American Ethanol E15 250

American Ethanol E15 250
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue Iowa Speedway
Location Newton, Iowa, United States
Corporate sponsor American Ethanol
Enogen
First race 2011
Distance 218.75 miles (352.04 km)
Laps 250 (Stage 1: 60 Stage 2: 60 Stage 3: 130)
Previous names Iowa John Deere Dealers 250 presented by Pioneer (2011)
Pioneer Hi-Bred 250 (2012)
DuPont Pioneer 250 (2013)
Get to Know Newton 250 (2014)
3M 250 (2015)
Most wins (driver) Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Sam Hornish Jr. (2)
Most wins (team) Roush Fenway Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer) Ford (4)
Circuit information
Surface Asphalt
Length 0.875 mi (1.408 km)
Turns 4

The American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen is a 250-lap, 218.75-mile NASCAR Xfinity Series race which has been held every spring since 2011 at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, in either May or June. It has had a different title sponsor every year, but the current sponsor is American Ethanol. The inaugural race was held in 2011, and was won by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Past winners

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Laps Miles (km)
2011 May 22 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[1] Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 218.75 (352.044) 2:03:40 106.132
2012 May 20 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.[2] Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 218.75 (352.044) 2:02:29 107.157
2013 June 9* 6 Trevor Bayne[3] Roush Fenway Racing Ford 250 218.75 (352.044) 2:08:05 102.472
2014 May 18 54 Sam Hornish Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 218.72 (352.044) 2:04:28 105.45
2015 May 17 60 Chris Buescher Roush Fenway Racing Ford 259* 226.625 (364.717) 2:24:17 94.242
2016 June 19 18 Sam Hornish Jr. Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 250 218.72 (352.044) 2:07:51 102.659
2017 June 24 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 250 218.72 (352.044) 2:32:52 85.859

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years Won
2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2011, 2012
Sam Hornish Jr 2014, 2016

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins Team Years Won
4 Roush Fenway Racing 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
2 Joe Gibbs Racing 2014, 2016

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Make Years Won
4 United States Ford 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
2 Japan Toyota 2014, 2016
1 United States Chevrolet 2017

Television broadcasters

Year Network Lap-by-lap Color commentator(s)
2011 ABC Allen Bestwick Dale Jarrett
Andy Petree
2012 ESPN
2013 ESPN2
2014 ESPN Dave Burns
2015 FS1 Adam Alexander Michael Waltrip
Phil Parsons
2016 Michael Waltrip
Larry McReynolds
2017 Phil Parsons
Regan Smith

References

  1. Malloy, Mike (2011-05-22). "Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins Nationwide race in Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  2. Hamilton, Andy (2012-05-20). "Ricky Stenhouse Jr. dominates Nationwide race at Iowa". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  3. "Bayne celebrates wedding with Nationwide win at Iowa". USA Today. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
  4. "RAIN FORCES NATIONWIDE RACE IN IOWA TO SUNDAY". NASCAR. 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
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