Abstract: A racing board game apparatus for use by a plurality of players which comprises a game board having a simulated race course of depicted thereon, including a plurality of racing lanes, a plurality of playing pieces each representing a player for movement along the simulated race course, a random number generator for determining a sequential playing order to be followed by the players in turn, and cards for determining a plurality of potential movements of each playing piece at a given turn. Each of the racing lanes is divided into a plurality of discreet, sequential playing spaces and each racing lane is designated as one of the four suits in a standard deck of playing cards. The determining cards include at least one deck of standard playing cards to be distributed to and strategically discarded by the players throughout the course of a game for determining movements of the playing pieces along the simulated race course.