# IROC VI

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**IROC VI** was the sixth year of [IROC](/source/IROC) competition, which took place in 1978 and 1979. The format changed from [IROC V](/source/IROC_V) in that three qualifying races were held for participants from [NASCAR](/source/NASCAR), [USAC](/source/United_States_Auto_Club) [Champ Car](/source/Champ_Car), and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of [Formula One](/source/Formula_One), [SCCA](/source/Sports_Car_Club_of_America), and [IMSA](/source/International_Motor_Sports_Association)). The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at [Riverside International Raceway](/source/Riverside_International_Raceway) and [Atlanta Motor Speedway](/source/Atlanta_Motor_Speedway). It used the [Chevrolet](/source/Chevrolet) [Camaro](/source/Camaro) in all races. [Mario Andretti](/source/Mario_Andretti) won the road racing finale en route to the championship and $75,000.

The final points standings were as follows:[1]

Rank Driver Winnings Series 1 Mario Andretti $75,000 Formula One USAC Champ Car CART 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 Car CART 7 Tom Sneva $18,000 USAC Champ Car CART 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 Car CART 12 A. J. Foyt $0 USAC Champ Car

## Race results

### Qualifying Races

#### NASCAR Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

1. [Bobby Allison](/source/Bobby_Allison)
1. [Cale Yarborough](/source/Cale_Yarborough)
1. [Donnie Allison](/source/Donnie_Allison)
1. [Neil Bonnett](/source/Neil_Bonnett)
1. [David Pearson](/source/David_Pearson_(NASCAR_driver))
1. [Benny Parsons](/source/Benny_Parsons)
1. [Dave Marcis](/source/Dave_Marcis)
1. [Darrell Waltrip](/source/Darrell_Waltrip)

#### USAC Champ Car Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

1. [A. J. Foyt](/source/A._J._Foyt)
1. [Al Unser](/source/Al_Unser)
1. [Gordon Johncock](/source/Gordon_Johncock)
1. [Tom Sneva](/source/Tom_Sneva)
1. [Danny Ongais](/source/Danny_Ongais)
1. [Johnny Rutherford](/source/Johnny_Rutherford)
1. [Rick Mears](/source/Rick_Mears)
1. [Bobby Unser](/source/Bobby_Unser)

#### Road Racing Qualifying Race, Riverside International Raceway

1. [Peter Gregg](/source/Peter_Gregg_(racing_driver))
1. [Emerson Fittipaldi](/source/Emerson_Fittipaldi)
1. [Mario Andretti](/source/Mario_Andretti)
1. [Alan Jones](/source/Alan_Jones_(racing_driver))
1. [David Hobbs](/source/David_Hobbs_(racing_driver))
1. [Patrick Depailler](/source/Patrick_Depailler)
1. [John Watson](/source/John_Watson_(racing_driver))
1. [Niki Lauda](/source/Niki_Lauda)

### Final Races

#### Road Racing Final, Riverside International Raceway

1. [Mario Andretti](/source/Mario_Andretti)
1. [Cale Yarborough](/source/Cale_Yarborough)
1. [Bobby Allison](/source/Bobby_Allison)
1. [Alan Jones](/source/Alan_Jones_(racing_driver))
1. [Emerson Fittipaldi](/source/Emerson_Fittipaldi)
1. [Gordon Johncock](/source/Gordon_Johncock)
1. [Neil Bonnett](/source/Neil_Bonnett)
1. [Tom Sneva](/source/Tom_Sneva)
1. [Peter Gregg](/source/Peter_Gregg_(racing_driver))
1. [Donnie Allison](/source/Donnie_Allison)
1. [Al Unser](/source/Al_Unser)
1. [A. J. Foyt](/source/A._J._Foyt)

#### Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway

1. [Neil Bonnett](/source/Neil_Bonnett)
1. [Mario Andretti](/source/Mario_Andretti)
1. [Bobby Allison](/source/Bobby_Allison)
1. [Cale Yarborough](/source/Cale_Yarborough)
1. [Tom Sneva](/source/Tom_Sneva)
1. [Gordon Johncock](/source/Gordon_Johncock)
1. [Peter Gregg](/source/Peter_Gregg_(racing_driver))
1. [Alan Jones](/source/Alan_Jones_(racing_driver))
1. [Emerson Fittipaldi](/source/Emerson_Fittipaldi)
1. [Al Unser](/source/Al_Unser)
1. [Donnie Allison](/source/Donnie_Allison)

## References

1. [IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info](http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070311100526/http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I) 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 8, 2007

## External links

- [IROC VI History - IROC Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20061022061553/http://www.irocracing.com/History/1979/1979-history.htm)

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