IROC Documentation and Registry Efforts

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Ray Evernham's Massive IROC Racecar Collection is Even BIGGER! (Barn Finds & Test Drive)

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What happens here

Ray moves into his office, which is filled with die-cast models and racing memorabilia. He reveals a collection of original IROC logbooks and documentation, showing intricate details like weight analysis, tire pressures, and setup sheets for various tracks. He proudly points out his own handwriting in one of the books, detailing races he drove at Michigan and Riverside. He explains that many IROC cars changed hands and were modified for different series, resulting in multiple logbooks documenting their various transformations. Ray explains he's collaborating with Matt Yocum (a Fox and NBC broadcaster) to create an IROC registry to accurately track the history of these cars and help owners identify their vehicle's unique past. He shows photos of Mark Donohue, Niki Lauda, and others involved in IROC, emphasizing the legendary drivers who competed in these races.

Goal: Showcase IROC historical documentation and efforts to create a registry

Tools and materials

Die-cast Models Various — Displaying the breadth of the IROC car collection in miniature
Matt Yocum N/A — Collaborator on the IROC registry project
Original IROC Logbooks — Documenting race car setups, history, and driver records
Racing Memorabilia Various — Adding context and atmosphere to the collection

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the chassis numbers go to before they stopped again this is one of the later ones this is one of the newer ones with good history but we're trying to you know part of the thing you know Jay's 86 years old and a lot of the records now um some of that stuff's confusing so Matt Yokum who you know from ESPN and from Fox and NBC television is has become our historian here and he works with Jay quite a lot trying to go through and sort all those number out to find out which cars exactly were out there who won exactly and what you know and where they are now more importantly like where we're trying to find all of the cars Matt and I are going to do an IRA registry so we can really get uh aware of where are all of these things and do you have the car you think you have so if somebody watching this has one of these they could reach out you know you can just you know you can just send a note um to Ray ram.com uh Matt yum and I are going to be posting some things where you can send stuff but we we have access to all of the irck records from day one I I don't know that we have The Pusher records but we have the Camaro records uh Daytona records Avenger records and the fireberg records do you have the big log books that came with these we do we do and we we're going through them now and some of them what's really cool is some of them have three or four log books because they've been through so much history you know they started as a Camaro and then they became a Daytona and and an Avenger so you have two or three books and then these cars all came with the the kind of a a white notebook and and a and a ton of things but we've got we've got shelves of books just Gathering uh irck information and Matt just sits in front of it for hours sorting the stuff out that sounds like a fun job it actually does looking through those old documentation is neat but you you can see turn this off people are just sending us tons and tons of of stuff I've got stuff spread out all over here but you know my original book is here as well my master book Matt has got so much time because we've got so many different cars we're trying to to put in order you just look at this is the kind of documentation that you know came with the ey wow it's car number 36 you know lock you know L and Racing Products Del all the documentations brake calipers electrical body you know the the detail that that that J signori and his group did was just amazing with these cars so they're easily restorable and they're…

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