IROC XXI was the twenty-first season of the International Race of Champions, which started on February 17, 1997. The series used identically prepared Pontiac Firebird Trans Am race cars, and contested races at Daytona International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, California Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Mark Martin won $225,000 and the IROC championship, his second straight win and third in four seasons.

The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:[1]

PositionDriverPointsWinningsSeries
1Mark Martin72$225,000NASCAR Winston Cup
2Robby Gordon63$100,000CART, SCORE
3Randy LaJoie58$60,000NASCAR Busch Series
4Al Unser Jr.57$50,000CART
5Terry Labonte43$45,000NASCAR Winston Cup
6Jeff Gordon39$40,000NASCAR Winston Cup
7Dale Earnhardt35$40,000NASCAR Winston Cup
8Dale Jarrett34$40,000NASCAR Winston Cup
9Tommy Kendall34$40,000SCCA Trans-Am Series
10Jimmy Vasser30$40,000CART
11Darrell Waltrip18$40,000NASCAR Winston Cup
12Alex Zanardi17$40,000CART

Race results

Daytona International Speedway, Race One

  1. Al Unser Jr.
  2. Mark Martin
  3. Dale Earnhardt
  4. Randy LaJoie
  5. Tommy Kendall
  6. Terry Labonte
  7. Dale Jarrett
  8. Robby Gordon
  9. Jeff Gordon
  10. Alex Zanardi
  11. Darrell Waltrip
  12. Jimmy Vasser

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Race Two

  1. Mark Martin
  2. Robby Gordon
  3. Jeff Gordon
  4. Jimmy Vasser
  5. Al Unser Jr.
  6. Terry Labonte
  7. Randy LaJoie
  8. Dale Earnhardt
  9. Tommy Kendall
  10. Dale Jarrett
  11. Darrell Waltrip
  12. Alex Zanardi

California Speedway, Race Three

  1. Mark Martin
  2. Bobby Labonte 1
  3. Terry Labonte
  4. Randy LaJoie
  5. Jeff Gordon
  6. Al Unser Jr.
  7. Tommy Kendall
  8. Dale Jarrett
  9. Dale Earnhardt
  10. Jimmy Vasser
  11. Darrell Waltrip
  12. Alex Zanardi

Michigan International Speedway, Race Four

  1. Randy LaJoie
  2. Robby Gordon
  3. Dale Jarrett
  4. Al Unser Jr.
  5. Tommy Kendall
  6. Terry Labonte
  7. Dale Earnhardt
  8. Mark Martin
  9. Jeff Gordon
  10. Jimmy Vasser
  11. Darrell Waltrip
  12. Alex Zanardi

Notes

  1. Bobby Labonte drove for Robby Gordon in Race 3.

References

  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2009-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007