{"id":98225,"date":"2025-08-21T02:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98225\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T02:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:02:09","slug":"nascar-cup-series-returns-to-iowa-speedway-in-2026-newton-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98225\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Cup Series returns to Iowa Speedway in 2026 \u2013 Newton Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">NASCAR announced on Wednesday that it will be returning to the Iowa Speedway in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The date for this year\u2019s race weekend moves back to Aug. 8-9. Officials say the return is thanks to the support from fans and Iowa farmers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kyle Larson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/MOFMCNAROZCF5FLWM56C6NVEUA.jpg\" width=\"1440\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 ijEZZk image-metadata\">NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Larson makes a pit stop at Iowa Speedway during the Iowa Corn 350 earlier this month. (Troy Hyde\/Newton News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cThere is no destination on the Cup Series schedule quite like Iowa Speedway, and we\u2019re proud that it has become a can\u2019t-miss destination for NASCAR fans,\u201d Iowa Speedway President Eric Peterson said in a statement. \u201cThanks to their incredible support of NASCAR and our partners at Iowa Corn and Hy-Vee, Iowa Speedway has showcased the Hawkeye state and its love for racing to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The 2026 race weekend will include the NASCAR O\u2019Reilly Auto Parts Series\u2019 Hy-Vee PERKS 250 and the Iowa Corn 350 powered by Ethanol. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Tickets for the races go on sale to the public on Dec. 2. For more information about the series and tickets, visit the iowaspeedway.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">This will be the third year in a row the Iowa Speedway has hosted the NASCAR Cup Series.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NASCAR Cup Series\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2M3Y6O4KQJDDPDBUQU52Y55GYU.jpg\" width=\"1440\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 ijEZZk image-metadata\">The NASCAR Cup Series will return to Iowa Speedway in August 2026, the series announced on Wednesday.  (Troy Hyde\/Newton News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR announced on Wednesday that it will be returning to the Iowa Speedway in 2026. The date for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[425,99],"class_list":["post-98225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}