banking in the turns and a billard-smooth track surface, drivers liken it to "driving in a fishbowl"(during a typical lap at Iowa, drivers are turning all but 3 seconds or so during each lap....... ), which means that things can happen very quickly during the race.
~~Event Schedule...................
note......all times US CDT(-1 hr. US EDT, -5 hrs. GMT)
Open Test Session #1, 1-3 pm, 20 June 2008*
Open Test Session #2, 4:30-6:30 pm, 20 June 2008*
Practice Session #1, 10:30 am-Noon, 21 June 2008
Practice Session #2, 1:30-3:30 pm, 21 June 2008
PEAK Motor Oil Qualifying, 5:30 pm, 21 June 2008
Iowa Corn Indy 250, Noon, 22 June 2008(live, ABC Sports)
*-test session results will be posted in the 2008 testing thread
~~Broadcast Information....................
--domestic TV, ABC Sports
--domestic AM radio, IMS Radio Network
--webcast, IndyCar.com
--domestic satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio Chs. 144 and 145
--international shortwave/TV simulcast, United States Armed Forces Network
While Iowa is akin to fellow short-oval Richmond, the 7.8ths' mile oval is nothing like Richmond. With progressive banking in the turns and a billard-smooth track surface, drivers liken it to "driving in a fishbowl"(during a typical lap at Iowa, drivers are turning all but 3 seconds or so during each lap....... ), which means that things can happen very quickly during the race.
~~Event Schedule...................
note......all times US CDT(-1 hr. US EDT, -5 hrs. GMT)
Open Test Session #1, 1-3 pm, 20 June 2008*
Open Test Session #2, 4:30-6:30 pm, 20 June 2008*
Practice Session #1, 10:30 am-Noon, 21 June 2008
Practice Session #2, 1:30-3:30 pm, 21 June 2008
PEAK Motor Oil Qualifying, 5:30 pm, 21 June 2008
Iowa Corn Indy 250, Noon, 22 June 2008(live, ABC Sports)
*-test session results will be posted in the 2008 testing thread
~~Broadcast Information....................
--domestic TV, ABC Sports
--domestic AM radio, IMS Radio Network
--webcast, IndyCar.com
--domestic satellite radio, XM Satellite Radio Chs. 144 and 145
--international shortwave/TV simulcast, United States Armed Forces Network