12/26/2021
By Deb Amlen
May 13, 2019
The IROC-Z model of the Chevrolet Camaro made its first public appearance in 1985 as an add-on option to the Camaro Z-28, but its origin really comes from the world of car racing. IROC stands for International Race of Champions, a competition similar to Nascar. IROC began in 1974 by racing Porsches, but the cost of maintaining them was prohibitive, so the series turned to the Chevy Camaro in 1975.
In 1985, the automotive company entered into an agreement with the racing series’s sanctioning body to use the IROC name on its production Camaros. The Camaro IROC-Z was produced until early 1991, when the license expired, and the Z28 was reintroduced as the performance car in the Camaro series.
How It Might Be Clued
“Camaro ___-Z,” “Classic Camaro,” “Car named after an automotive competition,” “Classic ’80s Camaro,” “___-Z (classic car),” “Sporty Camaro”
