IROC VII


The seventh year of IROC competition took place in 1979 and 1980. The format carried over from IROC VI in that three qualifying races were held for participants from NASCAR, CART, and Road Racing. The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at Riverside International Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. IROC VII used the Chevrolet Camaro in all races, and this would be the final year for the series before it went on hiatus until 1984. Bobby Allison won the oval finale en route to the championship, and took home $75,000 for his efforts.
The final points standings were as follows:
RankDriverPointsWinningsSeries
1 Bobby Allison41$75,000NASCAR Winston Cup
2 Darrell Waltrip32$35,000NASCAR Winston Cup
3 Rick Mears31$22,000CART
4 Gordon Johncock26$21,000CART
5 Mario Andretti25$20,000Formula One
USAC Champ Car
CART
6 Johnny Rutherford24$19,000CART
7 Neil Bonnett20$18,000NASCAR Winston Cup
8 Don Whittington15$17,000IMSA Camel GT
9 Bobby Unser14$15,500CART
10 Buddy Baker14$15,500NASCAR Winston Cup
11 Peter Gregg11$15,000IMSA Camel GT
12 Clay Regazzoni9$15,500Formula One

Race results

Qualifying Races

NASCAR Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

  1. Neil Bonnett
  2. Bobby Allison
  3. Darrell Waltrip
  4. Buddy Baker
  5. Cale Yarborough
  6. Benny Parsons
  7. Dale Earnhardt
  8. Donnie Allison

    CART Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway

  9. Gordon Johncock
  10. Bobby Unser
  11. Rick Mears
  12. Johnny Rutherford
  13. Wally Dallenbach
  14. Mike Mosley
  15. Tom Sneva
  16. Danny Ongais

    Road Racing Qualifying Race, Riverside International Raceway

  17. Mario Andretti
  18. Peter Gregg
  19. Don Whittington
  20. Clay Regazzoni
  21. Alan Jones
  22. John Watson
  23. Keke Rosberg
  24. Emerson Fittipaldi

    Final Races

Road Racing Final, Riverside International Raceway

  1. Darrell Waltrip
  2. Bobby Allison
  3. Mario Andretti
  4. Rick Mears
  5. Gordon Johncock
  6. Johnny Rutherford
  7. Neil Bonnett
  8. Buddy Baker
  9. Bobby Unser
  10. Clay Regazzoni
  11. Peter Gregg
  12. Don Whittington

    Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway

  13. Bobby Allison
  14. Rick Mears
  15. Johnny Rutherford
  16. Gordon Johncock
  17. Don Whittington
  18. Darrell Waltrip
  19. Neil Bonnett
  20. Mario Andretti
  21. Buddy Baker
  22. Bobby Unser
  23. Peter Gregg
  24. Clay Regazzoni