Neil Bonnett was the star of the "reborn" IROC series, winning the opening and closing events at Michigan, but Cale Yarborough combined a victory on the Cleveland road course with two second-place finishes to take the IROC 8 title. In Race 1, Bonnett stormed from the ninth starting position and took the lead for good with four laps to go, holding off Benny Parsons and Gordon Johncock in a last-lap sprint after Danny Ongais tagged Yarborough, sending Cale into the wall. At Cleveland, Tom Sneva led the first 24 laps until a cut tire forced him to pit, giving Yarborough the win. Darrell Waltrip won Race 3 at Talladega, probably the best event of the series, in a wild last-lap dash over Yarborough and Dale Earnhardt. Bonnett, who had finished sixth at Cleveland, saw his championship hopes fade on the first lap in a crash with Derek Bell. Both continued, but Bonnett could place only 11th in his damaged car. Waltrip went into the finale as the IROC leader but quickly faded and finished sixth, as Bonnett used a last-lap "slingshot" to pass Yarborough for the win. (from IROC Website)

Final Points
IROC 8 Champion Cale Yarbrough
Position	Driver/Residence/Sanction	Points	Money Earned
1	Cale Yarborough/Sardis, SC/NASCAR	58	$150,000
2	Neil Bonnett/Hueytown, AL/NASCAR	55	75,000
3	Darrell Waltrip/Franklin, TN/NASCAR	52	35,000
4	Benny Parsons/Ellerbe, NC/NASCAR	47	30,000
5	Gordon Johncock/Coldwater, MI/CART	45	25,000
6	Derek Bell/England/FIA	35	24,000
7	Danny Ongais/Santa Ana, CA/CART	33	23,000
8	Johnny Rutherford/Ft. Worth, TX/CART	33	22,000
9	Dale Earnhardt/Kannapolis, NC/NASCAR	31	21,000
10	Tom Sneva/Paradise Vally, AZ/CART	29	20,000
11	Emerson Fittipaldi/Brazil/FIA	28	20,000
12	Jacky Ickx/Belgium/FIA	17	20,000