The draw for the Race of Champions group stages took place on Monday at the Marlins Park in Miami, where the event will be held this weekend.
AutoNation’s Marc Cannon and Indianapolis 500 winners Helio Castroneves, Tony Kanaan and Ryan Hunter-Reay were on hand to help with the draw as well as taking a few lucky competition winners out on the ROC Skills Challenge course.
The draw has set up some interesting head-to-heads, with NASCAR champion Kyle Busch taking on Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button during Saturday’s individual race while Kurt Busch will face ‘Mr Le Mans’ Tom Kristensen.
Double Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya will race World Rallycross Champion Petter Solberg, while action sports great Travis Pastrana will meet four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel, the reigning ROC Champion of Champions.
Sunday's ROC Nations Cup will see ten teams competing for ultimate glory, and with three home teams in Group A, it's guaranteed that one of the team USA's will make it through to the final.
Race Of Champions Draw (Saturday 21 January)
Group A
Sebastian VETTEL (Germany)
Travis PASTRANA (USA)
Helio CASTRONEVES (Brazil)
Either Scott SPEED (USA) or Alexander ROSSI (USA)
Group B
Juan-Pablo MONTOYA (Colombia)
Petter SOLBERG (Norway)
Felipe MASSA (Brazil)
Pascal WEHRLEIN (Germany)
Group C
Jenson BUTTON (Great Britain)
Kyle BUSCH (USA)
Tony KANAAN (Brazil)
James HINCHCLIFFE (Canada)
Group D
Tom KRISTENSEN (Denmark)
Kurt BUSCH (USA)
David COULTHARD (Great Britain)
Ryan HUNTER-REAY (USA)
ROC Nations Cup Draw (Sunday 22 January)
Group A
Team USA NASCAR (Kurt Busch & Kyle Busch)
Team USA IndyCar (Ryan Hunter-Reay & Alexander Rossi)
Team USA Rally X (Travis Pastrana & Scott Speed)
Team ROC Factor Canada (James Hinchcliffe & Stefan Rzadzinski)
Group B
Team Great Britain (Jenson Button & David Coulthard)
Team Germany (Sebastian Vettel & Pascal Wehrlein)
Team Nordic (Tom Kristensen & Petter Solberg)
Group C
Team ROC Factor Latin America (Helio Castroneves & Gabriel Glusman)
Team Brazil (Tony Kanaan & Felipe Massa)
Team Colombia (Juan Pablo Montoya & Gabby Chaves)
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