2021 Corn Belt 150
The 2021 Corn Belt 150 presented by Premier Chevy Dealers was the 14th stock car race of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season and the inaugural running of the event, after Eldora Speedway's dirt race was moved to Knoxville Raceway. The race was held on Friday, July 9, 2021 in Knoxville, Iowa at Knoxville Raceway. The race was extended to 179 laps from the scheduled 150 laps due to numerous green-white-checker attempts. Austin Hill driving for Hattori Racing Enterprises would survive and win the event after dodging numerous wrecks and a wild ending to the event. Chandler Smith of Kyle Busch Motorsports and Grant Enfinger of ThorSport Racing would be able to come in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Norm Benning would get his first Top 20 of the year, in a damaged truck finishing 19th.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 22 of the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series | |||
| Date | July 9, 2021 | ||
| Official name | Corn Belt 150 presented by Premier Chevy Dealers | ||
| Location | Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.5 mi (0.8 km) | ||
| Distance | 179 laps, 89.5 mi (144.095 km) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 150 laps, 75 mi (804.672 km) | ||
| Average speed | 36.802 miles per hour (59.227 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | ||
| Grid positions set by heat results | |||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Chandler Smith | Kyle Busch Motorsports | |
| Laps | 71 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 16 | Austin Hill | Hattori Racing Enterprises | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | Fox Sports 1 | ||
| Announcers | Vince Welch, Michael Waltrip, Kevin Swindell | ||
The race was highly criticized by NASCAR fans and drivers. Drivers would report that other drivers had no respect for others on the track, contributing to the amount of wrecks during the race. Fans would criticize the way NASCAR handled the race, saying that NASCAR should not had raced on dirt due to the amount of wrecks that happened, and that the race was similar to a demolition derby.
The race was the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debuts for Morgan Alexander, Jessica Friesen, Parker Price-Miller, Devon Rouse and Donny Schatz.