What?! Edwards beat Schumacher?

[Chaparral66]

Did I read that right? Carl Edwards beat 7 time World F1 Champ Michael Schumacher at the ROC? Yikes, next someone will be saying Tom Cruise put Jeff Gordon in the wall...

[NickFalzone]

Not sure if you're joking or not, but it was Tony Schumacher, NHRA. Either way, although I like Edwards, he did not deserve driver of the year. Um, how about giving it to the guy that won Cup. Or Dixon who had an outstanding season.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Chapp....Edwards can beat anyone anywhere...and the cars in the ROC are more akin to what Carl wrestles with than what Mikey used to drive....

[Lee Roy]

Did I read that right? Carl Edwards beat 7 time World F1 Champ Michael Schumacher at the ROC?

Was there ever any doubt?

[rob01]

Chapp....Edwards can beat anyone anywhere...and the cars in the ROC are more akin to what Carl wrestles with than what Mikey used to drive....

Focus WRC, KTM X-Bow Abarth 500 Assetto Corse more like what NASCAR
driver Carl Edwards is used to compared to Schumacher?

how'd you work that one out?!!!

[Mihai]

Edwards defeated Schumacher only in the Fiat Abarth 500. Mickey said he felt uncomfortable in that car (which is rather ironic, thinking that the car is made by the parent company of his former & current employer Ferrari).

When Carl finished the race, I expected him to do the backflip !!!

[carracing]

Was there ever any doubt?

Um... yeah. lol We're talking Schumacher here! :eek:

[Mark in Oshawa]

Focus WRC, KTM X-Bow Abarth 500 Assetto Corse more like what NASCAR
driver Carl Edwards is used to compared to Schumacher?

how'd you work that one out?!!!


Ok..maybe not but you have to also remember Edwards grew up on Quarter midgets and midget cars. Also, in the case of the Focus, it is a "stock" car after a fashion and handles better than his Cup car for sure.

Schuey is an open wheel guy....maybe driving tin tops isn't quite in his DNA. That said...after seeing the KTM and the Abarth as two of the cars in question....I do wonder. Every time I have seen highlights of this thing you see rally cars and some sort of buggy. I am thinking an F1 pilot would have a larger adjustment to the lack of power and the fact the cars roll and slide.

Sliding and rolling sums up the crappy handling of your average stock car.

[Lee Roy]

I guess there's always some kind of excuse.

BTW, Schumacher and Vettle won the nation's cup portion. He seemed to do okay in that competition.

[RaceFanStan]

A win is a win, no matter what slant some people choose to put on it. http://www.motorsportforum.com/forums/images/icons/tongue-anim.gif
WTG Carl Edwards !!! :D :up:

[Mark in Oshawa]

Lets face the reality. This ROC thing is a bit of lark really.....what I would LOVE to see is Edwards or Shrubbie get an f1 test (Shrub was to get a joy ride at least in the Toyota f1 car and had to cancel) of some sort.

People always knock stock car drivers for being one dimensional but this generation of Sprint Cup guys really seem to have some abilities that trancend just driving stock cars. Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart are the most obvious multi-genre capable guys in NASCAR but I think Edwards is so wired that he could make anything on any track go fast. Ditto for Kyle Busch.....

[rob01]

im wasnt saying he's a bad driver just that schumacher has raced a few different things in his time so if IMO i reckon schumacher is probs a better all round driver.

[inimitablestoo]

I saw a picture of a couple of the Fiat 500s on the NASCAR.com website today and wondered if it was part of a NASCAR Plan B, in case all the big US manufacturers go belly-up ;)

[El Sween]

I was there and it was a brilliant moment. Well done Carl.

[F1boat]

Well done, Edwards!

[call_me_andrew]

Most impressive.

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Would love to see NASCAR drivers try their hand at rallying.

[harvick#1]

but in the end, Sebastien still kicked everyones asses :p :

[Mihai]

Would love to see NASCAR drivers try their hand at rallying.

Last summer during Central Europe Rally, I got Robby Gordon on tape saying to me "I'm ready for the WRC"

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Last summer during Central Europe Rally, I got Robby Gordon on tape saying to me "I'm ready for the WRC"

Apart from Robby Gordon I meant the regulars who grew up on sprints and midgets

[rob01]

it would be interesting to watch but with the risk of upsetting some people i think it would turn into a crash fest =P

[Mark in Oshawa]

Robby Gordon is quite capable of being his own crashfest....