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The speed week thread got me thinking about my Automotive Bucket List:

 

Participate in Speed Week

Participate in the Pike's Peak Hillclimb

Drive the Nurburgring Nordschliffe

Go to a Formula 1 Race Weekend.

 

What's your Automotive Bucket List?

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This is from anouther car site I am on

 

Drive a Funny Car

Attend The Goodwood Festival of Speed

Race at Bonneville

Drive a Sprint Car

Enter a Demolition Derby

Race The Baja 1000

Race at The ffice:smarttags" />Silver State Classic Challenge

Ride as a Navigator in a SCCA Pro Rally Car

Compete in a Wheel to Wheel Road Race

Attend the U.S. Nationals

Build your own Engine

Crew on a Race Team

Race a Shifter Cart

Go to The Daytona 500

Attend the 24 Hours of Lemans

Race in the 24 Hours of Lemons

Go to Gravelrama

Go Ice Racing on a Frozen Lake

Learn to Operate a Welder

Drive a Jet Car

Throw the Rods out of the Oil Pan

Attend the March Meet

Own Something with a Lenco in it

Attend the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Run Flat Out at El Mirage

Long-Haul The Power Tour

Compete at Drag Week

Attend La Carrera Panamericana

See the Detroit Autorama

Tour The Henry Ford Museum

Attend The Woodward Dream Cruise

Road Trip to Bike Week at Sturgis

Bid at B-J Scottsdale

Check out The Garlits’ Museum of Drag Racing

Cruise Route 66

Attend the Car Craft Summer Nationals

Go to Eldora Speedway

Attend The Turkey Rod Run in Daytona

Race at Maxton

Hit The Museum of American Speed

Install a Lift in Your Home Shop

Attend The Grand National Roadster Show

Own Something with an 8-71 attached to it.

Drive a Modified Class Pulling Tractor

Do MOAB

Drive a Wheelstander

Restore a Muscle Car

Chop Up a Muscle Car

Paint Your Car Yourself

Attend The Swamp Buggy Races in Naples, Florida

Race an Aussie V8 Superboat

Attend The Bathurst 1000

See an F1 Race in Monaco

Build a V8 Chainsaw

Compete in The Rollover Contest at Riverhead Raceway in N.Y.

Stand Between Fuelers at The Starting Line

Throw The Green Flag at a NASCAR Race

Teach a Kid to Build a Carb

Go to The Gasser Reunion

Compete in The World Power Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway

Attend The NSRA Nationals

Attend The World Street Nationals, Orlando

Buy Stuff at Hershey, PA Swap Meet

Win a Drag Race

Help Another Car-Guy at The Side of The Road

Lap The Nurburgring

Watch: Vanishing Point, Two-Lane Blacktop and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Hear John Force Speak in Person

Pomona Swapmeet

Drive Five Italian Supercars in Italy

Run Moonshine

Tour Leno’s Collection

Go 200 MPH at Continental Tires Texas Test Track

Go to a Race Car Driving School

Drive The Tail of The Dragon in NC

Drive The Blue Ridge Parkway

Lead East-Total 50’s Immersion

Attend The AMC Nationals

Drag-Race Your Parents Car at Grudge Match Night

Install a Brake Light Cutout

Attend Sebring Infield Party

Drive on The Beach at Daytona

Sit in The Snake Pit at The Indy 500

Wash Car Parts in The Dishwasher

Own a Car With Flamethrowers

Ride in a Rumble Seat

Make Whoopee in a Car

Name a Car You Own

Put Out a Carburetor Fire

Go to Bristol 400

Go to a Truck and Tractor Pull

Participate in a Figure Eight Chain Race

Experience Turbo Lag

Perfect The Parking Brake J-Turn

Do An Autocross

Get Your Car in a Magazine

Do The Rubicon Trail

Attend Targa Newfoundland

Attend The SEMA Show

Discover and Buy a Barn Find

Attend The Reno Air Races

 

HOW DO YOU RATE

1-10 Did you lease or buy your Prius?

11-25 Good start…keep going

26-50 You have 90W in your viens

51-75 Send a resume to…

76-101 We’re not worthy

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This is from anouther car site I am on

 

Drive a Funny Car

Attend The Goodwood Festival of Speed

Race at Bonneville

Drive a Sprint Car

Enter a Demolition Derby

Race The Baja 1000

Race at The ffice:smarttags" />Silver State Classic Challenge

Ride as a Navigator in a SCCA Pro Rally Car

Compete in a Wheel to Wheel Road Race

Attend the U.S. Nationals

Build your own Engine

Crew on a Race Team

Race a Shifter Cart

Go to The Daytona 500

Attend the 24 Hours of Lemans

Race in the 24 Hours of Lemons

Go to Gravelrama

Go Ice Racing on a Frozen Lake

Learn to Operate a Welder

Drive a Jet Car

Throw the Rods out of the Oil Pan

Attend the March Meet

Own Something with a Lenco in it

Attend the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Run Flat Out at El Mirage

Long-Haul The Power Tour

Compete at Drag Week

Attend La Carrera Panamericana

See the Detroit Autorama

Tour The Henry Ford Museum

Attend The Woodward Dream Cruise

Road Trip to Bike Week at Sturgis

Bid at B-J Scottsdale

Check out The Garlits’ Museum of Drag Racing

Cruise Route 66

Attend the Car Craft Summer Nationals

Go to Eldora Speedway

Attend The Turkey Rod Run in Daytona

Race at Maxton

Hit The Museum of American Speed

Install a Lift in Your Home Shop

Attend The Grand National Roadster Show

Own Something with an 8-71 attached to it.

Drive a Modified Class Pulling Tractor

Do MOAB

Drive a Wheelstander

Restore a Muscle Car

Chop Up a Muscle Car

Paint Your Car Yourself

Attend The Swamp Buggy Races in Naples, Florida

Race an Aussie V8 Superboat

Attend The Bathurst 1000

See an F1 Race in Monaco

Build a V8 Chainsaw

Compete in The Rollover Contest at Riverhead Raceway in N.Y.

Stand Between Fuelers at The Starting Line

Throw The Green Flag at a NASCAR Race

Teach a Kid to Build a Carb

Go to The Gasser Reunion

Compete in The World Power Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway

Attend The NSRA Nationals

Attend The World Street Nationals, Orlando

Buy Stuff at Hershey, PA Swap Meet

Win a Drag Race

Help Another Car-Guy at The Side of The Road

Lap The Nurburgring

Watch: Vanishing Point, Two-Lane Blacktop and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

Hear John Force Speak in Person

Pomona Swapmeet

Drive Five Italian Supercars in Italy

Run Moonshine

Tour Leno’s Collection

Go 200 MPH at Continental Tires Texas Test Track

Go to a Race Car Driving School

Drive The Tail of The Dragon in NC

Drive The Blue Ridge Parkway

Lead East-Total 50’s Immersion

Attend The AMC Nationals

Drag-Race Your Parents Car at Grudge Match Night

Install a Brake Light Cutout

Attend Sebring Infield Party

Drive on The Beach at Daytona

Sit in The Snake Pit at The Indy 500

Wash Car Parts in The Dishwasher

Own a Car With Flamethrowers

Ride in a Rumble Seat

Make Whoopee in a Car

Name a Car You Own

Put Out a Carburetor Fire

Go to Bristol 400

Go to a Truck and Tractor Pull

Participate in a Figure Eight Chain Race

Experience Turbo Lag

Perfect The Parking Brake J-Turn

Do An Autocross

Get Your Car in a Magazine

Do The Rubicon Trail

Attend Targa Newfoundland

Attend The SEMA Show

Discover and Buy a Barn Find

Attend The Reno Air Races

 

HOW DO YOU RATE

1-10 Did you lease or buy your Prius?

11-25 Good start…keep going

26-50 You have 90W in your viens

51-75 Send a resume to…

76-101 We’re not worthy

 

Good luck!

 

I've attended the Reno air races in Stead - those are fun!

 

Talk about a bucket list! I might have to repost this in another forum.

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Mine:

 

Build and race a rig that can lift its front tires in the trailer class at Rodeo du Camion

Drive an Australian road train across the Outback

Blast the Lærdal Tunnel in Norway in my Park Ave

Drive the Camino de la Muerte in Bolivia

Build a 200mph '59 Impala

Take a car to blowover in a wheelstand

Compete in the Trans-Siberian rally

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Drive something with over 1000hp across the country.

Make a single digit quarter mile pass.

Break 200 mph in a street car (not neccesarily on the street)

Do all of the above in the same car that I build.

 

Drive a Winston Cup Car.

Drive an Indy Car.

Drive a Funny Car.

Ride in one of the Air Force Thinderbirds.

 

Obtain a licence, for the NHRA, a pilot, and class A CDL.

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