Click here to view high resolution photos https://www.flickr.com/gp/149927902@N02/26pZ21sV43

1978 Chevrolet Camaro IROC

VIN: BP 7719

Driven by Peter Gregg, IMSA Champion, to flag-to-flag win in 1978

Piloted by famous racers including Cale Yarborough, Darrel Waltrip, and Gordy Johncock, F1 champions Keke Rosburg and Alan Jones, Indy legends Rick Mears and Danny Ongais, and road-racer Don Whittington

Eligible for special inaugural 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion IROC class with racing champions

Race-prepped by Ray Evernham Enterprises, in restored condition, eligible for multiple historic racing events

350 C.I.D. Chevrolet V8 engine with 500 horsepower

Borgwarner T-10 4-speed manual transmission

9-inch Ford rear end, Hurst Airheart Disc Brakes

Includes thorough and original IROC documentation

IROC's Resurgence

Through a partnership of Ray Evernham and Rob Kauffman, the IROC trademark was revived to bring one of the most exciting series back to the forefront. With many of the former IROC race cars race-prepped by Ray Evernham Enterprises, these cars spanning from 1973 to 2006 are ready to be back on a track and used in the way they were designed to be. The 2025 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion inaugural IROC racing class represents a rare opportunity to race alongside racing legends and those who raced the same cars in the original IROC series. These include Jeff Gordon, Danny Sullivan, Mark Martin, Bill Elliott, Ken Schrader, Bobby Labonte, and Scott Pruett, along with racers Zak Brown, Bruce Canepa, and others.

The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, will be hosting the IROC race cars as the Featured Racing Class on Friday August 15th, 2025 at the Quail Lodge, complete with a police escort from Laguna Seca through the mountains of Carmel Valley. With Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion signing on for 3 years of IROC racing classes just to start, the IROC racing series is seeing a resurgence unlike anything else, with a driver's opportunity to racing among other racing legends and celebrities.

1978 Chevrolet Camaro IROC

The International Race of Champions (IROC), an American racing series promoted as the equivalent of an all-star game, was a unique and prestigious motorsport competition that ran for several decades, from 1974 to 2006. The goal was to bring together the best drivers from various driving series to compete in identically-prepared cars at some of the world's most legendary tracks. With names racing such as Can-Am and Trans-Am champion Mark Donohue, F1 champion James Hunt, NASCAR legend and champion Dale Earnhardt, Indycar champion A.J.Foyt, Trans-Am, Can-Am champion George Follmer, and more legendary drivers were invited to join the racing championship to prove who was the best of the best.

The IROC series was founded in 1973 by Roger Penske, Les Richter, and Mike Phelps, wanting to create a championship that featured top drivers from a variety of racing categories and disciplines, such as Formula 1, IndyCar, NASCAR, and sports car racing. The goal? To create a series to determine the "champion of champions" by placing competitors in identically-prepared cars to level the field across the board. No secret additions, no extra power, no trick tuning, just pure raw driving ability. Still remembered as a unique and prestigious series that brought together some of the greatest drivers in motorsport, IROC created the concept of identifying the "champion of champions" and cemented it as a memorable era of racing history.

While the IROC concept seemed simple enough in theory, the implementation was slightly more difficult, especially when bringing together 12 top drivers and preparing 12 identical cars (with 3 additional spare cars) with equal performance in all aspects. Debuting in 1973 with Roger Penske, the series organizer, and the late Mark Donohue, the project supervisor and development driver, found their first cars with the help of their German counterparts. Porsche Carrera RSRs were the first cars used in the series and the first season was met with popular reception. However, there was a snag: the Porsches proved to be too expensive to build and maintain, and a suitable replacement was needed. Penske, with his ties to Chevrolet, found the next logical choice in the form of the 1974 Chevrolet Camaro. Fast and inexpensive to acquire and modify, the Camaro would end up being the platform of choice for the next 15 years.

After three successful seasons with the Gen 1 uni-body Camaros, NASCAR drivers who raced in IROC encouraged series-owners Roger Penske and Les Richter to transition to a tube-frame chassis for added safety at tracks like Daytona and Michigan. Following this direction, IROC presented the new Camaro chassis and body design for the 1977 and 1978 season. The 2nd generation of IROC Camaros started as "bodies in white" at General Motors' Norwood assembly plant in Ohio. Over the course of two weeks, Penske Racing employee Tom Ubelhour transported the unpainted bodies from Ohio to the shop of world-renowned builder Banjo Matthews. Tasked with building the first 15 tube frame chassis, and using 1977-era technology, Banjoy and his small team in Arden, NC were able to complete one Gen 2 Camaro every 7 days! A total of 19 of these cars were built, propelled by the new stream of drivers who heard from word-of-mouth how well built and prepared they were, along with new advertising via ABC's live race telecasting made these recognizable worldwide.

This Blue #4 celebrates Peter Gregg's dominant October 1978 flag-to-flag win from pole at Riverside. The next day, a late spin squashed Gordy Johncock's chances of making a weekend sweep, leading every lap in the #4 until three laps to go. While Peter Gregg, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, and Gordy Johncock scored podiums, an eclectic list of drivers spent time in the #4, from F1 champions Keke Rosburg and Alan Jones to Indy legends Rick Mears and Danny Ongais, and road racer Don Whittington.

The car is currently in restored, race-raced condition and is eligible at the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion and other historic racing events.