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    Dodge IROC Avenger





    One of 6 that were sold by IROC when they went to the Firebird. Only 1 modified to be street legal and actually street driven.
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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    wow crazy

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Thats awesome.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Seriously BADASS!

    Aside from the obvious things like a horn and blinkers/lights...I wonder how the issue of windshield wipers and things like emissions were handled?

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by badandy View Post
    Seriously BADASS!

    Aside from the obvious things like a horn and blinkers/lights...I wonder how the issue of windshield wipers and things like emissions were handled?
    Title it as a street rod, and you can get away with alot of stuff... at least in PA, dunno about Ohio.
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    I need one! Maybe in a better color tho, LOL

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    yes, and that one says Martin on the back... wonder if he won the iroc title that year. As a Mark Martin fan, that would be the one I'd own.
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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    That is freakin awesome. I've always wondered what happened to the Daytona's that were used in the IROC series. I've always wanted to own one. Its that much cooler to see something like this in reality!

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    I never knew they sold any of those. I always wondered what happened to these cars like Nascar or Indy when they retire them.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    A yellow Avenger driven by Al Unser Jr. is in the showroom at Papa's Dodge in New Britain, CT. I don't know how they got it but the family has quite the collection of Mopars and other unique vehicles.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by badandy View Post
    Seriously BADASS!

    Aside from the obvious things like a horn and blinkers/lights...I wonder how the issue of windshield wipers and things like emissions were handled?
    with complete diplomacy

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by contraption22 View Post
    Title it as a street rod, and you can get away with alot of stuff... at least in PA, dunno about Ohio.
    Ohio is even easier than Pa. It is all in how one interprets the guidelines.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by glhs727 View Post
    yes, and that one says Martin on the back... wonder if he won the iroc title that year. As a Mark Martin fan, that would be the one I'd own.
    I think Martin won 4 or 5 IROC Championships. The complete log book came with the car. Among the different drivers who drove it were Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Mark Martin, Loy Allen and more. It won 4 IROC Races and went 178+ MPH at Talladega.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by WickedShelby88 View Post
    That is freakin awesome. I've always wondered what happened to the Daytona's that were used in the IROC series. I've always wanted to own one. Its that much cooler to see something like this in reality!
    All the Daytona were rebodied as Avengers, I would have liked to had one of the Daytona also but the Avenger is just fine.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    I always liked the Avenger style and thought that it would make an awesome SRT type of vehicle with a H.O. 3.5 V6 or a Turbo 4.

    Nice Find.

    Barrett Jackson auction is where some of these type of NASCAR show up.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by clocktowersniper View Post
    I never knew they sold any of those. I always wondered what happened to these cars like Nascar or Indy when they retire them.
    IROC was a little different than Nascar, being a buisness venture. While it is a Nascar with a Banjo Mathews chassis etc. They were not used and abused every weekend. IROC sold off only 6 @ 45K each until they found out one of them ended up on the street and supposedly stopped selling them and scrapped the rest. Of the 6 sold 3 are in the hands of Nascar drivers/museums, 3 are in private hands. The 3 private owners were originally in Ohio and associated with Frederick Dodge, from there 1 remains in Ohio(Allison/Martin Blue Car), 1 in Oklahoma(Martin Red Car) and 1 in California(Gurney Green Car).

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Funny you mention that the IROC was dirrerent than NASCAR. I remember when they switched to the IROC Dodges and Earnhart commented that he wished his NASCAR drove as well as the Daytona

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Here is a few more pics.

    http://www.musclecargarage.com/LarrysIROC.html
    http://www.geocities.com/usspatrolcr...otlaps2007.jpg

    Now I wish I could find some images of the daytona's.

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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    I'd just like to have that 355 ci monster for my Ram SS/T.
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    Re: Dodge IROC Avenger

    Quote Originally Posted by WickedShelby88 View Post
    Here is a few more pics.

    http://www.musclecargarage.com/LarrysIROC.html
    http://www.geocities.com/usspatrolcr...otlaps2007.jpg

    Now I wish I could find some images of the daytona's.
    The shot being driven on the street was at the Hot Rod Supernationals in Boardman/Canfield Ohio on Rt224 in front of the Boardman Plaza.

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