- IROC V
The fifth year of
IROC competition took place over three weekends in1977 to1978 . IROC V saw the use of theChevrolet Camaro in all races, and the schedule was held over in its entirety fromIROC IV .Al Unser won two races en route to the championship, and took home $50,000 for his efforts.The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows: [ [http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1978&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info] , Retrieved
March 8 2007 ]Race results
Michigan International Speedway, Race One
#
Al Unser
#Cale Yarborough
#Darrell Waltrip
#Richard Petty
#Gunnar Nilsson
#Gordon Johncock
#Mario Andretti
#Johnny Rutherford
#Benny Parsons
#Al Holbert
#Tom Sneva
#Jacky Ickx Riverside International Raceway, Race Two
#
Al Unser
#Richard Petty
#Gordon Johncock
#Mario Andretti
#Darrell Waltrip
#Gunnar Nilsson
#Johnny Rutherford
#Jacky Ickx
#Benny Parsons
#Cale Yarborough
#Al Holbert
#Tom Sneva Riverside International Raceway, Race Three
#
Cale Yarborough
#Mario Andretti
#Al Unser
#Darrell Waltrip
#Richard Petty
#Gunnar Nilsson
#Jacky Ickx
#Benny Parsons
#Johnny Rutherford
#Gordon Johncock
#Tom Sneva
#Al Holbert Daytona International Speedway, Race Four
#
Mario Andretti
#Darrell Waltrip
#Gordon Johncock
#Cale Yarborough
#Benny Parsons
#Jacky Ickx
#Al Unser
#Richard Petty
#Johnny Rutherford Notes
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Gunnar Nilsson did not compete in the Daytona finale due to illness. He was replaced byBenny Parsons , who had not previously made the 9 driver cut to compete in Daytona.References
External links
* [http://www.irocracing.com/History/1978/1978-history.htm IROC V History - IROC Website]
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