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International Race of Champions - To some, it is auto racing's All-Star Game. To others, it is the sport's version of The Masters. Either way, the most essential element holds true.
The International Race of Champions is open only to the world's best race drivers. No one else need apply.
The premise, conceived in 1973, is amazingly simple yet effective: Take 12 of the world's top drivers, from different types of racing, put them in identically prepared IROC race cars, give them a set of rules which virtually eliminates the variables usually associated with racing (no pit stops, no qualifying, no driver set-up of the cars, etc.) and wave a green flag at them.
The list of IROC champions speaks for itself: Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Harry Gant, Al Unser Jr., Geoff Bodine, Terry Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Davey Allison, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte a...
International Race of Champions - To some, it is auto racing's All-Star Game. To others, it is the sport's version of The Masters. Either way, the most essential element holds true.
The International Race of Champions is open only to the world's best race drivers. No one else need apply.
The premise, conceived in 1973, is amazingly simple yet effective: Take 12 of the world's top drivers, from different types of racing, put them in identically prepared IROC race cars, give them a set of rules which virtually eliminates the variables usually associated with racing (no pit stops, no qualifying, no driver set-up of the cars, etc.) and wave a green flag at them.
The list of IROC champions speaks for itself: Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Harry Gant, Al Unser Jr., Geoff Bodine, Terry Labonte, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Davey Allison, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte a...