2005 Pontiac Firebird IROC For Sale in Scotts Valley, CA, 2146377915 Tweet

Click here to view high resolution photos 2005 Pontiac Firebird IROC Race Car VIN/Chassis #: LRP5374 Driven by Mark Martin, Sam Hornish Jr., Hlio Castroneves, and Max Papis Eligible for special inaugural 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion IROC class with past racing champions Race-prepped by Ray Evernham, in restored condition, eligible for multiple historic racing events 2nd-place finishes in Atlanta 2005 and Daytona 2006 350 C.I.D GM V8 engine - 500HP, Jerico 4-speed manual transmission Winters Quick Change Differential, Brembo Carbon Vented Disc Brakes, power steering Thorough and original IROC documentation IROC series founded by Roger Penske, Les Richter, and Mike Phelps IROCs Resurgence Through a partnership of Ray Evernham and Rob Kauffman, the IROC trademark was revived to bring one of the most exciting series back to the forefront. With many of the former IROC race cars race-prepped by Ray Evernham Enterprises, these cars spanning from 1973 to 2006 are ready to be back on a track and used in the way they were designed to be. The 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion inaugural IROC racing class represents a rare opportunity to race alongside racing legends and those who raced the same cars in the original IROC series. These include Jeff Gordon, Danny Sullivan, Mark Martin, Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader, Bobby Labonte, Scott Pruett, Zak Brown, Bruce Canepa, and others. The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, will be hosting the IROC race cars as the Featured Racing Class on Friday August 15th, 2025 at the Quail Lodge, complete with a police escort from Laguna Seca through the mountains of Carmel Valley. With Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion signing on for 3 years of IROC racing classes just to start, the IROC racing series is seeing a resurgence unlike anything else, with a drivers opportunity to racing among other racing legends and celebrities. 2005 Pontiac Firebird IROC The International Race of Champions (IROC), an American racing series promoted as the equivalent of an all-star game, was a unique and prestigious motorsport competition that ran for several decades, from 1974 to 2006. The goal was to bring together the best drivers from various driving series to compete in identically-prepared cars at some of the worlds most legendary tracks. With names racing such as Can-Am and Trans-Am champion Mark Donohue, F1 champion James Hunt, NASCAR legend and champion Dale Earnhardt, Indycar champion A.J.Foyt, Trans-Am, Can-Am champion George Follmer, and more legendary drivers were invited to join the racing championship to prove who was the best of the best. The IROC series was founded in 1973 by Roger Penske, Les Richter, and Mike Phelps, wanting to create a championship that featured top drivers from a variety of racing categories and disciplines, such as Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, and sports car racing. The goal? To create a series to determine the champion of champions by placing competitors in identically-prepared cars to level the field across the board. No secret additions, no extra power, no trick tuning, just pure raw driving ability. Still remembered as a unique and prestigious series that brought together some of the greatest drivers in motorsport, IROC created the concept of identifying the champion of champions and cemented it as a memorable era of racing history. While the IROC concept seemed simple enough in theory, the implementation was slightly more difficult, especially when bringing together 12 top drivers and preparing 12 identical cars (with 3 additional spare cars) with equal performance in all aspects. Debuting in 1973 with Roger Penske, the series organizer, and the late Mark Donohue, the project supervisor and development driver, found their first cars with the help of their German counterparts. Porsche Carrera RSRs were t