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  1.   nascarman posted:
  07.08.2006 - 3:33 am
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Al Unser Jr's last iroc win.


  2.   Douche Bagolow posted:
  10.26.2007 - 3:55 pm
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Colors:


Zanardi: Aqua
Earnhardt: Gold
J. Gordon: Red
Kendall: Violet
R. Gordon: Silver
Waltrip: Yellow
Martin: Light Blue
Labonte: Medium Blue
Jarrett: Orange
Lajoie: White
Vasser: Dark Blue
Unser Jr.: Green


  3.   BurtonRuddFan posted:
  12.07.2007 - 10:23 pm
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OH,UNSER JR., what a troublemaker he became and how he runied his life.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.12.2008 - 1:19 pm
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Darrell Waltrip was no longer in the prime of his career but was
inveited to run the IROC season in 1997 for two reasons.
It was mainly as an injury replacement. Davy Jones, who had finished 2nd
in the previous year's Indy 500, was orignally to have that spot in IROC
but was severely injured in a crash at Walt Disney World Speedway in
January 1997.
Second, 1997 was Darrell's big 25th anniversity of racing celebration.

Darrell would finish 11th, next to last, in all four IROC events in the
1997 season


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  03.14.2009 - 11:01 am
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Number Name Color

1 Zanardi: Aqua
2 Earnhardt: Gold
3 J. Gordon: Red
4 Kendall: Violet
5 R. Gordon: Silver
6 Waltrip: Yellow
7 Martin: Light Blue
8 Labonte: Blue
9 Jarrett: Orange
10 Lajoie: White
11 Vasser: Dark Blue
12 Unser Jr.: Green


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  05.12.2009 - 9:06 pm
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IROC debuts for Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Randy LaJoie


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.15.2009 - 10:57 pm
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Unser pulls the rare "worst-to-first" to get his win

Also this was Zanardi's best IROC finish in 10th, this was the only IROC
race he would finish.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.12.2011 - 11:21 pm
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Numbers:
Alex Zanardi- #1
Dale Earnhardt- #2
Jeff Gordon- #3
Tommy Kendall- #4
Robby Gordon- #5
Darrell Waltrip- #6
Mark Martin- #7
Terry Labonte- #8
Dale Jarrett- #9
Randy LaJoie- #10
Jimmy Vasser- #11
Al Unser, Jr.- #12


  9.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.07.2014 - 11:22 pm
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Al Unser Jr finally scores his first and only IROC victory at Daytona
only to not initially realize he won. After taking the checkered flag he
did another lap around the track at full speed because he was watching
his competitors so close, including NASCAR runners-up Mark Martin and
Dale Earnhardt, that he missed seeing the checkered flag and did another
lap just to make sure the race was really over.

Little Al was thrilled he finally tallied a win at Daytona, he had tried
and failed for 12 years in several series before he finally found the
key to victory lane.

Mark Martin and Al Unser Jr said they'd draft together before this race
started. Martin pointed out after the finish that during the race they
never saw each other but still somehow finished 1-2.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  03.14.2018 - 2:12 pm
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Alex Zanardi popped the outside wall off turn 4 in this one but despite
doing that in the pack managed not to cause a bigger incident and just
kept going. His 10th place run was the only time all year the CART racer
didn't finish last.


  11.   Kellen posted:
  01.27.2019 - 8:14 pm
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The last time Alex Zanardi raced at Daytona prior to this month with The
Roar and Rolex 24.


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