In a little more than a month the Iowa Speedway will host the first of five racing weekends and it will be capped off on June eighth by the Dupont Pioneer 250, the first of two NASCAR Nationwide series events this season. Spokesman Craig Armstrong says Iowa Speedway officials requested the race be move from May to June for this season. The Indy car series returns for the seventh straight year with the running of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 on June 23rd.

The season begins later and will end earlier this year. The final race, a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race is on September eighth. The Nationwide Series will return on August third with the U-S Cellular 250.

(Radio Iowa)