The Race of Champions comes to London for the second time, after three successful years in Paris, bringing together champion drivers from Formula 1, Rally, NASCAR, Champ Car, Le Mans, Touring Cars, Dakar Rally-Raids and X-Games, to go head-to-head in identical cars. Four thousand tons of asphalt and underlay have been used to build the track, which, since it has to fit into Wembley Stadium, is full of tight turns and steep gradients. The driving takes place on parallel tracks and, viewed from the top seats in this giant stadium, the whole event may have a surreally Scalectrix-like appearance, but with drivers like Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Jenson Button and Andy Priaulx involved, there won't be too many cars flying off the trac
Official Website: http://www.londontown.com/LondonEvents/RaceofChampions/cefc2
Added by yink on July 22, 2008