| 2023 HyVee Homefront 250 Race 1 at Iowa – Qualifying Results | |||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Engine |
| 1 | Will Power | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Scott McLaughlin | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 5 | Pato O’Ward | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Colton Herta | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 7 | Alex Palou | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 8 | Romain Grosjean | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 9 | David Malukas | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 10 | Marcus Ericsson | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 11 | Takuma Sato | Chip Ganassi Racing | Honda |
| 12 | Devlin DeFrancesco | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 13 | Graham Rahal | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 14 | Helio Castroneves | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 15 | Rinus VeeKay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Jack Harvey | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 18 | Kyle Kirkwood | Andretti Autosport | Honda |
| 19 | Ed Carpenter | Ed Carpenter Racing | Chevrolet |
| 20 | Christian Lundgaard | Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing | Honda |
| 21 | Alexander Rossi | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 22 | Felix Rosenqvist | Arrow McLaren | Chevrolet |
| 23 | Conor Daly | Meyer Shank Racing | Honda |
| 24 | Callum Ilott | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Agustin Canapino | Juncos Hollinger Racing | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Santino Ferrucci | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Sting Ray Robb | Dale Coyne Racing | Honda |
| 28 | Benjamin Pedersen | AJ Foyt Racing | Chevrolet |
Will Power is having deja vu at Iowa Speedway, where he once again swept pole position for the two races on the doubleheader weekend. After qualifying on pole for both races last year, Power did the same today to earn career poles number 69 and 70 to extend his all-time record. These are the first poles of the season for Power, who earned two bonus points for taking the top spot.
Team Penske swept the top three positions for today’s race at Iowa, with Scott McLaughlin 2nd and Josef Newgarden in 3rd. The front row for tomorrow’s race is the same, but Newgarden will start 7th in that one. As dominant as Alex Palou has been this season, everyone knew coming into this weekend that Newgarden is the driver to beat.
Newgarden has dominated this track over the years, to the tune of four wins and 1,506 laps led in his last nine starts. No other driver has led more than 267 laps at Iowa in that time frame. Newgarden’s streak of eight consecutive top-six finishes came to an end last year when he crashed while leading in Race 2 due to a mechanical issue on his car. He should have gotten his fifth win at Iowa last year, but that could easily come today or tomorrow.
Palou surprisingly has not had much success at Iowa. He has never finished inside the top-five or even led a…
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