IROC X

Al Unser Jr. (seen in 2011), the IROC X champion

IROC X was the tenth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1986. It saw the use of the Chevrolet Camaro in all races, it was the final season that television coverage was on CBS, and continued the format introduced in IROC VIII. Race one took place on the Daytona International Speedway, race two took place at Mid-Ohio, race three ran at Talladega Superspeedway, and race four concluded the year at Watkins Glen International. Al Unser Jr. won the championship and $164,100.

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

Rank Driver Points Winnings Series and reason for invite
1 United States Al Unser Jr. 62 $164,100 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
2nd in 1985 IndyCar points
2 United States Bill Elliott 59 $82,100 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1985 Daytona 500, 1985 Winston 500, & 1985 Southern 500 winner
1985 Winston Million winner
2nd in 1985 Winston Cup points
3 United States Cale Yarborough 57 $60,900 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
IROC VIII Champion
4 United States Al Unser 51 $47,400 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
1985 IndyCar Champion
IROC V Champion
5 United States Darrell Waltrip 48 $39,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1985 Winston Cup Champion
6 United States Harry Gant 42 $36,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Defending IROC Champion
7 United States Bobby Rahal 37 $29,000 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
3rd in 1985 IndyCar points
8 West Germany Klaus Ludwig 1 29 $25,000 IMSA Camel GTP
1985 24 Hours of Le Mans Winner
9 West Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck 1 29 $24,000 World Sports-Prototype Championship
1985 World Sportscar Co-Champion
10 United States Hurley Haywood 2 28 $23,000 IMSA Camel GTP
3rd in 1985 IMSA Camel GTP points
11 West Germany Jochen Mass 2 28 $22,000 World Sports-Prototype Championship
3rd in 1985 World Sportscar Championship
12 United States Rick Mears 25 $20,800 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
10th in 1985 IndyCar points
  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007