Race of Champions: Nations Cup - racing's 'all star game'

**empy** · September 7th, 2004 05:39 AM

2004 Race of Champions Nations Cup

http://motortrend.com/features/news/...up/index1.html

basically, it's supposed to be a competition between the very best from all racing disciplines - F1, WRC, Nascar, MotoGP, LeMans, etc. each country is represented by a team of two racing in identical cars.

has anyone have more news about what the full field looks like? the news article says that three current points leaders - Michael Schumacher from F1 (GER), Jeff Gordon from Nascar (USA) and Sebastian Loeb from WRC (FRA) will all be representing their countries.

past participants/winners include Valentino Rossi, Tommi Makkinen, Fernando Alonso, Tom Christensen, Cristiano de Matta and Colin McRae.

has anybody seen the race and can comment about format, past winners, etc.? i can't believe it's gone on for 17 years and i hadn't heard about it.

**Auto_Xer** · September 25th, 2004 07:54 PM

It's by invitation only.
And only recently(2-3years ago) has it gain popularity with the press.

www.raceofchampions.com

Take a look at the roster of the past winners & you'll see they all have something in common.

**empy** · September 25th, 2004 09:58 PM

Originally posted by Auto_Xer

Take a look at the roster of the past winners & you'll see they all have something in common.

yeah, they all drive awd vehicles with dirt tires in their 'spare' time

but now with racing's most dominant driver and top money man as the headliner, maybe this race really takes off this year...

**niky** · September 26th, 2004 01:48 AM

I'm wondering, though... what format and cars do they use?

If it's a road car race, my money goes to the rally drivers... they're more adept at handling cars beyond the control limits.

Michael is good, but he's a driver used to vehicles that can corner on rails (Karts and Formula cars), it will be interesting to see how he does with a lot less grip.

**Auto_Xer** · September 30th, 2004 06:55 PM

I don't know if it was meant to be a mainstream competition.
I think it had it's roots in being something the drivers did for fun during the off season.

**usokpower** · October 27th, 2004 07:20 PM

sana sa showdown schumi vs loeb. Kay loeb ako. ma televise kaya ito??

**pissword** · October 27th, 2004 08:56 PM

anu ba ang race track?? i think d mananalo si schumi against the rally racers... tingnan mo nga naman ang nananalo hehehe puro rally drivers

**pissword** · October 27th, 2004 08:57 PM

ahhh race track pala.. may chance pa eheheh and identical cars pa... honda engine hehe

**empy** · October 28th, 2004 07:05 AM

oh, i forgot about this thread, hehe.

maybe if schumi beats the field in the same car, he can silence the critics who keep saying "it's the car!"

**niky** · October 28th, 2004 11:59 AM

Schumi already whips the butts of most of his co-drivers in F1 in the karting championships. It's not JUST the car... the question is, how well would he do with LESS than perfect grip and handling?