IROC I was the inaugural International Race of Champions, which was held at two tracks over two weekends in 1973 and 1974. The first three races were held October 27 and 28, 1973 at Riverside International Raceway and the final race was held on the Daytona International Speedway road course on February 14, 1974. Champion Mark Donohue won $54000 and the championship, which was determined by prize money rather than points. The races were contested in Porsche Carrera RSR race cars. This was the only IROC to be contested entirely on road courses. Only the top 6 finishing drivers competed in all four races.
The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved March 8, 2007 RankDriverWinningsSeries 1 Mark Donohue $54,000 SCCA Can-Am 2 Peter Revson $21,200 SCCA Can-AmFormula One 3 Bobby Unser $19,100 USAC Champ Car 4 David Pearson $14,600 NASCAR Winston Cup 5 George Follmer $16,000 SCCA Can-Am 6 A. J. Foyt $9,900 USAC Champ Car 7 Emerson Fittipaldi $8,300 Formula One 8 Denny Hulme $6,000 Formula One 9 Bobby Allison $5,400 NASCAR Winston Cup 10 Richard Petty $5,400 NASCAR Winston Cup 11 Gordon Johncock $5,100 USAC Champ Car 12 Roger McCluskey $5,000 USAC Champ Car
Note: Jackie Stewart was originally scheduled to compete but retired from racing two weeks prior to the first race. He was replaced by A.J. Foyt, who had previously declined an invitation saying the all road course format was unfair to oval racers.
Race results
Riverside International Raceway, Race One
2- Mark Donohue 7- Bobby Unser 3- Peter Revson 4- George Follmer 6- Denis Hulme 8- A. J. Foyt 10- Richard Petty 12- Roger McCluskey 5- David Pearson 11- Gordon Johncock 9- Bobby Allison 1- Emerson Fittipaldi
Riverside International Raceway, Race Two
4- George Follmer 9- David Pearson 12- Emerson Fittipaldi 3- Peter Revson 6- A. J. Foyt 2- Bobby Unser 11- Bobby Allison 5- Denis Hulme 10- Gordon Johncock 7- Richard Petty 8- Roger McCluskey 1- Mark Donohue
Riverside International Raceway, Race Three
12- Mark Donohue 6- Bobby Unser 3- Emerson Fittipaldi 2- David Pearson 1- George Follmer 5- A. J. Foyt 4- Peter Revson 8- Denis Hulme 7- Bobby Allison 10- Richard Petty 9- Gordon Johncock 11- Roger McCluskey
Daytona International Speedway, Race Four
1- Mark Donohue 2- Peter Revson 5- Bobby Unser 3- David Pearson 4- George Follmer 6- A. J. Foyt
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