Motor car races held in 1985
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 |
Harry Gant 1 |
45 |
$158,200 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series 2nd in 1984 Winston Cup points
|
2 |
Darrell Waltrip 1 |
45 |
$80,400 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series 5th in 1984 Winston Cup points
|
3 |
Bobby Rahal |
40 |
$55,100 |
CART PPG IndyCar World Series 3rd in 1984 IndyCar points
|
4 |
Tom Sneva |
32 |
$43,000 |
CART PPG IndyCar World Series 2nd in 1984 IndyCar points
|
5 |
Terry Labonte 2 |
31 |
$39,300 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1984 Winston Cup Champion
|
6 |
Derek Bell 2 |
31 |
$30,000 |
World Endurance Championship 4th in 1984 World Sportscar Championship
|
7 |
John Watson |
30 |
$29,000 |
FIA Formula One World Championship World Endurance Championship Winner of the 1984 Fuji 1000KM
|
8 |
Cale Yarborough |
29 |
$27,400 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series Defending IROC Champion 1984 Daytona 500 winner
|
9 |
A. J. Foyt |
28 |
$29,500 |
CART PPG IndyCar World Series IROC III & IROC IV Champion
|
10 |
Jochen Mass |
27 |
$23,000 |
World Endurance Championship 2nd in 1984 World Sportscar Championship
|
11 |
Mario Andretti 3 |
25 |
$26,700 |
CART PPG IndyCar World Series 1984 IndyCar Champion IROC VI champion
|
12 |
Tom Gloy |
13 |
$20,000 |
SCCA Trans-Am Series 1984 Trans-Am Champion
|