Overview
- The weekend schedule and entry lists were posted Monday, setting Cup practice and qualifying for Saturday, Aug. 8 and the Iowa Corn 350 for Sunday, Aug. 9 at 3:30 p.m. ET.
- All 36 chartered Cup teams are entered, guaranteeing starters, while the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series has roughly 37 entries so all entered cars are expected to make the HyVee Perks 250 unless late additions occur.
- Notable driver assignments on the published lists include Ross Chastain doing double duty in the No. 9 for JR Motorsports, Rajah Caruth returning to the No. 88, and NOAPS debuts for Carson Brown and Derek Lemke.
- Iowa Speedway is a 0.875-mile asphalt short track with 12–14 degree corner banking and staged races of 350 laps for Cup and 250 laps for O’Reilly, making short‑track setup, qualifying and pit strategy especially important.
- Broadcast windows across USA Network, The CW, truTV, the ESPN App, HBO Max/Max and Fubo are finalized for the weekend, and the Craftsman Truck Series will not race so attention and team resources focus on Cup, O’Reilly and ARCA events.