- 2006 Race of Champions
The 2006
Race of Champions took place onDecember 16 at theStade de France inSaint-Denis .The Nations' Cup was competed first and the event was won by
Finland , withHeikki Kovalainen winning overUnited States 'Travis Pastrana on the final round. Kovalainen's team mate was the two-time World Rally ChampionMarcus Grönholm , whereas Pastrana drove all the rounds for the US team, after bothJimmie Johnson and his replacement,Scott Speed , had to withdraw from competing due to injuries. [cite web | title=2006 Race of Champions: X-Games Hero Travis Pastrana on His Own for Team USA | work=PaddockTalk | url=http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=46131 | accessdate=2006-12-16]The individual event and the "
Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy" was won byMattias Ekström ofSweden . He won over Kovalainen by 0.0002 seconds in the semi-finals, and then over defending champion,Sébastien Loeb ofFrance , in the finals. [cite web | title=RoC: Ekstrom denies Loeb with shock win | work=Crash.net | url=http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~RoC--Ekstrom-denies-Loeb-with-shock-win-~cid~26~id~141385.htm | accessdate=2006-12-16]Participants
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Race of Champions References
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