IROC VI was the sixth year of IROC competition and 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. The Chevrolet Camaro was used 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:IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info , Retrieved March 8, 2007 RankDriverWinningsSeries 1 Mario Andretti $75,000 Formula OneUSAC Champ CarCART 2 Neil Bonnett $28,500 NASCAR Winston Cup 3 Cale Yarborough $28,500 NASCAR Winston Cup 4 Bobby Allison $21,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 5 Alan Jones $20,000 Formula One 6 Gordon Johncock $19,000 USAC Champ CarCART 7 Tom Sneva $18,000 USAC Champ CarCART 8 Emerson Fittipaldi $17,000 Formula One 9 Peter Gregg $16,000 IMSA Camel GT 10 Donnie Allison $15,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 11 Al Unser $15,000 USAC Champ CarCART 12 A. J. Foyt USAC Champ Car
Race results Qualifying Races NASCAR Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway
Bobby Allison Cale Yarborough Donnie Allison Neil Bonnett David Pearson Benny Parsons Dave Marcis Darrell Waltrip
USAC Champ Car Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway
A. J. Foyt Al Unser Gordon Johncock Tom Sneva Danny Ongais Johnny Rutherford Rick Mears Bobby Unser
Road Racing Qualifying Race, Riverside International Raceway
Peter Gregg Emerson Fittipaldi Mario Andretti Alan Jones David Hobbs Patrick Depailler John Watson Niki Lauda
Final Races Road Racing Final, Riverside International Raceway
Mario Andretti Cale Yarborough Bobby Allison Alan Jones Emerson Fittipaldi Gordon Johncock Neil Bonnett Tom Sneva Peter Gregg Donnie Allison Al Unser A. J. Foyt
Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway
Neil Bonnett Mario Andretti Bobby Allison Cale Yarborough Tom Sneva Gordon Johncock Peter Gregg Alan Jones Emerson Fittipaldi Al Unser Donnie Allison
References
External links IROC VI History - IROC Website