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{{Short description|Motor car races held in 1978–1979}}
{{Motorsport season
| series = International Race of Champions
| year = 1978-791978–79
| previous = 1977-781977–78
| next = 1979-801979–80
 
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[[File:Mario Andretti 1984.jpg|thumb|[[Mario Andretti]] won the IROC VI championship]]
The'''IROC VI''' was the sixth year of [[IROC]] competition, which 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 One]], [[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'''It 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.
 
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 March 8, 2007</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!'''PositionRank'''
!'''Driver'''
!'''Winnings'''
!'''Series'''
|-
| 1 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Mario Andretti]] || $75,000 || [[Formula One]]<br>[[UnitedList Statesof AutoUSAC ClubChampionship Car seasons|USAC Champ Car]] <br>[[Champ Car|CART]]
 
|-
| 2 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Neil Bonnett]] || $28,500 || [[NASCAR]] [[Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup]]
|-
| 3 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Cale Yarborough]] || $28,500 || [[NASCAR]] [[Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup]]
|-
| 4 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Bobby Allison]] || $21,000 || [[NASCAR]] [[Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup]]
|-
| 5 || {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Alan Jones (racing driver)|Alan Jones]] || $20,000 || [[Formula One]]
|-
| 6 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Gordon Johncock]] || $19,000 || [[UnitedList Statesof AutoUSAC Championship Car Clubseasons|USAC Champ Car]] <br>[[Champ Car|CART]]
|-
| 7 || {{flagicon|United States}} [[Tom Sneva]] || $18,000 || [[UnitedList Statesof AutoUSAC Championship Car Clubseasons|USAC Champ Car]] <br>[[Champ Car|CART]]
|-
| 8 || {{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} [[Emerson Fittipaldi]] || $17,000 || [[Formula One]]
|-
| 9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Peter Gregg (racing driver)|Peter Gregg]] || $16,000 || [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] [[IMSA GT Championship|Camel GT]]
|-
| 10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Donnie Allison]] || $15,000 || [[NASCAR]] [[Cup Series|NASCAR Winston Cup]]
|-
| 11 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Al Unser]] || $15,000 || [[UnitedList Statesof AutoUSAC Championship Car Clubseasons|USAC Champ Car]] <br>[[Champ Car|CART]]
|-
| 12|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[A. J. Foyt]] || <small>{{tooltip|$0| A. J. Foyt did not show up for the oval finale at Atlanta, and thus forfeited his purse.}}</small> || [[UnitedList Statesof AutoUSAC Championship Car Clubseasons|USAC]] [[Champ Car]]
|}
 
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061022061553/http://www.irocracing.com/History/1979/1979-history.htm IROC VI History - IROC Website]
 
{{IROC Championship}}
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