{"id":28177,"date":"2016-06-20T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=28177"},"modified":"2016-06-20T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:05:42","slug":"hornish-and-byron-stand-out-in-nascars-iowa-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/hornish-and-byron-stand-out-in-nascars-iowa-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Hornish and Byron Stand out in NASCAR\u2019s Iowa Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sam Hornish Jr., driver of the #18 Toyota Camry Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR XFINITY Series American Ethanol E15 250 presented by Enogen at Iowa Speedway on June 19, 2016 in Newton, Iowa. (Photo by Rainier Ehrhardt\/NASCAR via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Photos<\/strong>: Courtesy of NASCAR<\/p>\n

American Ethanol E15 250, Iowa Speedway, NASCAR Xfinity Series<\/h3>\n

Last Monday, Sam Hornish got the call from Joe Gibbs Racing to be in Iowa on Friday and quickly made all the necessary schedule changes to go from teaching in the local schools to teaching the NASCAR Xfinity field how to get around the Iowa Speedway dominating the American Ethanol E15 250 after leading for 183 circuits.<\/p>\n

Playing the role of \u2018SuperSub\u2019 for an injured Matt Tifft played right his way earning his fourth career Xfinity win and second at Iowa.\u00a0 He hadn\u2019t raced since Homestead last year, but on this Father\u2019s Day, the emotional Hornish was able to impress his three biggest fans, his children-seeing dad win for the first time in person.<\/p>\n

\u201cGot my wife and kids here, it\u2019s the first time the kids got to be here for one of dad\u2019s wins,” said a teary-eyed Hornish.\u00a0 “I can\u2019t tell you what this means to me. I worked so hard to try to get a win when I had my kids here. \u00a0Gotta thank God. \u00a0He makes things happen. \u00a0I was so nervous on Friday getting into the car thinking I\u2019m going to make a mistake, and man, to go out there and win the way that we did. \u00a0Just can\u2019t say anything more about it.”<\/p>\n