IROC IX

Harry Gant, the IROC IX champion

IROC IX was the ninth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1985. It saw the use of the Chevrolet Camaro in all races, was the second straight 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 was rained out at Talladega Superspeedway, and race four concluded the year at Michigan International Speedway. Harry Gant won the championship and $158,200 in a tie-breaker with Darrell Waltrip.

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

Rank Driver Points Winnings Series
1 United States Harry Gant 1 45 $158,200 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2nd in 1984 Winston Cup points
2 United States Darrell Waltrip 1 45 $80,400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
5th in 1984 Winston Cup points
3 United States Bobby Rahal 40 $55,100 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
3rd in 1984 IndyCar points
4 United States Tom Sneva 32 $43,000 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
2nd in 1984 IndyCar points
5 United States Terry Labonte 2 31 $39,300 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1984 Winston Cup Champion
6 United Kingdom Derek Bell 2 31 $30,000 World Endurance Championship
4th in 1984 World Sportscar Championship
7 United Kingdom John Watson 30 $29,000 FIA Formula One World Championship
World Endurance Championship
Winner of the 1984 Fuji 1000KM
8 United States Cale Yarborough 29 $27,400 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Defending IROC Champion
1984 Daytona 500 winner
9 United States A. J. Foyt 28 $29,500 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
IROC III & IROC IV Champion
10 West Germany Jochen Mass 27 $23,000 World Endurance Championship
2nd in 1984 World Sportscar Championship
11 United States Mario Andretti 3 25 $26,700 CART PPG IndyCar World Series
1984 IndyCar Champion
IROC VI champion
12 United States Tom Gloy 13 $20,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series
1984 Trans-Am Champion
  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 8, 2007