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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]
Race results
[edit]Race One, Michigan International Speedway
[edit]Saturday, June 16, 1984
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 9 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
50 | 0:41:06 | 10 | 23 (5) |
2 | 12 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
50 | Flagged | 17 | |
3 | 6 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Red |
50 | Flagged | 14 | 16 (3) |
4 | 5 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
50 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 4 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Black |
50 | Flagged | 22 | 15 (2) |
6 | 10 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
50 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 2 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
50 | Flagged | 4 | 8 |
8 | 1 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
50 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 3 | 15 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
50 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 11 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Mustard |
49 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 7 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
49 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 8 | 6 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, July 7, 1984
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 15 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
30 | 0:45:05 | 6 | 24 (3) |
2 | 3 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
30 | Flagged | 17 | |
3 | 10 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
30 | Flagged | 14 | |
4 | 11 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
30 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 9 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
30 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 12 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
30 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 8 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Mustard |
30 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 5 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
30 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 7 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
30 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 6 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Black |
30 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 2 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
30 | Flagged | 24 | 9 (5) |
12 | 4 | 12 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, July 28, 1984
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Blue |
38 | 0:33:53 | 3 | 24 (3) |
2 | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
38 | Flagged | 17 | |
3 | 3 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
38 | Flagged | 14 | |
4 | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Purple |
38 | Flagged | 1 | 14 (2) |
5 | 11 | 11 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Black |
38 | Flagged | 33 | 15 (5) |
6 | 4 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Medium Blue |
38 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 10 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Light Mustard |
38 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 1 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Orange |
38 | Flagged | 1 | 9 (2) |
9 | 8 | 15 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
38 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 2 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
38 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 12 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
37 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 6 | 9 | ![]() |
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
[edit]Saturday, August 11, 1984
Finish | Grid | Car no. |
Driver | Car Make | Car Color | Laps | Status | Laps Led |
Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 4 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Cream |
50 | 0:40:26 | 1 | 24 (3) |
2 | 2 | 5 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Powder Blue |
50 | Flagged | 49 | 22 (5) |
3 | 11 | 9 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Mustard |
50 | Flagged | 14 | |
4 | 10 | 3 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Pink |
50 | Flagged | 12 | |
5 | 4 | 7 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Blue |
50 | Flagged | 10 | |
6 | 1 | 10 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Red |
50 | Flagged | 9 | |
7 | 3 | 12 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Red |
50 | Flagged | 8 | |
8 | 6 | 15 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | White |
50 | Flagged | 7 | |
9 | 8 | 8 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Red |
50 | Flagged | 6 | |
10 | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Dark Blue |
49 | Flagged | 5 | |
11 | 7 | 6 | ![]() |
Chevrolet Camaro | Yellow |
46 | Flagged | 4 | |
12 | 12 | 11 | ![]() |
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
[edit]- ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved March 8, 2007