IROC VI

{{Short description|Motor car races held in 1978–1979}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Motorsport season

| series = International Race of Champions

| year = 1978–79

| previous = 1977–78

| next = 1979–80

| previouslink = IROC V

| nextlink = IROC VII

}}

File:Mario Andretti 1984.jpg won the IROC VI championship]]

IROC VI was the sixth year of IROC competition, which took place in 1978 and 1979. The format changed from IROC V in that three qualifying races were held for participants from NASCAR, USAC Champ Car, and Road Racing (which primarily consisted of Formula One, SCCA, and IMSA). The top four finishers in these qualifying races then earned the chance to race in the two final races at Riverside International Raceway and Atlanta Motor Speedway. It used the Chevrolet Camaro in all races. Mario Andretti won the road racing finale en route to the championship and $75,000.

The final points standings were as follows:[http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311100526/http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1979&series=I |date=2007-03-11 }}, Retrieved March 8, 2007

class="wikitable" !Rank !Driver !Winnings !Series
1	{{flagicon|United States}} Mario Andretti	$75,000	Formula One USAC Champ Car CART
2	{{flagicon|United States}} Neil Bonnett	$28,500	NASCAR Winston Cup
3	{{flagicon|United States}} Cale Yarborough	$28,500	NASCAR Winston Cup
4	{{flagicon|United States}} Bobby Allison	$21,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
5	{{flagicon|Australia}} Alan Jones	$20,000	Formula One
6	{{flagicon|United States}} Gordon Johncock	$19,000	USAC Champ Car CART
7	{{flagicon|United States}} Tom Sneva	$18,000	USAC Champ Car CART
8	{{flagicon|Brazil|1968}} Emerson Fittipaldi	$17,000	Formula One
9	{{flagicon|USA}} Peter Gregg	$16,000	IMSA Camel GT
10	{{flagicon|USA}} Donnie Allison	$15,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
11	{{flagicon|USA}} Al Unser	$15,000	USAC Champ Car CART
12	{{flagicon|USA}} A. J. Foyt	{{tooltip|$0| A. J. Foyt did not show up for the oval finale at Atlanta, and thus forfeited his purse.}}	USAC Champ Car