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IROC is Coming Back | Stewart-Haas Racing REBRAND and New Logo!
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i find it funny that ray evernham created the srx series bc he wanted something like iroc… fast forward to now and he straight up just bought iroc lol
It is very ironic
@@chasebriscoefan14Ironic has the 4 letters of IROC in it (I wanted to point that out)
I said the same thing!!
Mission success +55 respect
I think Tony Stewart and Don hawk has a different vision along with the TV networks then what ray did with srx
I’m actually like you excited to see IROC as well & have so many unanswered questions too. I hope for its success as with the SRX. The more successful options out there the better of drivers you’ll see competing in these events.
SRX is gaining fans because they go to local short tracks. Theres no super speedway or speedways.
nice to bring IROC back to life … and as a longtime stewart fan … fingers crossed they have fresh talent in the works now in play …fresh look ? hope they turn things around ,
IROC was entirely too NASCAR centtric from the mid-late 90s. I remember the days when they ran at different tracks in the same season. IMO they should have one road course, one street course, one short ovel and one large oval or the traditional four events however
yes… we had two brazilians from CART/Indycar racing against the Nascar guys. We had Fittipaldi racing against Earnhardt. Castroneves also ran in the IROC for a while
Dirt oval too
I heard Evernham left SRX because he got tired of Paul Tracy spinning him out
I watched the IROC races from the very first one to the last one. Some really fun racing. In fact I recall one year when they raced Porsches. With the exception of one or two drivers, I like the SRX series. My only disappointment there is that they don’t allow the local track champion to compete. I guess they were embarassed when the Stafford Springs champ beat them. Bring back IROC. I’m a fan.
You’re right! The local track champion was a cool part of SrX. Doug Colby won Stafford and Luke Fenhaus finished second at Slinger.
Glad IROC is coming back. Some thoughts.
1. Dodge was heavy into IROC before coming back into Cup.
2. Honda made an announcement a few weeks ago that mentioned NASCAR. Could they become the base car/sponsor for IROC?
3. Lots of talk about electric cars in racing. Could IROC be a testing ground for it? No pit stops for fuel or tires.
4. Perhaps we could see IROC at Daytona (NASCAR), Indianapolis (NASCAR and Indy). COTA (NASCAR and F1), another road course (Vegas?) and short track.
I would highly doubt that IROC does electric cars… mostly because their target audience is the OPPOSITE of those that want to see electric cars. I would love to see NASCAR get into that, so long as it is a lower tier series for the foreseeable future. But IROC should focus more on the older than the newer.
@tlabus if the cup series or Busch series ever goes electric it will be the end of Nascar!
@@rebelsoul5980 When I mean lower tier, I mean lower than xfinity. It would need to be a step below the Trucks. An additional series, not a replacement of one.
Anyway… in the future, it will eventually need to be a higher tier… but way way down the road. Stock cars will be electric, so obviously a stock car series will need to be. But by the time that happens, there will be such improvements to EV’s that most people will not hate them anymore. In 10 years, EV’s will charge almost as fast as fueling a car, the batteries will go further on a charge than a tank of gas, and the batteries life will be longer than the life of an engine.
It’s time will come, but that time is not here yet.
@tlabus They have been working on electric vehicles for over 40 year’s, we are at the peak of electric technology. Furthermore, the environmentalists will realize in another decade how horrible strip mining for lithium is, on top of the recycling of the batteries problem. Electric is the dirtiest form of transportation, if people cared about the environment we would be all diesel. But the environmentalism movement has nothing to do with the environment!
The key words in the statement about the classic iroc cars was the part about using them until they make future developments.
They clearly plan to field a brand new car, but want to kick the series off now, and no no such car exists.
Racing the old cars for a reunion season to reintroduce the product to today’s fans will also draw virtually every single legacy fan that remembers IROC fondly.
I can’t wait to see the old cars (hopefully even with a could of the old drivers) in competition again, but I’m even more excited to see what the new cars will be and see today’s stars wheeling them.
I would like IROC to collab with ROC to be a winter series and bring more international racer in the big prize money.
I have been fallowing NASCAR for many years. I would love to see IROC come back putting Championship drivers against each other the way it use to do the best of the best out of each brand of racing that would be awesome. As far ah Stewat-Hass racing I think back to what the late great Earnhardt said ” Don,t tell me what you are going to do tell me what you’ve done.”
So excited to see IROC back. Hope to see them race at Daytona, Talladega, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway like the old days. While also bringing in current drivers like: Kyle Larson, Graham Rahal, Hailie Deegan, Chase Elliott, Scott Dixon, Will Power, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, Pipo Derani, Ricky Taylor, Pietro Fittipaldi, and Tom Blomqvist.
Hailie probably not getting invited. They need to run mostly champions and winners.
I’d love to see them do it like they used to do it. pair it on a weekend with a Cup race. With so little on track time now, this would be a good time to do this.
Ray is a forever legend of motorsports, he knows cars
Thank you to Mitchell and Logan for documenting this great project over past years
Stapleton42 is a great channel with a personal feel and great history of NASCAR. Plus Logan is a cutie pie!!
IROC is how I got into NASCAR as a kid. I watched because of Al Unser Jr., although some guy named Dale Earnhardt would usually win. As my dad would watch NASCAR, I started following Dale since he was the only name I knew at the time. I miss that series and hope it can return in the fashion of focusing on the drivers.
I believe in Tony Stewart and Stewart Haas Racing. I believe they will get back to where they were before and succeed in the future.
SHR may not have had a great season last year, but their marketing department is No. 1 in NASCAR. Drivers doing commercials, 4Ever was a “how to” retire with class & style, Talladega Nights was priceless. Can’t wait for this season both Cup and Xfinity!!
Man! IROC is back!! Back in the 90’s there were some spectacular races in IROC! Short races with no field fillers! Those races were always full of action. Can’t wait to see what Evernham does with it