IROC XX was the twentieth season of IROC competition, which started on February 16, 1996. It was the first year that the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was used in competition, and contested races at Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Mark Martin won the first night race in the history of the series in race three at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and won again in the season finale at Michigan International Speedway to win $225,000 in a come-from-behind IROC championship, his second in three seasons.
The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info , Retrieved March 9, 2007 PositionDriverPointsWinningsSeries 1 Mark Martin 61 $225,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 2 Robby Gordon 54 $100,000 Indy Car 3 Johnny Benson 50 $60,000 NASCAR Busch Series 4 Terry Labonte 48 $50,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 5 Al Unser Jr. 48 $45,000 Indy Car 6 Sterling Marlin 40 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 7 Scott Pruett 40 $40,000 Indy Car 8 Dale Earnhardt 39 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 9 Tommy Kendall 36 $40,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series 10 Jeff Gordon 30 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 11 Rusty Wallace 26 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 12 Steve Kinser 25 $40,000 World of Outlaws
Race results Daytona International Speedway, Race One
Dale Earnhardt Robby Gordon Tommy Kendall Sterling Marlin Al Unser Jr. Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte Mark Martin Johnny Benson Scott Pruett Steve Kinser Rusty Wallace
Talladega Superspeedway, Race Two
Al Unser Jr. Robby Gordon Scott Pruett Sterling Marlin Terry Labonte Steve Kinser Jeff Gordon Tommy Kendall Dale Earnhardt Johnny Benson Mark Martin Rusty Wallace
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Race Three
Mark Martin Johnny Benson Scott Pruett Rusty Wallace Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte Tommy Kendall Al Unser Jr. Steve Kinser Dale Earnhardt Sterling Marlin Robby Gordon
Michigan International Speedway, Race Four
Mark Martin Johnny Benson Terry Labonte Robby Gordon Al Unser Jr. Sterling Marlin Rusty Wallace Scott Pruett Dale Jarrett 1 Ricky Rudd 2 Geoff Bodine3 Jeff Gordon
Notes Dale Jarrett drove for Steve Kinser Ricky Rudd drove for Dale Earnhardt, who was injured in a Cup race at Talladega the week before. Geoff Bodine drove for Tommy Kendall
References
External links IROC XIX History - IROC Website