Chris Soules Takes a ride around Iowa Speedway in the INDYCAR two-seater with Verizon IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly at the wheel.
Soules was invited to today’s Iowa Corn 300 at the 0.894-mile oval by Honda officials and was told he could receive a ride around the track from a driver. “But they never said I was going to go full speed and to have a legit race car and driver flying me around this thing,” he said.
“The way this track is banked, when you get down on it, it’s crazy,” Soules said. “You don’t really have that perspective from the stands or from TV how steep that is. It’s just intense.
“I can see why you have to be an athlete and in good shape because of the toll that takes on your body going around the track like that,” he added. “To do that 300 times (in the race), that’s a long time to be out there. Two hours straight, that’s unbelievable. I have a whole new level of respect for these guys.”