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Royal Crown Is The Official Sponsor Of IROC For The 2004 Season

The International Race of Champions signed of a multi-year agreement with Crown Royal to be the official title sponsor of the IROC Series for 2004 and beyond.

 

2004 Royal Crown IROC Race Schedule
Race Results Date Track
Race #1 Results 13-Feb-04 Daytona Int'l Speedway
Race #2 Results 2-Apr-04 Texas Motor Speedway
Race #3

Results

 9-Sep-04 Richmond Int'l Speedway
Race #4 Results 30-Oct-04 Atlanta Motor Speedway

 

With the new Crown Royal sponsorship comes a significant increase in the Series' prize money. The purse for the 2004 season will be $1.9 million including $1 million to the Series champion.  In the 2003 season the champion received $250,000.

 

New for 2004.  At each of the four races, the color scheme and car number representing the driver's native series team will be assigned pre-season and will remain with the driver throughout the four events for better enhance tracking and recognizing the individual competitors.

 

 

2004 Royal Crown IROC Series

FINAL Standings after race #4, Atlanta Motor Speedway

Pos. Driver Series Daytona Texas Richmond Atlanta Total  
1 Matt Kenseth NEXTEL 14 3 29 26 72  
2 Ryan Newman NEXTEL 21 12 17 17 67 -5
3 Kevin Harvick NEXTEL 14 19 10 12 55 -17
4 Kurt Busch NEXTEL 20 4 15 15 54 -18
5 Jimmy Johnson NEXTEL 17 15 14 9 54 -18
6 Danny Lasoski WoO 3 29 5 14 51 -21
7 Scott Sharp INDY 6 9 12 5 32 -40
8 Travis Kvapil CTS 7 10 4 10 31 -41
9 H. Castroneves IRL 9 8 7 4 28 -44
10 Steve Kinser WoO 10 7 3 7 27 -45
11 Scott Dixon INDY 7 6 6 7 26 -46
12 J.J. Yeley USAC 4 5 8 3 20 -52

 

Bonus Points: The first segment of the race will award first, second and third place drivers bonus points of 3-2-1 respectively. In addition, at the end of the race, five bonus points will be awarded to the driver who leads the most laps, three bonus points are awarded to the driver who leads the second greatest number of laps, and two bonus points are awarded to the driver who leads the third greatest number of laps.

 

*Tiebreaker Rule: In the event that two or more drivers are tied for bonus points, the bonus points will be awarded according to the finishing positions of the race. In the event that two or more drivers are tied at the finish line, the points for finishing positions will be added together and divided among the tying drivers.

 

Prize Money: The total Crown Royal IROC purse of $1.9 million will be paid upon conclusion of the series based on point standings.  The series Champion will earn $1 million dollars.

 

 

Newman wins IROC race #1 - Ryan Newman beat fellow Nextel Cup Series and defending IROC champion driver Kurt Busch by 0.035 seconds on Friday night at Daytona International Speedway.  This was Newman’s first IROC win.  “Just a great race I'm not just saying that because I won it, but the best I've ever seen.  The cars are very, very competitive.  I think with nine laps to go I was still either last or second to last.” Newman said.  More

 

Race #1 - Official Race Results

2004 Crown Royal IROC Series

February 13, 2004, Daytona Int'l Speedway

Pos St. No. Driver Series Laps Times Led Laps Led Bonus Points Status
1 1 12 Ryan Newman NEXTEL 40 3 5 0 21 Running
2 8 97 Kurt Busch NEXTEL 40 2 6 3 20 Running
3 5 17 Matt Kenseth NEXTEL 40 2 4 0 14 Running
4 2 48 Jimmy Johnson NEXTEL 40 3 12 5 17 Running
5 4 11 Steve Kinser WoO 40 1 3 0 10 Running
6 12 3 H. Castroneves IRL 40 0 0 0 9 Running
7 9 29 Kevin Harvick NEXTEL 40 2 10 6 14 Running
8 10 1 Scott Dixon INDY 40 0 0 0 7 Running
9 6 8 Scott Sharp INDY 40 0 0 0 6 Running
10 7 24 Travis Kvapil CTS 40 0 0 2 7 Running
11 11 80 J.J. Yeley USAC 40 0 0 0 4 Running
12 3 20 Danny Lasoski WoO 40 0 0 0 3 Running

 

 

Lasoski wins the IROC race at Texas - World of Outlaws sprint-car driver Danny Lasoski, aka, “The Dude” dominated the International Race of Champions (IROC) event at Texas Motor Speedway on Friday night.  More

 

Race #2 - Official Race Results

2004 Crown Royal IROC Series