A powerful lineup of drivers and vehicles have been confirmed for the primary IROC occasion in additional than 20 years. Scheduled for July 19-20 at Lime Rock Park, the IROC occasion joins the SpeedTour All-Star Race weekend. That includes each an on-track racing exhibition and static show, the occasion will reunite authentic IROC rivals with vehicles raced within the legendary sequence.
Mark Martin, a 96-time winner throughout NASCAR’s top-three sequence, 13-time IROC race winner and 5-time IROC sequence champion, will probably be one of many drivers piloting the historic IROC vehicles at Lime Rock Park.
“I’ve all the time stated that the crown jewel of my racing profession is what I used to be in a position to obtain in IROC,” stated Martin. “The occasion at Lime Rock Park goes to be an thrilling alternative to reminisce about these nice instances and to reunite with a number of the finest folks in motorsports.”
Becoming a member of Martin as different former IROC rivals driving within the occasion will probably be Greg Biffle, Geoff Brabham (two-time IROC race winner), Davy Jones, Bobby Labonte (three-time IROC race winner and 2001 IROC Sequence Champion), Max Papis, Ken Schrader and Danny Sullivan (one IROC win). Along with this spectacular record of former IROC drivers, the occasion will embrace four-time NASCAR Truck Sequence Champion Ron Hornaday, Grand-Am Sports activities Automotive Sequence and Trans Am Champion Boris Mentioned and 1995 NASCAR Truck Sequence Champion Mike Skinner.
An equally thrilling part of the occasion at Lime Rock Park will probably be roughly 20 genuine IROC race vehicles spanning over 30 years of racing historical past.
The oldest are a pair of 1974 Chevrolet Camaros—one pushed to Victory Lane at Riverside Worldwide Raceway by Bobby Allison in 1975, and utilized once more in 1976 by AJ Foyt to clinch his second IROC Championship; the opposite was raced by Foyt in 1975, as he completed second to Bobby Unser by simply two toes, in what was the second-closest IROC end in historical past.
The most recent automobile is a 2005 Pontiac Firebird raced by four-time Indianapolis 500 Champion Helio Castroneves. In November 2005, Castroneves drove the automobile to a fourth-place end at Atlanta Motor Speedway in his remaining IROC begin.
The occasion may also reunite a number of of the unique racers with their vehicles, as former IROC winners return. Followers will immediately acknowledge the lime inexperienced No. 14 Dodge Avenger, which gained 3 times with three drivers from three completely different disciplines: F1’s Martin Brundle, NASCAR’s Dale Earnhardt Sr., and INDYCAR’s Al Unser Jr. Nonetheless, it will likely be the automobile’s remaining driver who will get to reunite with it at Lime Rock Park—Mark Martin.
Followers may also acknowledge the crimson 1984 Chevrolet Camaro, which is believed to be probably the most period-correct 1984-era IROC Camaro in existence. Owned by Richard Childress, this automobile was raced by Dale Earnhardt twice within the Nineteen Eighties.
After all, there will probably be vehicles that had been pushed by not solely one of the best names in motorsport, but in addition these of Hollywood fame. The Faculty Bus Yellow No. 15 1978 Chevrolet Camaro was pushed to victory lane by each Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip, as the 2 NASCAR Corridor of Famers had been amongst 31 drivers who turned laps within the automobile. Nonetheless, that depend doesn’t embrace actors Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, James Brolin and Gene Hackman, who loved a non-public check day within the automobile at Sonoma Raceway in December 1977.
“We have now obtained such an overwhelmingly constructive response from followers since saying our occasion at Lime Rock Park and I consider this spectacular lineup of legendary drivers and historic IROC vehicles will simply maintain that momentum going,” stated Ray Evernham, Co-Principal of IROC Holdings. “It can really be a singular expertise for followers to stand up shut and private with vehicles which have been pushed by racing royalty. From Fittipaldi to Earnhardt, Foyt to Martin. These vehicles are really time capsules that characterize racing on a cosmopolitan scale. Pair that with with the ability to shake the palms of a number of the legends that drove them and you’ve got a once-in-a-lifetime expertise for race followers.”
“We’re thrilled to have IROC be part of us on the SpeedTour All-Star Race,” stated Tony Parella, CEO of Parella Motorsports Holdings. “As a racing fan, there was nothing higher than IROC—it introduced collectively all one of the best drivers from all types of motorsports. Personally, I’m actually excited to witness this all coming collectively—with so lots of the authentic vehicles and drivers—it’s going to be nice.”
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