IROC XVI was the sixteenth year of

IROC International Race of Champions (IROC) was a North American auto racing competition, created by Les Richter, Roger Penske and Mike Phelps, promoted as an American-motorsports equivalent of an all-star game. Despite its name, IROC was primarily ...

competition, which took place in 1992. It was the third year the

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was used in competition, and continued the format introduced in IROC VIII. Race one took place on the

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, race two took place at

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, and races three and four ran at

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won the series championship and $175,000, despite not winning a race. The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info
Retrieved March 9, 2007

Race results

Race One, Daytona International Speedway

Friday, February 14, 1992 one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps. Average speed: 182.556 mph
Cautions: 1 (Lap 33, Pete Halsmer crash)
Margin of victory: .5 cl
Lead changes: 18

Race Two, Talladega Superspeedway

Saturday, May 2, 1992 one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded). Average speed: 191.722 mph
Cautions: 1 (Lap 15, Arie Luyendyk crash)
Margin of victory: .25 cl
Lead changes: 15

Race Three, Michigan International Speedway

Saturday, August 1, 1992 one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps. Average speed: 157.654 mph
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 2.6 sec
Lead changes: 3

Race Four, Michigan International Speedway

Saturday, August 15, 1992 one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded). Average speed: 158.8 mph
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Lead changes: 1

Notes

# Davey Allison withdrew from the series due to injury after the first two races. # Scott Pruett and Hurley Haywood tied for ninth place in the final championship standings, but the position was awarded to Pruett due to a higher finishing position in the final race # Second place between Harry Gant and Ricky Rudd was declared a dead heat & both drives were awarded 2nd place points. # Pete Halsmer did not start race two due to injury, and received last place points. # Davey Allison withdrew from the series due to injury after the first two races, and was awarded last place points for the final two races.

References

External links

{{IROC Championship International Race of Champions 1992 in American motorsport