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

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, USAC

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, and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of

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). The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at

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. It used the

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Camaro in all races.

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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
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Race results

Qualifying Races

NASCAR Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

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# David Pearson # Benny Parsons # Dave Marcis #

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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 #

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# Alan Jones # David Hobbs # Patrick Depailler # John Watson #

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Final Races

Road Racing Final, Riverside International Raceway

# Alan Jones #

# Gordon Johncock #

# Tom Sneva # Peter Gregg #

# Al Unser # A. J. Foyt

Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway

# Tom Sneva # Gordon Johncock # Peter Gregg # Alan Jones #

# Al Unser #

References

External links

IROC VI History - IROC Website
{{IROC Championship International Race of Champions 1978 in American motorsport 1979 in American motorsport