XXV was the 25th season of the True Value International Race of Champions, which began on Friday, February 16, 2001 at Daytona International Speedway. The initial roster included 12 drivers from four separate Racing Leagues. After the first race, the series continued with only eleven drivers as a result of the death of Dale Earnhardt in the Daytona 500. Bobby Labonte won the championship.

Bobby Labonte (seen in 1998), the IROC XXV champion

The roster of drivers and final points standings were as follows:[1][2]

Position Driver Points Series
1 United States Bobby Labonte 68 NASCAR Winston Cup
2 United States Tony Stewart 58 NASCAR Winston Cup
3 Sweden Kenny Bräck 57 CART
4 United States Eddie Cheever 47 Indy Racing League
5 United States Dale Jarrett 47 NASCAR Winston Cup
6 United States Ricky Rudd 45 NASCAR Winston Cup
7 Canada Scott Goodyear 42 Indy Racing League
8 United States Jeff Burton 32 NASCAR Winston Cup
9 United States Buddy Lazier 31 Indy Racing League
10 United States Jeff Green 28 NASCAR Busch Series
11 United States Mark Dismore 25 Indy Racing League
12 United States Dale Earnhardt 13* NASCAR Winston Cup

* – Only raced in first race of season; this figure is unofficial.

Race One (Daytona International Speedway) edit

  1. Dale Jarrett
  2. Ricky Rudd
  3. Eddie Cheever
  4. Kenny Bräck
  5. Bobby Labonte
  6. Scott Goodyear
  7. Dale Earnhardt
  8. Mark Dismore
  9. Tony Stewart
  10. Jeff Burton
  11. Buddy Lazier
  12. Jeff Green

Race Two (Talladega Superspeedway) edit

  1. Bobby Labonte
  2. Kenny Bräck
  3. Buddy Lazier
  4. Ricky Rudd
  5. Eddie Cheever
  6. Jeff Burton
  7. Mark Dismore
  8. Jeff Green
  9. Scott Goodyear
  10. Tony Stewart
  11. Dale Jarrett

Race Three (Michigan International Speedway) edit

  1. Tony Stewart
  2. Al Unser Jr./Scott Goodyear
  3. Kenny Bräck
  4. Eddie Cheever
  5. Bobby Labonte
  6. Buddy Lazier
  7. Jeff Burton
  8. Dale Jarrett
  9. Jeff Green
  10. Ricky Rudd
  11. Mark Dismore

Race Four (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) edit

  1. Bobby Labonte
  2. Tony Stewart
  3. Kenny Bräck
  4. Dale Jarrett
  5. Al Unser Jr./Scott Goodyear
  6. Ricky Rudd
  7. Eddie Cheever
  8. Jeff Green
  9. Mark Dismore
  10. Jeff Burton
  11. Buddy Lazier

References edit

  1. ^ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info Archived 2007-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 9, 2007
  2. ^ "IROC - History: 2001". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-03-13.