Sam Hornish, Jr. competing in a 2006 IROC race at Texas Motor Speedway

International Race of Champions, better known as IROC, is an auto racing competition, promoted as an equivalent of an All-Star Game or The Masters. Drivers race identically-prepared stock cars set up by a single team of mechanics in an effort to make the race purely a test of driver ability. It is run with a small field of invited drivers (6-12). It was created in 1973 by Riverside International Raceway President Les Richter and Roger Penske with Mark Donohue being the first driver to win the championship, in 1974. The cars used that year were Porsche Carrera RSRs. Donohue's win in the fourth and last race of that season was his last win as he died in a Formula One practice the next season. The series was not run in 1981, 1982 or 1983. Image File history File links IROC.jpg‎ This is a cropped version of this image from a flickr contributor: http://www. ... Image File history File links IROC.jpg‎ This is a cropped version of this image from a flickr contributor: http://www. ... Sam Hornish, Jr. ... Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in Justin, Texas, which is within Denton County, Texas. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their respective sports league. ... The Masters is one of four Grand Slam golf tournaments. ... This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... See also: 1972 in sports, other events of 1973, 1974 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 in which singer Marty Robbins made his first appearance as a driver. ... Riverside International Raceway (Sometimes known as RIR or Riverside Raceway) was a racing track or road course in Riverside, California. ... Les Richter is a former Los Angeles Rams football player turned auto racing president of the Riverside International Raceway. ... Penske PC23 car Roger Penske (born February 20, 1937 in Shaker Heights, Ohio) is the owner of a very successful automobile racing team Penske Racing, the Penske Corporation, and other automotive related businesses. ... Mark Neary Donohue (born in Summit, New Jersey, March 18, 1937 - died in Graz, August 19, 1975) was an American racing driver. ... See also: 1973 in sports, other events of 1974, 1975 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty IROC Championship - inaugural year won by Mark Donohue Indianapolis 500 - Johnny Rutherford USAC Racing - Bobby Unser... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... See also: 1980 in sports, other events of 1981, 1982 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Richard Petty won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship May 25 - Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Unser Formula One... See also: 1981 in sports, other events of 1982, 1983 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Rick Mears won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Gordon Johncock Formula One Champion - Keke... See also: 1982 in sports, other events of 1983, 1984 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Bobby Allison Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 CART Racing - Al Unser won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Tom Sneva Formula One Championship - Nelson...

Due to its similarity to NASCAR in tracks and cars, the series is dominated by NASCAR drivers. The last non-NASCAR champion of the series was Al Unser, Jr. in 1988. Although open wheel drivers have had successes, as of 2005, drivers from road racing series had only won two races in the history of IROC. However, this is likely to change as a road course has returned as a regular part of the schedule. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... Penske PC-23 driven by Al Unser, Jr. ... See also: 1987 in sports, other events of 1988, 1989 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bill Elliott CART Racing - Danny Sullivan won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Championship - Ayrton... Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Road racing can be a term involving road running, road bicycle races, or automobile races. ...

Car identification

Through 2003, IROC was also known for its rainbow of car colors being easily recognized from all other closed wheel racing series. Car numbers were utilized for scoring purposes, but were not the primary means of identification. Instead, the drivers' surname would appear on the door of the car. Exceptions were made when Mario and Michael Andretti raced in the same events. In those cases, their first name was used. The numbers would change from race to race, with the number 1 would be given to the driver starting first, and so on. The colors would correspond to the numbers. This would make it very confusing for fans, as one week their favorite driver could be driving the blue #1 car, and the next week he could be in the #5 orange car. A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona dIstria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racing driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. ... Michael Andretti (born October 5, 1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a former professional racing driver who now runs a team in the Indy Racing League. ...

In 2004, the Diageo brand Crown Royal became the series' title sponsor, replacing True Value, and the procedure changed. The cars would be identically painted in white, with trim which could be changed to represent the driver's colors in his regular racing series. Further, a driver's number in IROC would be his regular number. Thus, Steve Kinser would use green trim with the #11, and Mark Martin feature blue trim with #6. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Diageo plc (LSE: DGE, NYSE: DEO) is the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world. ... Crown Royal is a blended Canadian whisky, 40% alcohol (ethanol) by volume, 80 proof. ... To sponsor something is to support an event, activity, person or organization by providing money or other resources in exchange for something, usually advertising or publicity, and always access to an audience. ... TruServ is a hardware store retailers cooperative marketing primarily under the name of True Value. ...

The only exception to the numbering scheme involves the number 3. Following the death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001, IROC retired the use of #3. Any drive with that regular number would use #03 instead. Helio Castroneves has raced with #03, but the car kept red trim, in reflection of his IRL car being red. Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ... Hélio Castroneves (born May 10, 1975 in São Paulo, Brazil) is one of the top drivers in North American open-wheel racing, first in the Champcar series and now in the Indy Racing League. ...

If there is a numbering conflict, another number will be substituted. In most cases, for one-digit numbers, a zero will be added in front. Otherwise a historically notable number will be run. (Penske drivers, for one instance, could use #66, owing to Mark Donohue.)

Road racing

From 1992-2005, the IROC season was exclusively run on ovals. In 2006, road courses were reintroduced to the IROC series with the cars competing on the road course at Daytona International Speedway. Also, in 2006, two drivers will share one car in an IROC first. Grand American Road Racing drivers Max Angelelli and Wayne Taylor will each drive two races in 2006, trying to win the IROC title as a team, reflecting sportscar racing as a two-man team. However, in 2007, that may not be used, as 2006 Grand American Road Racing champion Joerg Bergemeister was a solo champion. (Bergemeister had to split driving duties with various drivers because his regular co-driver was forced to sit out three races because they were raced with the Indy Racing League; Colin Braun, who is 17, could not race in those three races under Master Settlement Agreement rulings.) Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... The Grand American Road Racing Association or Grand-Am is an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize endurance road racing competitions in North America. ... Masimilano Angelelli is a race car driver born in Italy on the 15th of December 1966. ... Wayne Taylor is a sports racer and winner of the 1996 and 2005 Daytona 24 hour Sports Endurance race and was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on 10 July 1956. ...

Notes

• IROC has historically employed former NASCAR drivers Dave Marcis, Dick Trickle and Jim Sauter to prepare the setups for their cars.
• The current model of car used in IROC is the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. There are no manufacturer designations on the cars, however, because Pontiac pulled their support from the series. The program is still allowed to use a car that resembles the Trans Am.
• Previous to the Trans Am, car bodies used were the Dodge Avenger, Dodge Daytona, Chevrolet Camaro, and Porsche Carrera.
• Certain drivers could not participate under the Crown Royal sponsorship because of contracts or age. For example, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. could not race because of a contractual agreement with his sponsor, Budweiser. Kyle Busch could not participate because until May 2006, he was under 21.

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IROC Champions

Season	Year	Champion	Car
I	1974	Mark Donohue	Porsche Carrera RSR
II	1975	Bobby Unser	Chevrolet Camaro
III	1976	A.J. Foyt	Chevrolet Camaro
IV	1977	A.J. Foyt (2)	Chevrolet Camaro
V	1978	Al Unser	Chevrolet Camaro
VI	1979	Mario Andretti	Chevrolet Camaro
VII	1980	Bobby Allison	Chevrolet Camaro
VIII	1984	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet Camaro
IX[1]	1985	Harry Gant	Chevrolet Camaro
X	1986	Al Unser, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro
XI	1987	Geoffrey Bodine	Chevrolet Camaro
XII	1988	Al Unser, Jr. (2)	Chevrolet Camaro
XIII	1989	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet Camaro
XIV[2]	1990	Dale Earnhardt	Dodge Daytona
XV	1991	Rusty Wallace	Dodge Daytona
XVI	1992	Ricky Rudd	Dodge Daytona
XVII[3]	1993	Davey Allison & Terry Labonte(2)	Dodge Daytona
XVIII	1994	Mark Martin	Dodge Avenger
XIX	1995	Dale Earnhardt	Dodge Avenger
XX	1996	Mark Martin (2)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXI	1997	Mark Martin(3)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXII	1998	Mark Martin(4)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXIII	1999	Dale Earnhardt (2)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXIV	2000	Dale Earnhardt (3)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXV[4]	2001	Bobby Labonte	Pontiac Trans Am
XXVI	2002	Kevin Harvick	Pontiac Trans Am
XXVII	2003	Kurt Busch	Pontiac Trans Am
XXVIII	2004	Matt Kenseth	Pontiac Trans Am
XXIX	2005	Mark Martin[5] (5)	Pontiac Trans Am
XXX	2006	Tony Stewart	Pontiac Trans Am

1. ^ Three races only as the third scheduled race was cancelled due to rain.
2. ^ Three races only because of new sponsor Dodge and the late start to the season (Talladega, Cleveland, Michigan). After Darrell Waltrip was injured in a crash at Daytona in practice for the NASCAR Pepsi 400 the day before the Cleveland IROC race, he was not replaced for the final two races.
3. ^ Davey Allison was killed in a helicopter crash after three races had been completed, and only the final race, at Michigan International Speedway, was remaining. Terry Labonte was asked to drive the final race, and Allison's and Labonte's points combined were enough for the IROC championship. Labonte's winnings went to a trust fund for Allison's two children, Krista and Robbie. Alan Kulwicki had been killed in a plane crash earlier in the year after one race had been run, and Dale Earnhardt volunteered to replace the fallen champion to complete a 12-driver field, with all winnings going to charities chosen by the Kulwicki family.
4. ^ After Dale Earnhardt was killed in the Daytona 500, IROC went to only eleven cars for the remaining three races. Following a 2004 rule change in IROC where drivers would be using their personal numbers, IROC added one exception -- the number 3 could not be used. Any driver whose number in a series is 3 must use 03 in IROC.
5. ^ With the 2005 IROC title, Martin now is the all-time leader in IROC Championship titles with five. Also during the 2005 season, Martin took over the all-time record for IROC wins, with thirteen.

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See also

• Race of Champions
• Race of Champions (Brands Hatch)

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External links

• IROC website - Caution: Audio on linked page.
• IROC criticism