NASCAR’s Cup Series returns to Iowa Speedway on Sunday, July 4, 2027. The 2026 Iowa Corn 350 went to Ty Gibbs, and no sportsbook has a price on the 2027 race that we can point to yet.
NASCAR’s 2027 schedule lists the date and the track but not yet the race’s sponsor name, so this page calls it the Iowa race until that is announced. It keeps the 2026 result as the record and will carry the 2027 board once one is posted. Records of the handicappers we list are on the handicappers page.
Your next pick starts here.
Check the board, compare the options, and find the picks you like.
The 2027 race
The race is on Sunday, July 4, 2027, at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, with TNT listed as its television partner on NASCAR’s schedule. That is more than a month earlier than 2026, when the race ran on August 9. A start time is not listed yet.
The distance is 350 laps and 306.25 miles on a 0.875-mile short track. NASCAR lists the banking at 12 to 14 degrees in the turns, 10 on the frontstretch and 4 on the backstretch. On a flat short track, braking and tire wear count for more than they do on the fast ovals; in 2026 Hamlin raced with a brake pedal he described as long and still finished fifth.
How the 2026 race was won
Gibbs won it on pit road. His crew chief, Tyler Allen, called for two tires on Lap 290 of 350, which moved Gibbs ahead of his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell. Gibbs took the lead for good when Ross Chastain pitted on Lap 331 and led the final 20 laps of a last stage that ran without a caution. It was his second win of 2026, after his first career win at Bristol in April.
Ryan Blaney started on the pole, led the first 93 laps, won the first stage and led a race-high 129 laps, and still finished third. Denny Hamlin started from the rear and finished fifth.
| Finish | Driver |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ty Gibbs |
| 2 | Christopher Bell |
| 3 | Ryan Blaney |
| 4 | Josh Berry |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin |
| 6 | Chase Briscoe |
| 7 | Ross Chastain |
| 8 | AJ Allmendinger |
| 9 | William Byron |
| 10 | Austin Dillon |
Every Cup race at Iowa
The Cup Series races at Iowa from 2024 to 2026 have had three different winners.
| Year | Date | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | August 9 | Ty Gibbs |
| 2025 | August 3 | William Byron |
| 2024 | June 16 | Ryan Blaney |
Blaney has the best record at Iowa of any driver who ran all three: first in 2024, fourth in 2025 and third in 2026, an average finish of 2.7. Byron is next at 4.0 (second, first, ninth), then Bell at 7.7 (fourth, 17th, second).
What the record says about betting it
Three races is a small sample, and the 2026 result shows its limits. The driver who led most, Blaney, did not win; the winner came from a strategy call with 60 laps left. Wrecks took two contenders out of it: Tyler Reddick crashed on Lap 4, collecting Erik Jones, and Kyle Larson was caught in a wreck on Lap 149 and finished 33rd.
That argues for placement markets over the outright price at a track like this. A top-five or top-10 bet on a driver with a good Iowa record, like Blaney, pays whether or not the last pit stop goes his way.
This page is refreshed when the 2027 odds are posted. For the race each week of the season, see our NASCAR picks this week, and for how each market works, our NASCAR betting guide.