The NASCAR Cup Series is back today after a week off, and the next stop is Iowa Speedway. The Iowa Corn 350 goes green at 3:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 9, with live coverage on USA and streaming available through Sling.
That start time is set for the middle of the afternoon because the race is scheduled as a live daytime broadcast, not a night event, and readers looking up what time is the NASCAR race today want the same answer: 3:30 p.m. ET. Iowa Speedway is a 0.875-mile track, which makes it a short oval and keeps the pace tight enough that track position matters from the first laps.
William Byron gives today’s race its sharpest storyline. He won at Iowa Speedway last season, but he has not found victory lane yet this year. That is the kind of detail that makes a summer race feel immediate: a driver who knows the track arrives with a win there already in hand, while still searching for his first of this season.
The broader schedule adds weight to the stop. Ten of the 14 remaining NASCAR Cup Series races will air live on USA, including the first seven races of The Chase, so today’s Iowa Corn 350 is part of a late-season stretch with plenty still ahead. Corey Heim’s Brickyard 400 win two weeks ago also showed how quickly the season can shift, with Christopher Bell and Joey Logano among the drivers he beat.
Sling offers several ways to watch if you do not have cable, including a Sling 1-Day Pass, a 3-Day Pass and a 7-Day Pass, with add-ons that cost $1 extra, $2 extra and $3 extra. For fans who only need today’s race, that is a simpler answer than waiting for a later highlight. The next question is whether Byron can turn last season’s Iowa speed into the win he still needs now.
