Corn Belt Weekend

The Corn Belt Weekend is a racing event at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa that is anchored by the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. The first NASCAR national touring event to be held at the historic facility, it was first held during the Camping World Truck Series' 2021 season.

Corn Belt Weekend
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
VenueKnoxville Raceway
LocationKnoxville, Iowa
First race2021
Distance75 miles (121 km)
Laps150[1]
Stage 1: 40
Stage 2: 50
Final stage: 60
Circuit information
SurfaceDirt
Length.5 mi (0.80 km)
Turns4

History

In 2013, the Camping World Truck Series raced at Eldora Speedway in NASCAR's first dirt track race since 1970;[2] the event ran from 2013 to 2019, before being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then not renewed for 2021 as NASCAR shuffled its national touring series schedules.[3]

On November 19, 2020, NASCAR revealed the 2021 Camping World Truck Series schedule, which featured two dirt-track events, one being the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, and the other at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa,[4] a historic one-half-mile dirt oval track that began competition in 1901 and is best known for hosting the Knoxville Nationals sprint car championships, which led to the moniker "Sprint Car Capital of the World".[5]

The event, scheduled to take place on July 9, has the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series anchoring the weekend's races, accompanied by the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Clash for the United States Auto Club's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series and the POWRi W.A.R. Sprint Car Series.[6] The race, scheduled to run for 200 laps on the half-mile dirt track,[7] is the first time an event sanctioned by one of NASCAR's national touring series – the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series – has been held in the history of Knoxville Raceway.[8][9]

Past winners
Grandstands at Knoxville Raceway
Year Day Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Reference
Laps Miles (km)
2021 Friday July 9 [5]

References
  1. "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. Billing, Greg (November 28, 2012). "Eldora to host first NASCAR dirt race since 1970". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. Orner, Ben (November 18, 2020). "Ohio's famed Eldora Speedway loses NASCAR race, gains event in owner's new series". WCMH-TV. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. Estrada, Chris (December 15, 2020). "How Knoxville Raceway made the 2021 NASCAR Truck Series schedule". The Athletic. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  5. Pryson, Mike (November 20, 2020). "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule for 2021 Includes 2 Dirt Short Tracks". Autoweek. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  6. "NASCAR truck race coming to Knoxville Raceway". KCCI. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  7. Birch, Tommy (November 19, 2020). "NACAR Truck Series coming to Knoxville Raceway in 2021". Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  8. "Knoxville Raceway to Host NASCAR Truck Series in 2021". Dirt Track Digest. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  9. "Knoxville Raceway Headlines Truck Series Calendar". Speed Sport. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
Previous race:
Pocono Organics 150		 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Corn Belt Weekend		 Next race:
Watkins Glen
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