IROC XXII was the twenty-second season of the International Race of Champions, which started on February 13, 1998. The series used identically prepared Pontiac Firebird Trans Am race cars, and contested races at Daytona International Speedway1, California Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won $225,000 and the IROC championship, his third straight win and fourth in five seasons.

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

IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved June 21, 2010 PositionDriverPointsWinningsSeries 1 Mark Martin 86 $225,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 2 Jeff Burton 57 $100,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 3 Jeff Gordon 51 $60,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 4 Al Unser Jr. 46 $50,000 CART World Series 5 Terry Labonte 39 $45,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 6 Tony Stewart 37 $40,000 Indy Racing League 7 Dale Earnhardt 36 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 8 Jimmy Vasser 34 $40,000 CART World Series 9 Randy LaJoie 31 $40,000 NASCAR Busch Series 10 Dale Jarrett 29 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup 11 Tommy Kendall 28 $40,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series 12 Arie Luyendyk 26 $40,000 Indy Racing League

Race results

Daytona International Speedway, Race One Jeff Gordon Jeff Burton Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Arie Luyendyk Dale Jarrett Terry Labonte Al Unser Jr. Tony Stewart Jimmy Vasser Randy LaJoie Tommy Kendall

California Speedway, Race Two Mark Martin Al Unser Jr. Jeff Gordon Terry Labonte Jeff Burton Randy LaJoie Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett Jimmy Vasser Dale Earnhardt Arie Luyendyk Tommy Kendall

Michigan International Speedway, Race Three Jeff Burton Mark Martin Tony Stewart Dale Earnhardt Tommy Kendall Terry Labonte Arie Luyendyk Jeff Gordon Randy LaJoie Dale Jarrett Jimmy Vasser Al Unser Jr.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Race Four Mark Martin Al Unser Jr. Jimmy Vasser Randy LaJoie Terry Labonte Tony Stewart Dale Jarrett Dale Earnhardt Jeff Gordon Tommy Kendall Arie Luyendyk Jeff Burton

This was the first appearance for IROC at Indianapolis. It was a support event for the Brickyard 400. Mark Martin started last and won the race (the 5th time in IROC history that the winner started last). This was Al Unser Jr.'s first appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since failing to qualify at the 1995 Indy 500.

Notes Race at Daytona shortened to 30 laps due to rain.

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