Al Unser Jr. continued his mastery of the Watkins Glen International road circuit, winning the International Race of Champions finale as Terry Labonte came up with a third-place finish Saturday to win the series title.
Unser, a winner in three of four IROC races on the 2.48-mile, six-turn circuit - finishing second the other - led the final 20 laps of the 30-lap, 72.48-mile event.But it was NASCAR stock car star Labonte, who came into the race with a 55-51 lead over Rusty Wallace, who walked away with the $200,000 first prize in the $806,500, four-race all-star series.
Labonte, who won the IROC race a week earlier at Michigan International Speedway, wound up with 72 points and total earnings of $204,900.
Unser, the fourth different winner in IROC this year, finished second with 60 points and $93,000.
Wallace slipped to third, two points behind Unser, and earned $66,200.
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At Budapest, Brazilian world champion Ayrton Senna clocked the fastest time in Saturday's final qualifying session, but Italian Riccardo Patrese hung on to the pole position for Sunday's Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix.
Senna drove his McLaren around the 2.465-mile Hungaroring circuit in 1:20.039, but was still more than .7 of a second slower than the 1:19.726 which Patrese's Williams-Renault posted Friday.
Patrese, a 35-year-old Italian driving in his 186th GP, did not try to improve on his pace-setting time. He ran a slow lap of 1:20.644.