IROC XVII explained

IROC XVII was the seventeenth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1993. It was the fourth and final year the Dodge Daytona was used in competition, and continued the format introduced in IROC VIII. Race one took place on the Daytona International Speedway, race two took place at Darlington Raceway, race three was held at Talladega Superspeedway, and race four ran at Michigan International Speedway. Davey Allison won the series championship posthumously after dying in a helicopter accident at the Talladega Superspeedway. With only one race remaining, Terry Labonte drove the final race, and the points from that race, applied to Allison's previous total, were enough to secure the championship. The winnings of $175,000 were placed in a trust fund for Allison's children.

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

Rank	Driver	Points	Winnings	Series
1	Davey Allison ^1	63	$175,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
2		60.5	$65,000	IndyCar
3		50	$55,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
4		49	$50,000	NASCAR Winston Cup Defending IROC Champion
5	Alan Kulwicki ^2	47	$45,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
6	Geoff Brabham ^3	44	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
7	Harry Gant ^3	44	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
8		37	$40,000	SCCA Trans-Am Series
9		34	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
10	Juan Manuel Fangio II ^4	27	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
11		24.5	$40,000	IndyCar
12		21	$40,000	IndyCar

Individual Race results

Race One, Daytona International Speedway

Friday, February 12th, 1993

Finish	Grid	Car no.	Driver	Car Make	Car Color	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points
1	7	10				40	0:33:00	6	23***
2	4	4				40	Running	1	17
3	6	6				40	Running	11	17**
4	3	3			Lime	40	Running	1	12
5	8	8			Dark Orange	40	Running	21	15*
6	11	11			Light Purple	40	Running		9
7	12	12				40	Running		8
8	7	7			White	40	Running		7
9	2	2			Orange	40	Running		6
10	1	1			Cream	40	Running		5
11	9	9			Powder Blue	40	Running		4
12	5	5			Light Pink	31	Crash		3

one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 181.726 mph
Cautions: 1
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 10

Race Two, Darlington Raceway

Saturday, March 27th, 1993

Finish	Grid	Car no.	Driver	Car Make	Car Color	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points
1	9	2			Light Purple	60	0:34:31	49	26*
2	12	13	Dale Earnhardt ^5		Gold (Name on car: Unser Jr.)	60	Running		3.5 ^5
3	5	8				60	Running		14
4	11	6	Rusty Wallace ^6		Powder Blue (Name on car: Luyendyk)	60	Running		3.5 ^6
5	7	5			Light Blue	60	Running		10
6	3	10			Mustard	60	Running		9
7	8	4			White	60	Running		8
8	2	11			Yellow	60	Running		7
9	1	12				60	Running	2	8***
10	10	1				26	Mechanical		5
11	4	9			Orange	14	Mechanical	9	7**
12	6	7			Silver	9	Crash		3

one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 142.47 mph
Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: .63 sec
Lead changes: 2

Cautions

From Lap	To Lap	of laps	Reason
8	8	0	Jack Baldwin spin turn 1
10	10	0	Geoff Brabham accident turn 2
36	36	0	Competition

Lap Leaders

Leader	From lap	To lap	of laps
Al Unser	1	2	2
Alan Kulwicki	3	11	9
Davey Allison	12	60	49

Race Three, Talladega Superspeedway

Saturday May 1st, 1993

Finish	Grid	Car no.	Driver	Car Make	Car Color	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points
1	7	6				38	0:31:48	13	26*
2	4	9				38	Running	1	17
3	5	8	Dale Earnhardt ^7			38	Running	8	17**
4	10	3				38	Running	4	12
5	6	7			Lime	38	Running	3	10
6	12	1			Gold	38	Running	6	11***
7	9	4			Cream	34	Running		8
8	2	11			Light Pink	33	Mechanical	3	7
9	8	5			White	12	Crash		6
10	1	12			Powder Blue	12	Crash		5
11	3	10			Yellow	6	Crash		4
12	11	2			Mustard	5	Crash		3

one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 190.716 mph
Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .25 cl
Lead changes: 18

Race Four, Michigan International Speedway

Saturday, July 31st, 1993

Finish	Grid	Car no.	Driver	Car Make	Car Color	Laps	Status	Laps Led	Points
1	3	10				50	0:37:44	9	24**
2	8	4			Lime	50	Running	1	17
3	10	2				50	Running		14
4	6	6				50	Running		12
5	7	5	Dale Earnhardt ^7		Cream (Name on car: Kulwicki)	50	Running	39	15*
6	11	1	Terry Labonte ^8			50	Running		9
7	9	3			Gold	50	Running		8
8	2	11			Orange	50	Running		7
9	4	8				50	Running		6
10	5	7				50	Running	4	7***
11	1	12			Powder Blue	50	Running		4
12	12	9	Juan Manuel Fangio II ^4		Not assigned	0	Did Not Start, Withdrew		3

one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps.
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps.

Average speed: 159.017 mph
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: 0.41 sec
Lead changes: 7

Notes

1. Davey Allison was awarded the championship posthumously. Terry Labonte drove the final race in Allison's place, and Labonte's points were added to Allison's point total.
2. Alan Kulwicki was killed in a plane crash on April 1, 1993. Dale Earnhardt drove in his place, and all the points Earnhardt earned were applied to Kulwicki's point total. The prize money for finishing fifth in points was donated to the Winston Cup Racing Wives Auxiliary, Brenner Children's Hospital and St. Thomas Aquinas Church charities.^[2]
3. Geoff Brabham and Harry Gant tied for sixth place in the final points standings, but Brabham was awarded the position due to a better finishing position in the final race.
4. Juan Manuel Fangio II withdrew from the series before the final race.
5. Dale Earnhardt started in place of an injured Al Unser Jr., Earnhardt was awarded no points for the race, and Unser Jr. shared 11th and 12th place points with Arie Luyendyk, who also did not start due to injury.
6. Rusty Wallace started in place of an injured Arie Luyendyk. Wallace did not receive points for the start, and Luyendyk shared 11th and 12th place points with Al Unser Jr., who also did not start due to injury.
7. Dale Earnhardt took the place of the late Alan Kulwicki beginning with race three, and all points earned were added to Kulwicki's total.
8. Terry Labonte drove in place of the late Davey Allison for the final race, with all points earned added to Allison's total.

External links

• IROC XVII History - IROC Website

Notes and References

1. http://racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1993&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info
2. Web site: Alan Kulwicki's 1993 IROC official driving statistics . https://web.archive.org/web/20040409163506/http://irocracing.com/History/1993/1993-history.htm . 2004-04-09 . 2008-04-10 . IROC.