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Start of Iowa IndyCar race delayed by rain and lightning

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July 20th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — The start of the IndyCar race Saturday night at Iowa Speedway has been delayed by rain and lightning. Simon Pagenaud, the winner last weekend in Toronto, won his second straight pole Friday. He’ll be joined by Penske teammate Will Power on the front row. Series leader Josef Newgarden qualified third.

Sebastian Bourdais will make his 200th career start at a race that, thanks to the weather, might be 15 to 20 degrees cooler than the teams expected when they set up their cars for the short oval.