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ANNUAL HINTERLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND IN NEWTON, IT’S NASCAR WEEKEND AT THE IOWA SPEEDWAY. TONIGHT, THE ARCA MENARDS SERIES KICKED OFF THE RACING WEEKEND AT THE IOWA SPEEDWAY. ����vlog WAS THERE TO SHOW US HOW THE CUP’S IMPACT EXTENDS BEYOND THE TRACK. NESTLED BETWEEN THE CORNFIELDS OF NEWTON, IOWA. SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN RACING ARE GEARING UP TO COMPETE. THE FANS LOVE IT, AND THEY PROVED IT BY BUYING TICKETS IN DROVES. IT’S THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW NEWTON WAS SELECTED FOR A CUP SERIES RACE AND SOLD OUT THE MORE THAN 30,000 SEAT SPEEDWAY AND LOCAL LEADERS, MAYOR PRO TEM STEVE MULLEN ARE CELEBRATING THAT SUCCESS. BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS ON THIS TRACK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF NEWTON, $100 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT ON CENTRAL IOWA. THAT’S HUGE NUMBERS AND A LOT OF IT. NOT ALL OF IT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT A GOOD DEAL OF IT IS IN JASPER COUNTY AND IN NEWTON. NASCAR HAS YET TO SAY IF THE CUP SERIES WILL RETURN TO NEWTON IN 2026. FOR A CITY WITH A POPULATION JUST OVER 15,000, ARMSTRONG SAYS EACH YEAR, THE IOWA SPEEDWAY HOSTS HELPS PROMOTE GROWTH. WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OUT OF THE STATE, PARTICULARLY OUT OF THE REGION. COMING HERE LOOKING AROUND AND GOING, WOW, THIS IS SOME PLACE I CAN IMAGINE OPENING A BUSINESS. IT’S SOMEPLACE I CAN IMAGINE MOVING MY FAMILY TO, TO BEING INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO THE REGION, TO TO US RIGHT HERE IN NEWTON. WE’RE BUILDING HOUSES LIKE CRAZY. OUR BUSINESSES ARE EXPANDING. WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER RIGHT HERE IN NEWTON, IOWA, IN NEWTON, ����vlog EIGHT NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. A LOT GOING ON AT THE SPEEDWAY. WELL, GRANDSTAND GATES OPEN AT 930 TOMORROW MORNING. PRACTICE FOR THE IOWA CORN 350 WILL BE HELD AT 1230, FOLLOWED BY THE CUP QUALIFIER AT 140. THEN SUNDAY. THAT’S THE MAIN EVENT THAT BEGINS AT 230, W