IROC XVIII

Mark Martin (seen in 1998), the IROC XVIII champion

IROC XVIII was the eighteenth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1994. It was the first year the Dodge Avenger was used in competition, replacing the Dodge Daytona, and continued the format introduced in IROC XVIII. Race one took place on the Daytona International Speedway, race two took place at Darlington Raceway, race three ran at Talladega Superspeedway, and the year finished at Michigan International Speedway. Mark Martin won the series championship, and $200,000.

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

Position Driver Points Winnings Series
1 United States Mark Martin 66 $200,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
2 United States Al Unser Jr. 1 56 $100,000 IndyCar
3 United States Rusty Wallace 1 56 $60,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
4 United States Dale Earnhardt 1 56 $50,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
5 United States Jack Baldwin 45 $48,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series
6 United States Steve Kinser 43 $40,000 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
7 United States Kyle Petty 35 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
8 United States Dale Jarrett 34 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
9 United States Tommy Kendall 33 $40,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series
10 United States Danny Sullivan 27 $40,000 NASCAR Winston Cup
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11 Australia Geoff Brabham 26 $40,000 IMSA World Sports Car
12 United States Scott Sharp 22 $40,000 SCCA Trans-Am Series

Race results

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Race One, Daytona International Speedway

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Friday, February 18, 1994

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 1 1 United States Dale Earnhardt Dodge Avenger
Green
40 0:33:13 7 21
2 8 8 United States Al Unser Jr. Dodge Avenger
Red
40 Running 9 20**
3 9 9 United States Dale Jarrett Dodge Avenger
Black
40 Running 2 14
4 7 7 United States Mark Martin Dodge Avenger
Purple
40 Running 8 14***
5 12 12 United States Kyle Petty Dodge Avenger
Teal
40 Running 10
6 6 6 United States Rusty Wallace Dodge Avenger
Orange
40 Running 14 14*
7 11 11 United States Steve Kinser Dodge Avenger
Pink
40 Running 8
8 10 10 Australia Geoff Brabham Dodge Avenger
Silver
40 Running 7
9 5 5 United States Danny Sullivan Dodge Avenger
White
40 Running 6
10 2 2 United States Jack Baldwin Dodge Avenger
Yellow
39 Running 5
11 3 3 United States Scott Sharp Dodge Avenger
Mustard
23 Crash 4
12 4 4 United States Tom Kendall Dodge Avenger
Cream
12 Mechanical 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: 180.632 mph
Cautions: 1 (lap 23, Scott Sharp Crash)
Margin of victory: .5 cl
Lead changes: 13

Race Two, Darlington Raceway

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Saturday, March 26, 1994

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 9 4 United States Mark Martin Dodge Avenger
Cream
46 0:26:10 38 26*
2 7 5 United States Rusty Wallace Dodge Avenger
Pink
46 Running 17
3 3 10 United States Jack Baldwin Dodge Avenger
Black
46 Running 8 17**
4 12 1 United States Dale Earnhardt Dodge Avenger
Orange
46 Running 12
5 8 6 United States Kyle Petty Dodge Avenger
Purple
46 Running 10
6 2 11 United States Scott Sharp Dodge Avenger
Aqua
46 Running 9
7 1 12 United States Tom Kendall Dodge Avenger
Silver
41 Running 8
8 5 8 Australia Geoff Brabham Dodge Avenger
Teal
37 Mechanical 7
9 4 9 United States Danny Sullivan Dodge Avenger
Red
15 Mechanical 6
10 11 2 United States Al Unser Jr. Dodge Avenger
Yellow
12 Mechanical 5
11 6 7 United States Steve Kinser Dodge Avenger
Gold
9 Crash 4
12 10 3 United States Dale Jarrett Dodge Avenger
White
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 (did not occur in this race so not awarded).

Average speed: 144.083 mph
Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: .25 sec
Lead changes: 2

Notes:

This race was originally scheduled for 60 laps with a break in-between but was shortened to 46 laps due to an extra long break. During the first half of the race the teams were having overheating problems due to rubber build up on the grills on the cars. It got so bad that Dave Marcis and other IROC officials were using wire brushes to clean the grills on the cars. They also had to check the water in the radiator of the cars due to the overheating problems. Due to the long break IROC shortened the race to 46 laps. The track had second round qualifying for the NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the NASCAR Busch Grand National race later in the day to get in, forcing IROC to shorten the race.

Race Three, Talladega Superspeedway

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Saturday, April 30, 1994

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 2 11 United States Steve Kinser Dodge Avenger
Red
38 0:32:33 25 26*
2 8 5 United States Jack Baldwin Dodge Avenger
Orange
38 Running 17
3 6 7 United States Dale Jarrett Dodge Avenger
Yellow
38 Running 14
4 1 12 United States Tom Kendall Dodge Avenger
Aqua
38 Running 12
5 9 4 United States Al Unser Jr. Dodge Avenger
Purple
38 Running 1 10
6 3 10 United States Danny Sullivan Dodge Avenger
Cream
38 Running 1 9
7 7 6 United States Kyle Petty Dodge Avenger
Silver
38 Running 8
8 11 2 United States Dale Earnhardt Dodge Avenger
Black
38 Running 4 9***
9 10 3 United States Rusty Wallace Dodge Avenger
Dark Orange
38 Running 6
10 4 9 United States Scott Sharp Dodge Avenger
Lime
38 Running 5
11 5 8 Australia Geoff Brabham Dodge Avenger
Teal
38 Running 4
12 12 1 United States Mark Martin Dodge Avenger
Mustard
37 Running 7 6**

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: 186.323 mph
Cautions: 1
Margin of victory: .37 sec
Lead changes: 6

Race Four, Michigan International Speedway

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Saturday, July 30, 1994

Finish Grid Car
no.
Driver Car Make Car Color Laps Status Laps
Led
Points
1 7 6 United States Al Unser Jr. Dodge Avenger
Lime
50 0:39:54 4 21
2 12 1 United States Mark Martin Dodge Avenger
Aqua
50 Running 10 20**
3 8 5 United States Rusty Wallace Dodge Avenger
Yellow
50 Running 27 19*
4 11 2 United States Dale Earnhardt Dodge Avenger
Pink
50 Running 8 14***
5 3 9 United States Tom Kendall Dodge Avenger
Red
50 Running 10
6 10 3 United States Jack Baldwin Dodge Avenger
Powder Blue
50 Running 9
7 1 12 Australia Geoff Brabham Dodge Avenger
Silver
50 Running 1 8
8 5 8 United States Kyle Petty Dodge Avenger
Blue
50 Running 7
9 3 10 United States Danny Sullivan Dodge Avenger
Dark Orange
50 Running 6
10 9 4 United States Steve Kinser Dodge Avenger
Purple
50 Running 5
11 2 11 United States Scott Sharp Dodge Avenger
Orange
19 Crash 4
12 6 7 United States Dale Jarrett Dodge Avenger
Black
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.

Average speed: 150.387 mph
Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: .35 sec
Lead changes: 7

Cautions

From Lap To Lap Reason
11 11 Dale Jarrett accident, turn 4
21 21 Danny Sullivan & Scott Sharp accident, turn 2
22 22 Jack Baldwin spin, turn 4

Lap Leader Breakdown

Driver From Lap To Lap Number of Laps
Geoff Brabham 1 1 1
Rusty Wallace 2 26 25
Dale Earnhardt 27 27 1
Mark Martin 28 32 5
Dale Earnhardt 33 39 7
Rusty Wallace 40 41 2
Mark Martin 42 46 5
Al Unser Jr 47 50 4

Notes

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  1. Al Unser Jr., Rusty Wallace, and Dale Earnhardt tied for second place in points. They were ordered based on their finishing position in the final race.

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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