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Introduction to IROC and Personal History

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Ray Evernham's IROC Racecar Collection: Driven By The Most Legendary Names In Racing

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The video opens with an introduction to the International Race of Champions (IROC) series. Ray Evernham, a former employee and participant, explains his personal connection to IROC, having worked there in the early 1980s and raced modified cars. He introduces the key figures who started IROC: Roger Penske, Jay Signori, Mike Phelps, and NFL Hall of Famer Les Richter, outlining their roles in its inception.

Goal: Understand the origins and personal connection to IROC.

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we're here in Big Iron garage with Ray everingham we're going to learn about some IROC cars and IROC history one of my first jobs was at IROC in the early 80s I was driving modified so I went to work there now Iraq is the international Race of Champions was started by Roger Penske Jay signori Mike Phelps uh did the TV part a guy named Les Rich Richter who was you know NFL Hall of Famer and they started with Porsches in 1973 but they only ran a few races and the Porsches were expensive they're really

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