Hy-Vee, Iowa Speedway Announce Race Sponsors For IndyCar Race Weekend

Hy-Vee and Iowa Speedway will continue to support causes that benefit the State of Iowa during its 2023 Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend.

The West Des Moines, Iowa based supermarket chain announced the race names for the two 250-lap races that will make up the Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa July 21-23.

The two races will focus on honoring America’s heroes and fighting hunger across the United States. Hy-Vee partners Instacart and Gatorade will support the weekend efforts with each industry-leading company serving as a presenting sponsor of the Saturday and Sunday races.

On Saturday, July 22, Hy-Vee will team up with Iowa Speedway and IndyCar for an all-day salute to United States veterans and military service men and women. It will culminate with the Hy-Vee Homefront 250 presented by Instacart.

The race is named for the company’s longtime initiative that supports veterans and military members. Hy-Vee‘s commitment to veterans and military, and their families, dates to the early years of Hy-Vee‘s history.

Throughout the day on Saturday at Iowa Speedway, special events, displays and even the music and entertainment featured throughout the venue will honor veterans and pay tribute to military members for their service to our country.

The focus of Sunday will be combating hunger across the United States with the running of the Hy-Vee One Step 250 presented by Gatorade.

The race is named for Hy-Vee’s One Step program, which has funded initiatives to support clean water initiatives, packaged meals, and reforestation efforts across the Midwest and all over the world.

“We are proud to help support Hy-Vee’s commitment and dedication to helping people and communities across our country during Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend,” said Bud Denker, President of Penske Corporation, which owns IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. “We look forward to honoring our service men and women on Saturday of race weekend and helping to fight hunger through Hy-Vee’s 100 Million Meals Challenge with Feeding America on Sunday at Iowa Speedway. We also want to thank both Instacart and Gatorade for their support and partnership as we host an amazing weekend of racing and entertainment, July 21^st through the 23^rd.”

In February, Hy-Vee announced its “100 Million Meals Challenge,” bringing together Feeding America® partner food banks, manufacturers, and suppliers, as well as Hy-Vee customers, to help support people across the Midwest who are experiencing food insecurity.

The initiative continues throughout the year across all Hy-Vee, Dollar Fresh Market and Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh locations. To support the Challenge, Hy-Vee customers can round up their purchases to the nearest dollar during checkout to donate to the cause. All funds collected at stores will go directly to partner food banks serving their local community.

Customers can also donate online by going to www.feedingamerica.org/hy-vee.

Hy-Vee is also working with national food manufacturers and suppliers to provide food and funds to benefit the 18 Feeding America partner food banks that operate in its eight-state region. Each of these food banks will be featured on Sunday of Hy-Vee IndyCar Race Weekend, along with representatives from Feeding America. Fans in attendance at the track will be able to scan a code and donate to Feeding America.

Four of the biggest names in entertainment will perform before and after each of the two NTT IndyCar Series races on July 21-23, 2023. Carrie Underwood and Kenny Chesney will perform on Saturday of race weekend while Zac Brown Band and Ed Sheeran will crank up the energy by rocking on the Hy-Vee Stage on Sunday.

Both pre-race concerts will feature 60-minute performances while each post-race concert will include a 90-minute show.

“We’re trying to grow a big event,” said Randy Edeker, Hy-Vee Executive Chairman and Executive Director. “We’re trying to help the state of Iowa. If you go back, we were challenged by our Governor to help put an event on. We’ve done that. There are a lot of factors. I think that sometimes the fan base they want things to grow, but they want it to grow on their own terms. That’s okay. We’re going to move forward with our event. We’re going to keep working to grow it.

“We’re going to try and grow new fans, and we know that we’ve got the entertainment that we’ll sell the tickets out, we’ll sell the venue out and, and we’ll have an amazing event.”

Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned corporation operating more than 285 retail stores across eight Midwestern states with sales of more than $13 billion annually.

The supermarket chain is a leader in quality, variety, convenience, healthy lifestyles, culinary expertise, and superior customer service. Hy-Vee ranks in the Top 5 Most Trusted Brands and has been named one of America’s Top 3 favorite grocery stores. The company’s more than 80,000 employees provide “A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle” to customers every day.

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