IROC XXI

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{{Motorsport season

| series = International Race of Champions

| year = 1997

| previous = 1996

| next = 1998

| previouslink = IROC XX

| nextlink = IROC XXII

}}

File:Mark martin Pocono June 98.jpeg (seen in 1998), the IROC XXI champion]]

IROC XXI was the twenty-first season of the International Race of Champions, which started on February 17, 1997. The series used identically prepared Pontiac Firebird Trans Am race cars, and contested races at Daytona International Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, California Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Mark Martin won $225,000 and the IROC championship, his second straight win and third in four seasons.

The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:[http://racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1997&series=I IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404115044/http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear?yr=1997&series=I |date=2009-04-04 }}, Retrieved March 9, 2007

class="wikitable" !Position !Driver !Points !Winnings !Series
1	{{flagicon|United States}} Mark Martin	72	$225,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
2	{{flagicon|United States}} Robby Gordon	63	$100,000	CART, SCORE
3	{{flagicon|United States}} Randy LaJoie	58	$60,000	NASCAR Busch Series
4	{{flagicon|United States}} Al Unser Jr.	57	$50,000	CART
5	{{flagicon|United States}} Terry Labonte	43	$45,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
6	{{flagicon|United States}} Jeff Gordon	39	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
7	{{flagicon|United States}} Dale Earnhardt	35	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
8	{{flagicon|United States}} Dale Jarrett	34	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
9	{{flagicon|United States}} Tommy Kendall	34	$40,000	SCCA Trans-Am Series
10	{{flagicon|United States}} Jimmy Vasser	30	$40,000	CART
11	{{flagicon|United States}} Darrell Waltrip	18	$40,000	NASCAR Winston Cup
12	{{flagicon|Italy}} Alex Zanardi	17	$40,000	CART