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{{Short description|Motor car races held in 1978–1979}}
The sixth year of [[IROC]] competition took place in [[1978]] and [[1979]]. The format changed from [[IROC V]] in that three qualifying races were held for participants from [[NASCAR]], [[United States Auto Club|USAC]] [[Champ Car]], and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of [[Formula 1]] ,[[Sports Car Club of America|SCCA]], and [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]]). 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 VI''' used the [[Chevrolet]] [[Camaro]] in all races. [[Mario Andretti]] won the road racing finale en route to the championship, and took home $75,000 for his efforts.▼
{{Motorsport season
| series = International Race of Champions
| year = 1978–79
| previous = 1977–78
| next = 1979–80
| previouslink = IROC V
The final points standings were as follows: <ref>[http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info], Retrieved [[March 8]] [[2007]]</ref>▼
| nextlink = IROC VII
}}
[[File:Mario Andretti 1984.jpg|thumb|[[Mario Andretti]] won the IROC VI championship]]
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▲The final points standings were as follows: <ref>[http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311100526/http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I |date=2007-03-11 }}, Retrieved
{| class="wikitable"
!'''
!'''Driver'''
!'''Winnings'''
!'''Series'''
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| 1 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Mario Andretti]] || $75,000
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| 2 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Neil Bonnett]] || $28,500
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| 3 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Cale Yarborough]] || $28,500
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| 4 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Bobby Allison]] || $21,000 || [[NASCAR
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (
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| 6 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Gordon Johncock]] || $19,000
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| 7 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Tom Sneva]] || $18,000 || [[
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| 8 || {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] || $17,000
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| 9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Gregg (racing driver)|Peter Gregg]] || $16,000 || [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|Camel GT]]
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| 10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donnie Allison]] || $15,000 || [[NASCAR
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| 11 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Unser]] || $15,000 || [[
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| 12|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Foyt]] ||
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# [[Donnie Allison]]
# [[Neil Bonnett]]
# [[David Pearson (NASCAR driver)|David Pearson]]
# [[Benny Parsons]]
# [[Dave Marcis]]
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====USAC Champ Car Qualifying Race, Michigan International Speedway====
# [[A. J. Foyt]]
# [[Al Unser]]
# [[Gordon Johncock]]
Line 62 ⟶ 73:
# [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
# [[Mario Andretti]]
# [[Alan Jones (
# [[David Hobbs (racing driver)|David Hobbs]]
# [[Patrick Depailler]]
# [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]]
Line 74 ⟶ 85:
# [[Cale Yarborough]]
# [[Bobby Allison]]
# [[Alan Jones (
# [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
# [[Gordon Johncock]]
Line 82 ⟶ 93:
# [[Donnie Allison]]
# [[Al Unser]]
# [[A. J. Foyt]]
==== Oval Final, Atlanta Motor Speedway ====
Line 93 ⟶ 104:
# [[Gordon Johncock]]
# [[Peter Gregg (racing driver)|Peter Gregg]]
# [[Alan Jones (
# [[Emerson Fittipaldi]]
# [[Al Unser]]
# [[Donnie Allison]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061022061553/http://www.irocracing.com/History/1979/1979-history.htm IROC VI History - IROC Website]
{{IROC Championship}}
[[Category:International Race of Champions]]
[[Category:1978 in American motorsport]]
[[Category:1979 in American motorsport]]
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