IROC XXVII

IROC XXVII was the 27th season of the Crown Royal International Race of Champions, which began on Friday, February 14, 2003 at Daytona International Speedway. The roster included 12 drivers from five separate racing leagues. Mark Martin won the first race to tie an IROC record 11 career wins, tying him with Al Unser Jr. and Dale Earnhardt. Rookie Kurt Busch won in only his second start in race 2 after finishing second at Daytona. At Chicagoland, Mike Bliss became the first driver representing the Craftsman Truck Series to win a race in IROC competition. Jimmie Johnson won the final race of the year for his first career IROC victory. Kurt Busch clinched the title with his fourth-place showing in the race, as Mark Martin and Mike Bliss, his closest competitors, finished fifth and tenth, respectively.

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

Position	Driver	Points	Series
1	Kurt Busch	69	NASCAR Winston Cup
2	Mark Martin	58	NASCAR Winston Cup
3	Jimmie Johnson	56	NASCAR Winston Cup
4	Mike Bliss	54	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
5	Kevin Harvick	48	NASCAR Winston Cup
6	Ryan Newman	48	NASCAR Winston Cup
7	Greg Biffle	41	NASCAR Busch Series
8	Sam Hornish Jr.	30	Indy Racing League
9	Danny Lasoski	27	World of Outlaws
10	Felipe Giaffone Scott Sharp	24	Indy Racing League
11	Steve Kinser	24	World of Outlaws
12	Hélio Castroneves	23	Indy Racing League

Race One (Daytona International Speedway)

Race Two (Talladega Superspeedway)

Race Three (Chicagoland Speedway)

Race Four (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

References

↑ IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved March 9, 2007
↑ "IROC - History: 2002". Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2007.

[1] IROC season statistics at racing-reference.info, Retrieved March 9, 2007

[2] "IROC - History: 2002". Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2007.

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