Race of Champions

[Nexus Flux]

I ran accross this on TV this weekend and I thought you guys might enjoy it. I'm not sure if you might have heard of this before.

It's called Race of Champions and it has two categories. There is the The Champion of Champions driver's cup and the ROC Nations Cup where drivers represent their country. It's a pretty cool concept. Identical cars on identical track. The track is actually one lap but the cars start lined up next to each other 1/2 lap apart. The drivers are primarily rally and circut drivers but motocycle and NASCAR drivers have participated in the past. There are many different cars and each race the drivers are in a differnet kind. There were rally, F1, DTM, and cup cars racing on a very technical and tight track. This weekend's race was made even more interesting since they practiced on a dry track and raced on a wet one. The track covers about the size of a football field and it's set up inside a stadium.

Any way check out the website.

[Nexus Flux]

Here are some pics from this weekend's race

[Miatamoto]

I watched some of it on HDNet over the weekend. Not the most exciting racing, but it was fun to watch Travis Pastrana go head to head with F1 and WRC drivers.

[Treibenschnell]

I watched it too... interesting watching the Aston run through rain.

Well, that and the announcing mix of The King's English and NASCAR english...

[TheChadVIII]

Ahh I saw it too! Those Aston Martins were killer! Also Patrosa beating McRae!

[Nexus Flux]

Ah ha so I'm not the only person that stumbled accross this.

[ray_sir_6]

Did you check out the cars.

1100cc engine, 170hp@9500rpm!!!!

My race buddy sent me a link to this last week.

[Nexus Flux]

...1100cc engine, 170hp@9500rpm!!!!
...

That's only on the buggy and it only weighs 1047 lbs. The rest are:

Aston Martin V8 Rally GT
Engine 4,300 cc, V8, 32 valves
Power 420 hp at 7,000 rpm
Torque 410 Nm at 5,000 rpm
Transmission rear-wheel drive
Gearbox 6 gears

Citroen WRC
Engine 1,998 cc, 4 cylinders, 16 valves, turbo
Power 300 hp at 5,500 rpm
Torque 580 Nm at 2,750 rpm
Transmission 4-wheel drive
Gearbox sequential, 6 gears
Suspensions Extrem Tech
Tyres BFGoodrich
Length 4167mm
Width 1770mm
Weight 1230 kg

Porsche 911 GT3 Road Challenge
Engine 3,598 cc, Flat 6, 24 valves
Power 381 hp at 7,400 rpm
Torque 580 Nm at 5,000 rpm
Transmission rear-wheel drive
Gearbox 6 gears
Suspensions Sachs
Tyres Michelin
Length 4,430mm
Width 1,810mm
Weight 1,350 kg

Renault Mégane Trophy
Engine 3,498 cc, V6, 24 valves
Power 330 hp at 6,250 rpm
Torque 390 Nm at 4,500 rpm
Transmission rear-wheel drive
Gearbox sequential, 6 gears
Suspensions Sachs
Tyres Michelin
Length 4,375mm
Width 1,910mm
Weight 900 kg