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Ty Gibbs Beats Teammate at Iowa, Palou Dominates Portland, Verstappen Out? | SPEED

August 10, 2026

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Ty Gibbs Holds Off Teammate at Iowa, Palou Dominates Portland, and Verstappen Speculation Swirls

The latest episode of SPEED with Harvick and Buxton arrives after a month-long break and covers a dense stretch of racing across NASCAR, IndyCar, MotoGP, and more. Kevin Harvick and Will Buxton break down Ty Gibbs's second win of the Cup season at Iowa, Alex Palou's surgical victory in Portland, a major NASCAR rule change on caution stage breaks, and the growing chatter about Max Verstappen's future in Formula 1. With the IndyCar season entering its final third and NASCAR's playoffs looming, the conversation lands on who is peaking at the right time — and who might be running out of chances.

Ty Gibbs Wins at Iowa, Bell Frustrated Again

Ty Gibbs won for the second time this season at Iowa Speedway, moving him to second in the Cup Series points standings. He held off his Toyota teammate Christopher Bell, who finished second for the seventh time this season. Harvick noted that Bell had cars capable of winning but had been undone by circumstances — pit strategy calls, mistakes, and bad qualifying. At Iowa, Bell started at the back and fought forward but couldn't get to Gibbs's quarter panel in the closing laps.

"I think that the 54 team is somebody that they're going to have to deal with over the last 10 weeks of the season," Harvick said.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (01:16) **Welcome Back & Show Setup** - Harvick and Buxton return after a month off; Buxton recaps a brutal stretch of six IndyCar races in five weeks.
  • 2 (02:52) **NASCAR Cup: Ty Gibbs Wins at Iowa** - Ty Gibbs holds off Christopher Bell for his second win of the season, moving to second in points.
  • 3 (04:31) **Post-Race Media & Driver Authenticity** - The hosts discuss fan backlash over Ty Gibbs’s brief, seven-minute press conference after his win.
  • 4 (05:41) **NASCAR Caution Stage Break Changes** - NASCAR announces a rule change: if a caution falls within 10 laps of a stage end, no second caution will be thrown for the stage break.
  • 5 (07:11) **Xfinity Series: Carson Kvapil Wins at Iowa** - Carson Kvapil gets his second career Xfinity win, backing up his first victory at the Brickyard.
  • 6 (09:34) **ARCA: Tristan Kvapil Wins on Birthday Weekend** - Tristan Kvapil, turning 14, wins the ARCA race at Iowa, muscling past teammate Carson Brown.
  • 7 (11:01) **ARCA West: Hailie Deegan Returns to Podium** - Hailie Deegan scores a podium in Portland, a crucial confidence boost after a difficult move to IndyCar that didn’t work out.

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Guests on this episode

Kevin Harvick Will Buxton

Show Notes

Speed is back with Will Buxton & Kevin Harvick to break down an incredible weekend of racing! In Iowa, Ty Gibbs fended off teammate Christopher Bell to take home the checkered flag at the Iowa Corn 350. Gibbs is the first driver since Kurt Busch to win the first two short‑track races of his Cup career. NASCAR tightened up stage‑break procedures starting this weekend at Iowa, aiming to cut down on long caution stretches and cleaner transitions.


While over in Indycar, Alex Palou dominates in Portland to extend his lead while finishing over Felix Rosenqvist & Will Power. Palou has pretty much all, but locked up the title. IndyCar just dropped a bombshell: the IR‑28, a lighter, faster, more aggressive next‑gen car is set to debut in 2028, a full‑scale reset for the series.


The guys also touch on World of Outlaws, Cars Tour, viral social clips and so much more!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:00 NASCAR: Ty Gibbs Wins Iowa Corn 350
5:00 NASCAR Introduced New Stage-Break Procedure
6:30 Kvapil Wins O'Reilly Series
9:00 Tristan McKee Wins At Iowa Speedway
10:15 Hailie Deegan Snags P3 At Portland
11:40 Cleetus McFarland Buys Pro Late Model
15:00 INDYCAR: Alex Palou Wins At Portland
17:30 Where Will Christian Lundgaard Race Next Year?
22:40 Palou Testing Washington D.C On Sim
26:15 De Tullio Dominates Indycar NXT
26:40 INDYCAR unveils new car for 2028
29:30 Myles Rowe Eyeing 2027 Indy 500
31:05 Oliver Wheldon Sweep at USF2000
31:50 Raul Fernandez Wins MotoGP
36:45 F1: Vertstappen & Alonso Leaving?
41:25 Social Speedway
46:15 Mailbag Questions
51:25 Recap Secondary Races
57:00 Driver of the Week
57:40 Final Lap: Weekend Racing Schedule
58:30 Outro
59:30 Wrecks of the Week

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