IROC VIII

Cale Yarborough, the IROC VIII champion

IROC VIII was the eighth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1984. It saw the use of the Chevrolet Camaro in all races, and was the first incarnation of the IROC format in which twelve drivers from different series compete in all four races. Races one and four took place at Michigan International Speedway, while race two took place at Burke Lakefront Airport, and race three ran on the Talladega Superspeedway. Cale Yarborough won one race en route to the championship and $150,000.

This season was the first of three straight that television coverage was on CBS.

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

Rank Driver Points Winnings Series and reasons why invited
1 United States Cale Yarborough 58 $150,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
1983 Daytona 500 winner
3 Time Winston Cup Champion
2 United States Neil Bonnett 55 $75,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
6th in 1983 Winston Cup Points
1981 Southern 500 winner
2 Time World 600 Winner
3 United States Darrell Waltrip 52 $35,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
2nd in 1983 Winston Cup Points
4 United States Benny Parsons 47 $30,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
Former IROC Race Winner
5 United States Gordon Johncock 45 $25,000 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
Former IROC Race Winner
6 United Kingdom Derek Bell 35 $24,000 World Endurance Championship
2nd in 1983 World Endurance points
7 United States Danny Ongais 33 $23,000 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
8 United States Johnny Rutherford 33 $22,000 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
3 Time Indianapolis 500 winner
1980 IndyCar Champion
9 United States Dale Earnhardt 31 $21,000 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
8th in 1983 Winston Cup Points
10 United States Tom Sneva 29 $20,000 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
4th in 1983 IndyCar points
11 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi 28 $20,000 CART PPG Indy Car World Series
2 Time FIA Formula One World Champion
12 Belgium Jacky Ickx 17 $20,000 World Endurance Championship
1983 World Endurance Group C Champion
  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 8, 2007