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.

Davey Allison posthumously won the IROC XVII championship.

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

Rank Driver Points Winnings Series
1 United States Davey Allison 1 63 $175,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
2 United States Al Unser Jr. 60.5 $65,000 IndyCar
3 United States Bill Elliott 50 $55,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
4 United States Ricky Rudd 49 $50,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
Defending IROC Champion
5 United States Alan Kulwicki 2 47 $45,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
6 Australia Geoff Brabham 3 44 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT
7 United States Harry Gant 3 44 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
8 United States Jack Baldwin 37 $40,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series
9 United States Davy Jones 34 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT
10 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio II 4 27 $40,000 IMSA Camel GT
11 Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 24.5 $40,000 IndyCar
12 United States Al Unser 21 $40,000 IndyCar

Individual Race results

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Race One, Daytona International Speedway

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Friday, February 12th, 1993

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 7 10   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Red
40 0:33:00 6 23***
2 4 4   Davey Allison Dodge Daytona
Black
40 Running 1 17
3 6 6   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Purple
40 Running 11 17**
4 3 3   Davy Jones Dodge Daytona
Lime
40 Running 1 12
5 8 8   Ricky Rudd Dodge Daytona
Dark Orange
40 Running 21 15*
6 11 11   Arie Luyendyk Dodge Daytona
Light Purple
40 Running 9
7 12 12   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Blue
40 Running 8
8 7 7   Harry Gant Dodge Daytona
White
40 Running 7
9 2 2   Alan Kulwicki Dodge Daytona
Orange
40 Running 6
10 1 1   Juan Manuel Fangio II Dodge Daytona
Cream
40 Running 5
11 9 9   Jack Baldwin Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
40 Running 4
12 5 5   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
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

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Saturday, March 27th, 1993

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 9 2   Davey Allison Dodge Daytona
Light Purple
60 0:34:31 49 26*
2 12 13   Dale Earnhardt 5 Dodge Daytona
Gold
(Name on car: Unser Jr.)
60 Running 3.5 5
3 5 8   Harry Gant Dodge Daytona
Purple
60 Running 14
4 11 6   Rusty Wallace 6 Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
(Name on car: Luyendyk)
60 Running 3.5 6
5 7 5   Ricky Rudd Dodge Daytona
Light Blue
60 Running 10
6 3 10   Juan Manuel Fangio II Dodge Daytona
Mustard
60 Running 9
7 8 4   Davy Jones Dodge Daytona
White
60 Running 8
8 2 11   Jack Baldwin Dodge Daytona
Yellow
60 Running 7
9 1 12   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Dark Red
60 Running 2 8***
10 10 1   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Black
26 Mechanical 5
11 4 9   Alan Kulwicki Dodge Daytona
Orange
14 Mechanical 9 7**
12 6 7   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
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

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Saturday May 1st, 1993

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 7 6   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Blue
38 0:31:48 13 26*
2 4 9   Jack Baldwin Dodge Daytona
Rose
38 Running 1 17
3 5 8   Dale Earnhardt 7 Dodge Daytona
Black
(Name on car: Kulwicki)
38 Running 8 17**
4 10 3   Ricky Rudd Dodge Daytona
Red
38 Running 4 12
5 6 7   Juan Manuel Fangio II Dodge Daytona
Lime
38 Running 3 10
6 12 1   Davey Allison Dodge Daytona
Gold
38 Running 6 11***
7 9 4   Harry Gant Dodge Daytona
Cream
34 Running 8
8 2 11   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Light Pink
33 Mechanical 3 7
9 8 5   Davy Jones Dodge Daytona
White
12 Crash 6
10 1 12   Arie Luyendyk Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
12 Crash 5
11 3 10   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Yellow
6 Crash 4
12 11 2   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
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

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Saturday, July 31st, 1993

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 3 10   Geoff Brabham Dodge Daytona
Dark Red
50 0:37:44 9 24**
2 8 4   Bill Elliott Dodge Daytona
Lime
50 Running 1 17
3 10 2   Al Unser Jr. Dodge Daytona
Red
50 Running 14
4 6 6   Harry Gant Dodge Daytona
Purple
50 Running 12
5 7 5   Dale Earnhardt 7 Dodge Daytona
Cream
(Name on car: Kulwicki)
50 Running 39 15*
6 11 1   Terry Labonte 8 Dodge Daytona
Blue
(Name on car: Allison)
50 Running 9
7 9 3   Ricky Rudd Dodge Daytona
Gold
50 Running 8
8 2 11   Arie Luyendyk Dodge Daytona
Orange
50 Running 7
9 4 8   Davy Jones Dodge Daytona
Black
50 Running 6
10 5 7   Jack Baldwin Dodge Daytona
Rose
50 Running 4 7***
11 1 12   Al Unser Dodge Daytona
Powder Blue
50 Running 4
12 12 9   Juan Manuel Fangio II 4 Dodge Daytona Not assigned 0 Did Not Start,
Withdrew
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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

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007
  2. ^ "Alan Kulwicki's 1993 IROC official driving statistics". IROC. Archived from the original on 2004-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
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