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IROC VI

Motor car races held in 1978–1979

IROC VI
Summary

Motor car races held in 1978–1979

[[Mario Andretti]] won the IROC VI championship

IROC VI was the sixth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1978 and 1979. The format changed from IROC V in that three qualifying races were held for participants from NASCAR, USAC Champ Car, and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of Formula One, SCCA, and IMSA). The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at Riverside International Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. It used the Chevrolet Camaro in all races. Mario Andretti won the road racing finale en route to the championship and $75,000.

The final points standings were as follows:

RankDriverWinningsSeries
1United States Mario Andretti$75,000Formula One
USAC Champ Car
CART
2United States Neil Bonnett$28,500NASCAR Winston Cup
3United States Cale Yarborough$28,500NASCAR Winston Cup
4United States Bobby Allison$21,000NASCAR Winston Cup
5Australia Alan Jones$20,000Formula One
6United States Gordon Johncock$19,000USAC Champ Car
CART
7United States Tom Sneva$18,000USAC Champ Car
CART
8Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi$17,000Formula One
9USA Peter Gregg$16,000IMSA Camel GT
10USA Donnie Allison$15,000NASCAR Winston Cup
11USA Al Unser$15,000USAC Champ Car
CART
12USA A. J. Foyt$0USAC Champ Car

Race results

Qualifying Races

NASCAR Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

  1. Bobby Allison
  2. Cale Yarborough
  3. Donnie Allison
  4. Neil Bonnett
  5. David Pearson
  6. Benny Parsons
  7. Dave Marcis
  8. Darrell Waltrip

USAC Champ Car Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

  1. A. J. Foyt
  2. Al Unser
  3. Gordon Johncock
  4. Tom Sneva
  5. Danny Ongais
  6. Johnny Rutherford
  7. Rick Mears
  8. Bobby Unser

Road Racing Qualifying Race, Riverside International Raceway

  1. Peter Gregg
  2. Emerson Fittipaldi
  3. Mario Andretti
  4. Alan Jones
  5. David Hobbs
  6. Patrick Depailler
  7. John Watson
  8. Niki Lauda

Final Races

Road Racing Final, Riverside International Raceway

  1. Mario Andretti
  2. Cale Yarborough
  3. Bobby Allison
  4. Alan Jones
  5. Emerson Fittipaldi
  6. Gordon Johncock
  7. Neil Bonnett
  8. Tom Sneva
  9. Peter Gregg
  10. Donnie Allison
  11. Al Unser
  12. A. J. Foyt

Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway

  1. Neil Bonnett
  2. Mario Andretti
  3. Bobby Allison
  4. Cale Yarborough
  5. Tom Sneva
  6. Gordon Johncock
  7. Peter Gregg
  8. Alan Jones
  9. Emerson Fittipaldi
  10. Al Unser
  11. Donnie Allison

References

References

  1. link. (2007-03-11 , Retrieved March 8, 2007)
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