IROC VI

Mario Andretti won the IROC VI championship

IROC VI was the sixth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1978 and 1979. The format changed from IROC V in that three qualifying races were held for participants from NASCAR, USAC Champ Car, and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of Formula One, SCCA, and IMSA). The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at Riverside International Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. It used the Chevrolet Camaro in all races. Mario Andretti won the road racing finale en route to the championship and $75,000.

The final points standings were as follows: [1]

Rank Driver Winnings Series
1 United States Mario Andretti $75,000 Formula One
USAC Champ Car
CART
2 United States Neil Bonnett $28,500 NASCAR Winston Cup
3 United States Cale Yarborough $28,500 NASCAR Winston Cup
4 United States Bobby Allison $21,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
5 Australia Alan Jones $20,000 Formula One
6 United States Gordon Johncock $19,000 USAC Champ Car
CART
7 United States Tom Sneva $18,000 USAC Champ Car
CART
8 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi $17,000 Formula One
9 United States Peter Gregg $16,000 IMSA Camel GT
10 United States Donnie Allison $15,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
11 United States Al Unser $15,000 USAC Champ Car
CART
12 United States A. J. Foyt $0 USAC Champ Car
  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 8, 2007