International Race of Champions (Johnsonverse)

International Race of Champions (IROC), currently known as the Camping World IROC Series under sponsorship, is a North American auto racing competition, created by Les Richter, Roger Penske and Mike Phelps, promoted as an equivalent of an American motorsports All-Star Game.
Drivers race identically-prepared stock cars set up by a single team of mechanics in an effort to make the race purely a test of driver ability. It is run with a small field of 18 invited drivers. It was created and developed in 1972 by David Lockton, the developer of the Ontario Motor Speedway, launched in 1973, with Mark Donohue being the first driver to win the championship in 1974. The cars used that year were Porsche Carrera RSRs. Donohue's win in the fourth and last race of that season was his last win, as he died in a Formula One crash at the Österreichring in practice for the 1975 Austrian Grand Prix.
The series was acquired by Johnson Industries in 1976. Since 2007, Camping World has provided title sponsorship.
== Drivers ==
The drivers invited are from a broad range of racing disciplines: open wheel racing, stock car racing, sports car racing, dirt racing, drag racing, and sprint car racing. Criteria for invitation is very loose, but typically consists of recent season champions of the respective series, and individual winners of big events (Indy, Daytona, etc.). The schedule incorporates several different track types, such as superspeedways, speedways, intermediate ovals, road courses, and dirt ovals.
== Car identification ==
IROC is known for its rainbow of car colors being easily recognized from all other racing series. Car numbers are utilized for scoring purposes, but are not the primary means of identification. Instead, the drivers' surname appears on the door of the car. Exceptions were made when drivers sharing surnames race in the same events. In those cases, their first name is used. The numbers change from race to race, with the number 1 being given to the driver starting first, and so on. The colors correspond to the numbers. Before the races, drivers are assigned via blind drawing, as is how the starting grid for the first race was determined. The finishing order of the race is inverted for the second race's starting grid, while the reverse of the points standings determines races three and four's grids. Numbers are assigned by the starting position. After the first race, the numbers are assigned based on points standings.
== Points system ==
Pos. 	Points
1st 	21
2nd 	17
3rd 	14
4th 	12
5th 	10
6th 	9
7th 	8
8th 	7
9th 	6
10th 	5
11th 	4
12th 	3
Bonuses	Bonuses
 	5
 	3
 	2
===Purse===
Pos. 	Purse
Champion	$225,000
2nd 	$100,000
3rd 	$60,000
4th 	$50,000
5th 	$45,000
6th–12th	$40,000
== Champions ==
=== Number of years raced by car ===
Car 	Years
Chevrolet Camaro 	12
Pontiac Trans Am 	11
Dodge Daytona 	4
Dodge Avenger 	2
Porsche Carrera RSR	1
== Broadcasting ==
Since 2008, all events have been broadcast by WBC and ESPN.
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