Jeff Gordon to race M. Schumacher

[sentra_dude]

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Notebook: NASCAR stars to go wheel-to-wheel with Schumacher

FONTANA, Calif. -- A race fan's dream matchup: NASCAR's Jeff Gordon vs. Formula One's Michael Schumacher.

It will happen Dec. 4, with four-time series champion Gordon and seven-time champion Schumacher entered in the 2004 Race of Champions Nations Cup in Paris.

Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jimmie Johnson, who combined to win the Nations Cup in 2002 when it was held in the Canary Islands, will take part in the all-star event along with more top drivers from F1 and the World Rally Championship.

They will race on a special figure-eight style dirt-and-paved track inside Stade de France, a 70,000-seat soccer stadium in Paris. The drivers will compete in single-seater formula cars, Ferrari sports cars and World Rally Championship cars.

The opportunity to race against Schumacher excites Gordon.

"The fact that he's going to be there is great," Gordon said. "I had a chance to meet him earlier this year in Barcelona when Jimmie and I went to the F1 race there. He asked me when I was going to come to F1 and I said as soon as he retired.

"Michael brings a lot of interest to the event. This is definitely an opportunity to go over there and have some fun in a car that's different. The fact that he's over there and I get to go head-to-head against him is going to be awesome, win or lose. I would love to beat him, obviously, but I'm just excited to get to race him."

Gordon and Johnson will attend the NASCAR awards banquet in New York on Dec. 3, then fly all night on a private plane to arrive in Paris in time to race Saturday.

"We'll have to get all the sleep we can on the plane because we're going to have to go straight to the track when we arrive," Gordon said.
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Sounds very interesting to me...:D What do you guys think of it?

linky: http://www.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/7642805

[HeilSvenska]

Fantastic. Schumy will crush Gordie. Last time I checked, Gordie does not have 7 Championship trophy from his motorsport. (well, neither does Schumy, but his last trophy is done deal)

[SFDMALEX]

I think its great. I like Gordon. He has skill, and he showed it with that bastard Montoya at the Indy traiding paints event. He's a gentelman and obviously has respect for others. Win or lose for either doesnt matter, should be a great site.

[vexor]

That's gonna be a good race. Shumi all the way!!!!

[sameerrao]

Fantastic. Schumy will crush Gordie. Last time I checked, Gordie does not have 7 Championship trophy from his motorsport. (well, neither does Schumy, but his last trophy is done deal)

Dont jump to the conclusion purely on the count of WDCs that each have. Gordon did very well in 2002 - if I remeber - he won every heat of his....

[5vz-fe]

Sounds like a good race to me too, hope we could see it on TV ........ I will have my money bet on Schumi

[X-ale]

Gos i so wished it were all Nascar cars :twisted: Don't care about the oval but much more about the happy bumping :wink:

[sentra_dude]

Fantastic. Schumy will crush Gordie. Last time I checked, Gordie does not have 7 Championship trophy from his motorsport. (well, neither does Schumy, but his last trophy is done deal)

Hold on there a second...

Gordon has been quite successful in NASCAR...which isn't a walk in the park in terms of competition. Just from a quick search, I found he has 69 wins from 389 starts, beginning in 1992 (he didn't win any races until 1994). He has 5 NASCAR championships...not too shabby I think. Even if you consider NASCAR a pretty boring and worthless series (which I do :P), that is quite an achievement for any driver.

Of course Shumie has a much more impressive record, in the pinnacle of racing no less; but it is very hard to compare their results...I am definitely the bigger fan of Shumie, but I also respect Jeff Gordon, and I think he has a good chance of giving Shumie a run for his money ;).

[Toronto]

Gordon vs. Schumi, staight away even, but o shit a right turn.......
these races don't prove anything? Schumi is still the best win or lost,

[evoWalo]

Hope someone caps this. Dunno if I'll reach France in time.

[666fast]

Gordon vs. Schumi, staight away even, but o shit a right turn.......
these races don't prove anything? Schumi is still the best win or lost,

$5 says he can outrun you an any track with any car

While I'm not a Nascar fan, I'll give the drivers credit for what they do. Many of them are far more competent drivers than most Nascar haters would ever accept.
Who will win? My bet is on Schumie, but Gordon won't be far behind. Hell, it really wouldn't surprise me if he won.

[TT]

Why the fuck will it be held in Paris and not Canary Islands? :( that's wrong :(

[sameerrao]

^^ To attract a bigger audience?

[possessed_beaver]

ummm

wonder that excuses the losing driver will come up with...

[tuem88]

I don't know who's gonna win. I know that Gordon is a good driver, but i don't know how good.
But the one who wins will have a hard time to win the complete ROC. The ROC is a race with many other drivers like Sebastian Loeb, Petter Solberg and many other rally drivers, and other drivers.
I hope the Dutch Eurosport will broadcast it again

[chipanggo]

now that's something to look forward to.

it will be quite interesting but i'd bet my money on schumi.

[T-Bird]

Gordon vs. Schumi, staight away even, but o shit a right turn.......
these races don't prove anything? Schumi is still the best win or lost,

You do know they do turn right in Nascar at Sears Point and possibly others I'm not sure. I'm not a fan of Nascar at all but it isn't easy. Also Gordon was a big time champion in Go Karts aswell and he was racing Nascar before he had a drivers license.

I think this will be a great event I wonder how either of them will do in WRC cars...
Are there any WRC guy's participating? Burns, Soldberg, Makkinen...?

[sameerrao]

Looking at the Rally of Japan today it reminded me that the Super special stages held are very similar in nature as well as format to the RoC course. No wonder WRC guys do well

[jamberl]

Didnt valentino rossi once compete in this? If i recall he did extremely well.

[Toronto]

Gordon vs. Schumi, staight away even, but o shit a right turn.......
these races don't prove anything? Schumi is still the best win or lost,

You do know they do turn right in Nascar at Sears Point and possibly others I'm not sure. I'm not a fan of Nascar at all but it isn't easy. Also Gordon was a big time champion in Go Karts aswell and he was racing Nascar before he had a drivers license.

I think this will be a great event I wonder how either of them will do in WRC cars...
Are there any WRC guy's participating? Burns, Soldberg, Makkinen...?

the also run road races, but the track times are a joke,

$5 says he can outrun you an any track with any car
i am not paid millions of dollars to race, no do i train as much as him,

[SilviaEvo]

hey do any of you mind taping that and putting it online? because i dont have Cable or even basic channels

[Caps8419]

i feel your pain silviaevo, neither do i....friggin cable

[T-Bird]

well we are supposed to be getting new DVR's from Comcast this week so I can see if it will hook up to the comp.
No where to host it though...

[Caps8419]

woo hoo im sure you'll find a host soon. ah hem TT? jabba???

[SilviaEvo]

i feel your pain silviaevo, neither do i....friggin cable

i know these days cable costs a lot so it was either Comcast internet or cable of course i went with the cable internet. not having TV doesnt bother me that much except times like these and i never get to watch the LeMans

[sameerrao]

^^ You need to bring this up in December. There is a long time to go before the race :lol:

[ZfrkS62]

wow...this thread died awhile ago and i just found it :(

anyways, i don't think Gordon and Schumi will be the ones to watch, i think we'll have to keep an eye on the WRC stars when they get to the dirt track. after all, what fun is a corner if you can't slide through it? :wink:

[noliebro]

I think this will be a great event to watch . i am already salivating over this thing.

[Ian_yamaue]

It will be exciting :D

[ZfrkS62]

i just hope SPEED channel broadcasts it here in the states. They already get the live feed from itv for the F1 races..if not i'm sure some dilligent soul will post it here :lol:

[bmagni]

i hope montoya doesnt go, hes gonna crash against everyone... and ruin the fun

[hwe]

Robby Gordon has also done some offroad racing the last years i addition to nascar.

[sameerrao]

i just hope SPEED channel broadcasts it here in the states. They already get the live feed from itv for the F1 races..if not i'm sure some dilligent soul will post it here :lol:

They should - I last the last two years broadcasts ... I think they showed it a little delayed though ...

[ZfrkS62]

Awesome. This will hopefully be the best race of the year :D

[chipanggo]

i hope montoya doesnt go, hes gonna crash against everyone... and ruin the fun

:lol: :turn-l:

[chipanggo]

DC to join the race of champions as well...

from itv-f1.com:

"David Coulthard has joined Michael Schumacher on the entry list for this year's Race of Champions.

The two F1 aces will take on Colin McRae, WRC championship leader Sebastien Loeb and NASCAR ace Jeff Gordon at the event in Paris’ Stade de France on December 4.

Coulthard said: "Having watched the event with interest for many years, I am very much looking forward to competing against an entry list of world class contenders."

Coulthard and McRae will join forces in a strong British team at the event.

McRae, the 1995 world rally champion, said: "DC is a great driver so I am hoping that we will be up there.

"Personally I am hoping to be one of the few drivers to beat Michael this year – and certainly the first from outside F1!"

The event will see drivers slug it out on a figure-of-eight track in a variety of different machines. "

[detsan]

This is a really cool event, have seen it the last few years.
Love the Group B cars, shit they are quick! :shock:
It is a pretty laid back event with the guys having a bit of fun in interesting cars, but they did not get to the pinnacle of their respective sports by being this way so expect fireworks! :D
If I remember correctly, Robbie was in the car with Marcus Gronholm for a "sighting lap" when Marcus put a 206WRC on its roof! I think it was last year or the year before.
Probably trying to scare him; pretty hard task I would say!
McRae VS Schumi; Now that is a race :D