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Race of Champions

Although the Race of Champions took place last December in London’s Webley Stadium, Discovery Channel’s HD Theater has just begun to run the special on television here in the U.S. The Race of Champions is organized by Group B legend Michelle Mouton and allows drivers from every discipline of motorsport to represent their home country in teams of two competing for the Nations Cup and by the end crowns one driver as the overall champion. Drivers compete side by side on special stages in machines ranging from off-road buggies to the open air KTM XBow to fully built Ford Focus WRC cars.

The event is as much about racing as it is entertaining the crowd. F1 Champion Lewis Hamilton made a few demonstration laps in his Mclaren machine and said a few words to his countrymen and the Scotsman David Coulthard showed off his Red Bull F1 machine. Taking a page out of BMW’s Z4 ad campaign, the two F1 drivers used their machines as paintbrushes to create automotive inspired pieces of artwork that were later auctioned off to support cerebral disorders. The action carried over onto two wheels when the Red Bull X fighters entertained the crowd with their high flying motocross antics.

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Michael Schumacher could race again

The Race of Champions (ROC) will take place on the Wembley Stadium in December and the organisers confirmed the participation of the Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher.Schumacher will compete once again next to other big drivers like David Coulthard, Jenson Button and the rally legend Colin McRae. Schumacher raced in 2004 at Paris’ Stade de France, where he won in front of Sebastien Loeb,the rally champion but lost the race,being defeated by Renault’s F1-driver Heikki Kovalainen. “ (...)
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