Iowa BIG Teen Race Scheduled for July 16th

Iowa BIG returns to Hawkeye Downs Speedway on Sunday, July 16th for their 2nd Annual Teen Race!

HEY TEENAGERS! Want to race REAL race cars? Create a team for the 2nd Annual Teen Race at Hawkeye Downs Speedway and Expo Center with Iowa BIG!

This race is open to teen drivers who have never raced before. To participate, you must have a valid Iowa Intermediate Driver's License or Iowa Minor School License. Cars and gear will be provided for the event.

Sign-up fee is $25 per person with three (3) people to a team. Each team member must fill register. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Registration is NOW CLOSED.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Gates open at 11am
Racing starts at 12pm

ADMISSION

General Admission $5
Tickets are available at the front gate.
Cash or card is accepted.

Thank you to Iowa BIG Teen Race sponsors:

• Van Meter

• Sadler Power Train

• Modern

• CRST

• HyVee

Iowa BIG students from area high schools have worked hard to create this race for local teens to experience racing. They hope these students will gain further interest in racing and will return to Hawkeye Downs for further opportunities. Hawkeye Downs Speedway is proud to be a supporter of Iowa BIG and their 2022-2023 project.

Questions? Contact Iowa BIG advisor, Nate Pruett, at npruett@iowabig.org.

What is Iowa BIG?

Iowa BIG believes that educational options are necessary for every student to be successful. Iowa BIG provides students with as many contextually-rich experiences as possible so students not only develop basic skills but, more importantly, they can competently use those skills to solve real problems and make new things happen.

As Iowa BIG was developed, program organizers saw thousands of students whose abilities and interests were either fostered or ignored, depending on how well they fit into the “traditional” or “comprehensive” high school model.

Over the past 130 years, the implicit assumption about school is that this model is the only or best way to educate. Iowa’s Creative Corridor values a plurality of models, as does Iowa BIG.

Iowa BIG focuses on developing our students’ 21st-century skills (called the Universal Constructs in the Iowa Common Core) as well as the Common Core standards they are responsible for in the courses they choose to enroll in at BIG.