Tony Kanaan put Chip Ganassi Racing-Chevrolet at the top of the times in opening practice for this weekend’s Iowa Corn 300, as defending Iowa Speedway winner Ryan Hunter-Reay spun into the wall. Hunter-Reay, who has won this race for three of the last four years, struck the wall exiting Turn 4 and damaged the rear end of his Andretti Autosport-Honda. However, swift repairs by Andretti’s #28 crew saw the Hunter-Reay regain the track before the end of the 75-minute session. This was not the only incident involving one of Michael Andretti’s cars, as his son Marco looped into a spin, also off Turn 4, but kept it off the concrete with a dramatic backward slide down the back straight with...
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