# 2018 Iowa Corn 300

The 2018 Iowa Corn 300 was an IndyCar Series event held at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa on July 8, 2018. The event served as the 11th round of the 2018 IndyCar Series season. Will Power took his 52nd pole while James Hinchcliffe claimed victory of the 300-lap race, which ended under caution.

## Results

| Key | Meaning |
| R | Rookie |
| W | Past winner |

### Qualifying

| Pos | No. | Name | Lap 1 Time | Lap 2 Time | Total Time | Avg. Speed (mph) |
| 1 | 12 | Will Power | 17.6801 | 17.6112 | 35.2913 | 182.391 |
| 2 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W | 17.7252 | 17.8058 | 35.5310 | 181.160 |
| 3 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | 17.8034 | 17.8219 | 35.6253 | 180.681 |
| 4 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | 17.8616 | 17.8364 | 35.6980 | 180.313 |
| 5 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | 17.9188 | 17.8808 | 35.7996 | 179.801 |
| 6 | 9 | Scott Dixon | 17.9873 | 17.8672 | 35.8545 | 179.526 |
| 7 | 6 | Robert Wickens R | 17.9760 | 18.0073 | 35.9833 | 178.883 |
| 8 | 10 | Ed Jones | 18.0150 | 18.0011 | 36.0161 | 178.720 |
| 9 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 18.0985 | 17.9183 | 36.0168 | 178.717 |
| 10 | 30 | Takuma Sato | 18.0678 | 17.9507 | 36.0185 | 178.708 |
| 11 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe W | 18.0289 | 18.0361 | 36.0650 | 178.478 |
| 12 | 15 | Graham Rahal | 18.0323 | 18.0463 | 36.0786 | 178.410 |
| 13 | 14 | Tony Kanaan W | 18.0341 | 18.1260 | 36.1601 | 178.008 |
| 14 | 26 | Zach Veach R | 18.0867 | 18.1139 | 36.2006 | 177.809 |
| 15 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | 18.0438 | 18.1830 | 36.2268 | 177.681 |
| 16 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | 18.1637 | 18.3125 | 36.4762 | 176.466 |
| 17 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | 18.1934 | 18.3284 | 36.5218 | 176.245 |
| 18 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | 18.2349 | 18.5027 | 36.7376 | 175.210 |
| 19 | 98 | Marco Andretti W | 18.2374 | 18.6396 | 36.8770 | 174.548 |
| 20 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R | 18.4002 | 18.5209 | 36.9211 | 174.339 |
| 21 | 59 | Max Chilton | 18.6021 | 18.5086 | 37.1107 | 173.449 |
| 22 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | 19.0284 | 19.1214 | 38.1498 | 168.724 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine |||||||

### Race

| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Engine | Laps | Time/Retired | Pit Stops | Grid | Laps Led | Pts. |
| 1 | 5 | James Hinchcliffe W | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 300 | 1:47:32.4666 | 3 | 11 | 45 | 51 |
| 2 | 21 | Spencer Pigot | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 300 | +2.6491 | 3 | 18 | | 40 |
| 3 | 30 | Takuma Sato | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 300 | +3.2506 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 36 |
| 4 | 1 | Josef Newgarden W | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 300 | +4.5296 | 4 | 2 | 229 | 35 |
| 5 | 6 | Robert Wickens R | Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Honda | 300 | +6.3214 | 4 | 7 | | 30 |
| 6 | 12 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 299 | +1 lap | 3 | 1 | 23 | 30 |
| 7 | 15 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda | 299 | +1 lap | 4 | 12 | | 26 |
| 8 | 22 | Simon Pagenaud | Team Penske | Chevrolet | 299 | +1 lap | 4 | 4 | | 24 |
| 9 | 27 | Alexander Rossi | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 298 | +2 laps | 4 | 5 | | 22 |
| 10 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet | 298 | +2 laps | 4 | 9 | | 20 |
| 11 | 18 | Sébastien Bourdais | Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan | Honda | 297 | +3 laps | 3 | 15 | | 19 |
| 12 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 296 | +4 laps | 4 | 6 | | 18 |
| 13 | 10 | Ed Jones | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda | 295 | +5 laps | 5 | 8 | | 17 |
| 14 | 23 | Charlie Kimball | Carlin | Chevrolet | 295 | +5 laps | 3 | 17 | | 16 |
| 15 | 59 | Max Chilton | Carlin | Chevrolet | 294 | +6 laps | 5 | 21 | | 15 |
| 16 | 98 | Marco Andretti W | Andretti Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian | Honda | 293 | +7 laps | 4 | 19 | | 14 |
| 17 | 14 | Tony Kanaan W | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 292 | +8 laps | 4 | 13 | | 13 |
| 18 | 19 | Zachary Claman DeMelo R | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda | 291 | +9 laps | 6 | 20 | | 12 |
| 19 | 28 | Ryan Hunter-Reay W | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 283 | Mechanical | 6 | 3 | | 11 |
| 20 | 26 | Zach Veach R | Andretti Autosport | Honda | 279 | +21 laps | 5 | 14 | | 10 |
| 21 | 88 | Gabby Chaves | Harding Racing | Chevrolet | 99 | Handling | 1 | 16 | | 9 |
| 22 | 4 | Matheus Leist R | A. J. Foyt Enterprises | Chevrolet | 40 | Mechanical | 0 | 22 | | 8 |
| OFFICIAL BOX SCORE Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine |||||||||||
Notes: Points include 1 point for leading at least 1 lap during a race, an additional 2 points for leading the most race laps, and 1 point for Pole Position.

## Championship standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Scott Dixon | 411 |
| 2 | 2 | Josef Newgarden | 378 |
| 1 | 3 | Alexander Rossi | 370 |
| 2 | 4 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 359 |
| | 5 | Will Power | 358 |
| Pos | Manufacturer | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 923 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 779 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included.