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IROC VIII

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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

Race results

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Race One, Michigan International Speedway

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Saturday, June 16, 1984

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 9 3 United States Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Camaro
Pink
50 0:41:06 10 23 (5)
2 12 7 United States Benny Parsons Chevrolet Camaro
Blue
50 Flagged 17
3 6 12 United States Gordon Johncock Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Red
50 Flagged 14 16 (3)
4 5 4 United States Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Camaro
Cream
50 Flagged 12
5 4 11 United States Danny Ongais Chevrolet Camaro
Black
50 Flagged 22 15 (2)
6 10 5 United States Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet Camaro
Powder Blue
50 Flagged 9
7 2 2 United States Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Blue
50 Flagged 4 8
8 1 10 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Chevrolet Camaro
Red
50 Flagged 7
9 3 15 Belgium Jacky Ickx Chevrolet Camaro
White
50 Flagged 6
10 11 9 United Kingdom Derek Bell Chevrolet Camaro
Mustard
49 Flagged 5
11 7 8 United States Tom Sneva Chevrolet Camaro
Orange
49 Flagged 4
12 8 6 United States Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Camaro
Yellow
49 Flagged 3

(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 145.985 mph (234.940 km/h)
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 3 cl
Lead changes: 9

Race Two, Burke Lakefront Airport

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Saturday, July 7, 1984

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 1 15 United States Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Camaro
White
30 0:45:05 6 24 (3)
2 3 4 United Kingdom Derek Bell Chevrolet Camaro
Cream
30 Flagged 17
3 10 10 United States Gordon Johncock Chevrolet Camaro
Red
30 Flagged 14
4 11 8 United States Benny Parsons Chevrolet Camaro
Orange
30 Flagged 12
5 9 6 United States Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Camaro
Yellow
30 Flagged 10
6 12 2 United States Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Blue
30 Flagged 9
7 8 9 United States Danny Ongais Chevrolet Camaro
Mustard
30 Flagged 8
8 5 7 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Chevrolet Camaro
Blue
30 Flagged 7
9 7 5 United States Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet Camaro
Powder Blue
30 Flagged 6
10 6 11 United States Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Camaro
Black
30 Flagged 5
11 2 3 United States Tom Sneva Chevrolet Camaro
Pink
30 Flagged 24 9 (5)
12 4 12 Belgium Jacky Ickx Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Red
30 Flagged 3

(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded).

Average speed: 99.053 mph (159.410 km/h)
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 8 sec
Lead changes: 2

Race Three, Talladega Superspeedway

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Saturday, July 28, 1984

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 7 5 United States Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Camaro
Light Blue
38 0:33:53 3 24 (3)
2 9 2 United States Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Blue
38 Flagged 17
3 3 12 United States Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Camaro
Red
38 Flagged 14
4 5 3 United States Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet Camaro
Purple
38 Flagged 1 14 (2)
5 11 11 United States Benny Parsons Chevrolet Camaro
Black
38 Flagged 33 15 (5)
6 4 7 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Chevrolet Camaro
Medium Blue
38 Flagged 9
7 10 4 United States Gordon Johncock Chevrolet Camaro
Light Mustard
38 Flagged 8
8 1 8 United States Tom Sneva Chevrolet Camaro
Orange
38 Flagged 1 9 (2)
9 8 15 United Kingdom Derek Bell Chevrolet Camaro
White
38 Flagged 6
10 2 10 Belgium Jacky Ickx Chevrolet Camaro
Red
38 Flagged 5
11 12 6 United States Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Camaro
Yellow
37 Flagged 4
12 6 9 United States Danny Ongais Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Mustard
36 Flagged 3

(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 179.02 mph (288.10 km/h)
Cautions: 1 (Lap 1, Neil Bonnett & Derek Bell accident)
Margin of victory: 8 inches
Lead changes: 4

Race Four, Michigan International Speedway

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Saturday, August 11, 1984

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 5 4 United States Neil Bonnett Chevrolet Camaro
Cream
50 0:40:26 1 24 (3)
2 2 5 United States Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Camaro
Powder Blue
50 Flagged 49 22 (5)
3 11 9 United States Tom Sneva Chevrolet Camaro
Mustard
50 Flagged 14
4 10 3 United States Danny Ongais Chevrolet Camaro
Pink
50 Flagged 12
5 4 7 United States Gordon Johncock Chevrolet Camaro
Blue
50 Flagged 10
6 1 10 United States Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Camaro
Red
50 Flagged 9
7 3 12 United States Benny Parsons Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Red
50 Flagged 8
8 6 15 United Kingdom Derek Bell Chevrolet Camaro
White
50 Flagged 7
9 8 8 United States Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Red
50 Flagged 6
10 9 2 Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Chevrolet Camaro
Dark Blue
49 Flagged 5
11 7 6 United States Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Camaro
Yellow
46 Flagged 4
12 12 11 Belgium Jacky Ickx Chevrolet Camaro
Black
41 Flagged 3

(5) Indicates 5 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the most laps.
(3) Indicates 3 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 2nd most laps
(2) Indicates 2 bonus points added to normal race points scored for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded).

Average speed: 148.392 mph (238.814 km/h)
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 3 feet
Lead changes: 2

References

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  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 8, 2007
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