IROC XX

IROC XX was the twentieth season of IROC competition, which started on February 16, 1996. It was the first year that the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am was used in competition, and contested races at Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Mark Martin won the first night race in the history of the series in race three at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and won again in the season finale at Michigan International Speedway to win $225,000 in a come-from-behind IROC championship, his second in three seasons.

The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:^[1]

Position	Driver	Points	Winnings	Series
1	Mark Martin	61	$225,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
2	Robby Gordon	54	$100,000	Indy Car
3	Johnny Benson	50	$60,000	NASCAR Busch Series
4	Terry Labonte	48	$50,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
5	Al Unser Jr.	48	$45,000	Indy Car
6	Sterling Marlin	40	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
7	Scott Pruett	40	$40,000	Indy Car
8	Dale Earnhardt	39	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
9	Tommy Kendall	36	$40,000	SCCA Trans-Am Series
10	Jeff Gordon	30	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
11	Rusty Wallace	26	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
12	Steve Kinser	25	$40,000	World of Outlaws

Race results

Daytona International Speedway, Race One

Talladega Superspeedway, Race Two

Charlotte Motor Speedway, Race Three

Michigan International Speedway, Race Four

Notes

Dale Jarrett drove for Steve Kinser
Ricky Rudd drove for Dale Earnhardt, who was injured in a Cup race at Talladega the week before.
Geoff Bodine drove for Tommy Kendall

References

^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007

External links

IROC XIX History - IROC Website

[1] IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007

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