Monday 24th February 2025
Indy Car Driver Marco Andretti was on the Morning Kix Start Thursday to talk about the return of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES to the Iowa Speedway on July 17 and 18. 
Racing action will be on on back- to-back nights under the lights in the Iowa INDYCAR 250s. The 250-lap races mark the second of three doubleheaders on the 2020 schedule and the only remaining series night races this season.
Marco Andretti is in his 15th season competing in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. He has won two races and five pole positions in his INDYCAR career and he has earned 20 podium finishes.
Take a listen to the interview with Andretti on the Morning Kix Start with Brandon Lewis.
Iowa Speedway and INDYCAR will welcome a limited number of fans to the track for the race weekend. A number of health and safety measures will be in place for the weekend in order to meet and exceed Iowa state guidelines for COVID-19. The maximum number of fans expected at Iowa Speedway each night is about 5,000 people.
All existing ticketholders have had their seats reassigned for social distancing. A limited number of remaining tickets went on sale last Friday and a few seats do still remain with tickets starting at just $15 for Friday and $20 for Saturday.
For more information, head to IowaSpeedway.com.
AT THE MOVIES
Welcome to ‘At the Movies’ Brought to You by North Grand Cinema in Ames…
In theaters this weekend: “The Monkey”
Chucky….Annabelle…Megan…Now…a toy monkey….this Horror/Comedy is based on a short story by horror master Stephen King… Twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart.
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https://youtu.be/husMGbXEIho?si=dtTbZYwSZDJIgnka
“The Monkey” is rated: R
Stars: Theo James and Elijah Wood
At the Movies’, Brought to you by North Grand Cinema, in Ames. Listen Friday during the Morning Kickstart to win a Family Four Pack of tickets to a movie of your choice from North Grand Cinema and Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1.
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Welcome to The List,
Sharon Osbourne tells PEOPLE magazine that she regrets not letting Ozzy audition for ‘’Pirates of the Caribbean’’. "Do you want to know the biggest mistake I ever made with Ozzy? He got offered to go and read for Pirates of the Caribbean, and I said no. He would have been perfect! Maybe it’s not too late."
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Jelly Roll's Wife, Bunnie Xo, Says Her Cow Loves Listening To Hip-Hop Music ... She says her highland cow, Crunch, loves 90's hip-hop music. (BIT01) Crunch moos when his favorite song comes on. Bunnie Xo: "I go outside and i sit with Crunch and listen to '90s R and B music and he loves it. (Sitting with the cow) You love '90s R and B. (Crunch moos to the song)"
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Zach Top was feeling under the weather recently but powered through to finish his entire show in Mississippi. But the result was not up to Zach's standards, so he told the crowd everyone would be getting a REFUND…wait what!?
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THIS is going to hurt…but not much…The live-action "Lion King" remake has been voted the worst movie to make a billion dollars or more. It's followed by "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" and "Jurassic World: Dominion". ..still made a billion dollars so….
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