William Byron (Cup); Sam Mayer (Xfinity); Brenden Queen (ARCA)
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NASCAR Cup
William Byron Stretches Fuel for Iowa Cup Series Win
An extraordinary spate of cautions in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol allowed William Byron to save an extraordinary amount of fuel, and that proved the difference in Byron’s second victory of the season and first since the Daytona 500.
With his first victory at the 0.875-mile short track and the 15th of his career, Byron regained the series lead by 18 points over teammate Chase Elliott, who finished 14th after pitting for fuel on Lap 283 of 350.
What enabled Byron to stretch his fuel to 144 laps was a series of seven quick cautions within 65 laps of the start of the final stage. All told, 12 cautions slowed the race for 72 laps.
“Man, how about that for some fuel mileage?” Byron asked rhetorically after climbing from his car. “We’ve had our fair share of things not go our way with fuel mileage, and just super thankful for (crew chief) Rudy (Fugle), all these guys, all the engineers, all the engineers back at the shop.
“Just this whole race team, we’ve been through a lot this year. It’s been a lot of growing pains. It’s been tough on us. But it feels really good today to get a win.”
Chase Briscoe finished second; Brad Keselowski placed third; Ryan Blaney came in fourth and Ryan Preece completed the top five.
The No. 24 team never stopped coaching @WilliamByron on those final laps. pic.twitter.com/7pSsWSmzeD
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) August 4, 2025
Pole: Chase Briscoe
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Next Race: The Cup Series will return on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET for the ‘Go Bowling at The Glen’ at Watkins Glen International.
NASCAR Xfinity
Sam Mayer Charges to 1st Xfinity Win of 2025
Sam Mayer took control of Saturday’s Hy-Vee Perks 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway after a Lap 221 restart and maintained it the rest of the way to record the first victory for the Haas Factory team and the first in the series for Ford this season.
Mayer won at Iowa for the second straight year, having triumphed in a JR Motorsports Chevrolet last season.
“This one’s everything right here,” Mayer said of his eighth career win. “First win for Haas Factory Team — that’s awesome. This car was fast all day long. I tried to botch it on pit road, but we didn’t.
“I can’t believe it. This is one of the most special wins I have. These guys (Mayer’s team), they love me to death, I love them to death, and we’re just some good ol’ boys trying to go racing.”
Jesse Love finished second; Ross Chastain placed third; Connor Zilisch came in fourth and Harrison Burton completed the top five.
Popped off 🍿💨#HyVeePerks250 pic.twitter.com/dBrBhSbJrs
— Iowa Speedway (@iowaspeedway) August 2, 2025
Pole: Jesse Love
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Next Race: The Xfinity Series will return on Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 3:00 pm ET for the ‘Mission 200 at the Glen’ at Watkins Glen International.
NASCAR Trucks
The NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks Did Not Race
It’s Heim Time, and he’s not done yet. @CoreyHeim_ wins the 2025 Regular Season Championship! pic.twitter.com/xj65UejQvY
— NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Trucks (@NASCAR_Trucks) July 26, 2025
Next Race: The Truck Series will return on Friday, August 8, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET for the ‘Mission 176 at the Glen’ at Watkins Glen International.
ARCA
Points-Leading ‘Butterbean’ Queen Races to 5th ARCA Victory of Year
The distance between Brenden Queen and Brent Crews in Friday night’s ARCA Menards Series Atlas 150 was .412 seconds.
The time between Crews and third-place finisher Lawless Alan was much more than that.
Queen and Crews dominated the latest ARCA race at Iowa Speedway and the man they call “Butterbean” held off a late charge from Crews to win his fifth race of the season.
“You have to be in it to win it, and all it takes is a lap car and you are back in it or out of it,” Queen said. “The older I get I just learn to not panic.”
“I thought the lap cars were going to get me again,” Queen said. “We’ve raced against each other hard, and we know how hard we can push each other. He’s super talented and we’re pushing each other to be better.
“With six to go, we went for the same spot and drove the wheels off it.”
Brent Crews finished second; Lawless Alan placed third; Isabella Robusto came in fourth and Lavar Scott completed the top five.
BUTTERBEAN QUEEN DOES IT AGAIN. The No. 28 team gets it done for another @ARCA_Racing win at Iowa Speedway! pic.twitter.com/T6COsnCBkd
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) August 2, 2025
Pole: Brent Crews
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Next Race: The ARCA Menard Series will return on Friday, August 8, 2025 at 2:00 pm EST for the ‘General Tire 100 at the Glen at Watkins Glen International.
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