IROC XVII

Davey Allison posthumously won the IROC XVII championship

The seventeenth year of IROC competition took place in 1993. IROC XVII 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 being killed 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]

Position	Driver	Points	Winnings	Series
1	Davey Allison1	63	$175,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
2	Al Unser, Jr.	60.5	$65,000	Indy Car
3	Bill Elliott	50	$55,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
4	Ricky Rudd	49	$50,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
5	Alan Kulwicki 2	47	$45,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
6	Geoff Brabham3	44	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
7	Harry Gant3	44	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
8	Jack Baldwin	37	$40,000	SCCA Trans-Am Series
9	Davy Jones	34	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
10	Juan Manuel Fangio II4	27	$40,000	IMSA Camel GT
11	Arie Luyendyk	24.5	$40,000	Indy Car
12	Al Unser	21	$40,000	Indy Car

Race results

Daytona International Speedway, Race One

1. Bill Elliott
2. Davey Allison
3. Al Unser, Jr.
4. Davy Jones
5. Ricky Rudd
6. Arie Luyendyk
7. Geoff Brabham
8. Harry Gant
9. Alan Kulwicki
10. Juan Manuel Fangio II
11. Jack Baldwin
12. Al Unser

Darlington Raceway, Race Two

1. Davey Allison
2. Dale Earnhardt⁵
3. Harry Gant
4. Rusty Wallace⁶
5. Ricky Rudd
6. Juan Manuel Fangio II
7. Davy Jones
8. Jack Baldwin
9. Al Unser
10. Bill Elliott
11. Alan Kulwicki
12. Geoff Brabham

Talladega Superspeedway, Race Three

1. Al Unser, Jr.
2. Jack Baldwin
3. Dale Earnhardt⁷
4. Ricky Rudd
5. Juan Manuel Fangio II
6. Davey Allison
7. Harry Gant
8. Geoff Brabham
9. Davy Jones
10. Arie Luyendyk
11. Al Unser
12. Bill Elliott

Michigan International Speedway, Race Four

1. Geoff Brabham
2. Bill Elliott
3. Al Unser, Jr.
4. Harry Gant
5. Dale Earnhardt⁷
6. Terry Labonte⁸
7. Ricky Rudd
8. Arie Luyendyk
9. Davy Jones
10. Jack Baldwin
11. Al Unser
12. Juan Manuel Fangio II⁴

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.

References

External links

• IROC XVII History - IROC Website