IROC XV was the fifteenth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1991. It was the second 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 Talladega Superspeedway, race three ran at Michigan International Speedway, and the year finished at Watkins Glen International. Rusty Wallace won the series championship and $175,000.

Rusty Wallace (seen in 2006), the IROC XV champion

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

Rank Driver Points Winnings Series
1 United States Rusty Wallace 86 $175,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
2 United States Bill Elliott 64 $65,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
3 United States Mark Martin 56 $55,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
4 United States Scott Pruett 51 $50,000 IndyCar
5 United States Al Unser Jr. 47 $45,000 IndyCar
6 United States Al Unser 37 $40,000 IndyCar
7 Australia Geoff Brabham 30 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT
8 United States Geoff Bodine 29 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
9 United States Dale Earnhardt 27 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
Defending IROC Champion
10 France Bob Wollek 25 $40,000 WSPC
11 United States Tom Kendall1 24 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT
12 United States Dorsey Schroeder 16 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT

Race results

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Race One, Daytona International Speedway

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Friday, February 15, 1991

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 5 5   Scott Pruett Dodge Daytona
Black
40 0:32:31 14 26*
2 7 7   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Red
40 Running 4 17
3 11 11   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Light Blue
40 Running 14
4 6 6   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Gold
40 Running 5 14***
5 3 3   Tommy Kendall Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
40 Running 10
6 9 9   Geoff Bodine Dodge Daytona
Yellow
40 Running 9
7 10 10   Mark Martin Dodge Daytona
Rose
40 Running 4 8
8 1 1   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Dark Blue
40 Running 7
9 8 8   Dorsey Schroeder Dodge Daytona
Pink
40 Running 6
10 12 12   Rusty Wallace Dodge Daytona
Lime
40 Running 9 **8
11 4 4   Bob Wollek Dodge Daytona
Tan
37 Crash 4
12 2 2   Dale Earnhardt Dodge Daytona
Orange
13 Crash 4 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: 184.521 mph
Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Lead changes: 14

Race Two, Talladega Superspeedway

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Saturday, May 4, 1991

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 3 10   Rusty Wallace Dodge Daytona
Orange
38 0:32:16 25 26*
2 11 2   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Yellow
38 Running 4 20**
3 6 7   Mark Martin Dodge Daytona
Black
38 Running 4 17**
4 12 1   Scott Pruett Dodge Daytona
Blue
38 Running 1 12
5 5 8   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Red
38 Running 10
6 10 3   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Tan
38 Running 9
7 8 5   Tom Kendall Dodge Daytona
Dark Blue
38 Running 2 8
8 2 11   Bob Wollek Dodge Daytona
Rust
37 Running 7
9 1 12   Dale Earnhardt Dodge Daytona
Lime
36 Running 2 6
10 9 4   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Pink
5 Crash 5
11 4 9   Dorsey Schroeder Dodge Daytona
Rose
4 Crash 5
12 7 6   Geoff Bodine Dodge Daytona
Gold
3 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 (since there was a tie for 2nd both drivers received 2nd most laps led bonus points).

Average speed: 187.958 mph
Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: 1 cl
Lead changes: 9

Cautions

From Lap To Lap Reason
4 4 Bill Elliott & Geoff Bodine crash on the backstretch
6 6 Al Unser Jr, Dorsey Schroeder & Dale Earnhardt crash on the backstretch

Lap Leader Breakdown

Driver From Lap To Lap Number of Laps
Rusty Wallace 1 2 2
Dale Earnhardt 3 4 2
Rusty Wallace 5 5 1
Scott Pruett 6 6 1
Mark Martin 7 10 4
Bill Elliott 11 14 4
Rusty Wallace 15 18 4
Tom Kendall 19 20 2
Rusty Wallace 21 38 18

Race Three, Michigan International Speedway

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Saturday, August 3, 1991

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 9 3   Rusty Wallace Dodge Daytona
White
50 0:37:48 37 26*
2 10 2   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Lime
50 Running 2 17
3 6 6   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Orange
50 Running 2 14
4 8 4   Mark Martin Dodge Daytona
Dark Red
50 Running 4 15**
5 4 9   Geoff Bodine Dodge Daytona
Black
50 Running 4 13**
6 11 1   Scott Pruett Dodge Daytona
Purple
50 Running 9
7 7 5   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Red
50 Running 8
8 3 10   Bob Wollek Dodge Daytona
Yellow
50 Running 7
9 1 12   Dale Earnhardt Dodge Daytona
Gold
50 Running 1 6
10 5 8   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Light Blue
50 Running 5
11 2 11   Dorsey Schroeder Dodge Daytona
Silver
50 Running 4
12 12 7   Tommy Kendall 1 Dodge Daytona
Blue
0 Did Not Start,
Injured
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 (since there was a tie for 2nd both drivers received 2nd most laps led bonus points).

Average speed: 158.744 mph
Cautions: none
Margin of victory: .2 sec
Lead changes: 6

Race Four, Watkins Glen International

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Saturday, August 10, 1991

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 1 1   Rusty Wallace Dodge Daytona
Pink
30 0:39:12 30 26*
2 4 4   Mark Martin Dodge Daytona
Dark Red
30 Running 17
3 11 9   Al Unser Jr. 2 Dodge Daytona Primary: Yellow
Backup: Powder Blue
30 Running 14
4 9 11   Dale Earnhardt Dodge Daytona
Blue
30 Running 12
5 2 2   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Black
30 Running 10
6 10 12   Dorsey Schroeder Dodge Daytona
Red
30 Running 9
7 7 8   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Cream
30 Running 8
8 8 10   Bob Wollek Dodge Daytona
Dark Blue
30 Running 7
9 5 6   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Gold
30 Running 6
10 6 7   Geoff Bodine Dodge Daytona
Light Blue
30 Running 5
11 3 3   Scott Pruett Dodge Daytona
Lime
20 Mechanical 4
12 12 9   Tommy Kendall 1 Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
0 Did Not Start,
Injured
3

one *: Bonus points for leading the most laps.
two **: Bonus points for leading the 2nd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded).
three ***: Bonus points for leading the 3rd most laps (did not occur in this race so not awarded).

Average speed: 111.49 mph
Cautions: 1 (Lap 1 for Al Unser Jr Crash)
Margin of victory: .15 sec
Lead changes: 0

Notes

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  1. Tom Kendall did not start the last two races due to injury, and was awarded last place points.
  2. Al Unser Jr. started in a backup car from 11th position after a first lap accident.
  3. This was also the last time a road course was used in IROC competition until the final edition in 2006.

References

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  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007
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