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The race was founded in 1975 by John Hudetz, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa. After competing in the 1974 Boston Marathon, Hudetz was inspired to bring the excitement to the Quad-Cities with a race of his own. The inaugural race had a field consisting of eighty-four runners. [1] Today the race is often run by 12,000 to 18,000 runners. [2] [3]
Davenport Speedway is a quarter-mile dirt race track located in Davenport, Iowa. In 1953, the half-mile track which is no longer used, became the first track in Iowa to host a NASCAR sanctioned event, when it held a Grand National Series race. Fourteen cars participated in race. Buck Baker won the pole and Herb Thomas was victorious in the race ...
Davenport, Iowa's annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival commemorates Bix Beiderbecke, a famous jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer who was born in Davenport in 1903. It is one of the largest jazz festivals in the United States. It is held on the weekend after the Bix 7 Road Race, another local event named for Beiderbecke.
This Iowa race beat out the Indianapolis 500 and the King of Hammers to land on USA TODAY 10Best's list of best motorsport races in the country.
Tickets for the NASCAR's 2024 inaugural Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway were released for presale from Nov. 10-15. On Dec. 4, possible attendees received an email saying the race is sold out.
NASCAR has announced both the Cup and Xfinity races sold out for June races.
The race itself was a crashfest with the 10th-place finisher of Scott Dixon finishing 77 laps down to the winning driver of Dario Franchitti. In October 2013, Iowa Speedway announced that the 2014 race was extended to 300 laps. [2] In most years since its inception, the race has been held as a Sunday afternoon event.
NASCAR made things official during a press conference in Des Moines that Iowa Speedway will host a Cup Series race this summer. The Cup race, set for 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, will be part of a ...