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F1 News & Discussions => General F1 Discussion => Topic started by: SennaMan on June 26, 2009, 05:23:08 AM
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Just for fun please list the motor race/car things you would love to do.
a few of mine are:
drive a supercar - any - around a favourite track; how about a KOENIGSEGG CCX-R around Bathurst or Brands Hatch or .....................?
drive a NISSAN GTR or PORSCHE CAYMAN S or PORSCHE CARRERA GT or FERRARI FXX around the NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE - for at least 10 laps!
attend INDY 500, SEBRING 12 HOUR and LE MANS 24 Heures [including the historics]
own a PORSCHE CAYMAN S
tour the ASTON MARTIN; BENTLEY; McLAREN; MERCEDES et all, factories and museums
interview Sir stirling MOSS over a restaurant dinner
drop into SPA and SILVERSTONE and tour other great tracks
build a component kit car like the ALMAC SABRE S2 [designed in NZ - please go to:
http://www.almac.co.nz/ (http://www.almac.co.nz/)
what are yours?
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Run down anyone resembling Max Mosley, especially if I happen to be driving around Monaco.
;)
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to have enough money / time to do 7 out of 8 of your suggestions (I can probably spare enough cash to interview Moss as long as he likes McDonalds)
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to have enough money / time to do 7 out of 8 of your suggestions (I can probably spare enough cash to interview Moss as long as he likes McDonalds)
Too bad there's no track days at Indy the oval would
do just fine
Listen to Jackie tell some stories on the F1 drivers
he's known
Blur past a radar cop in a Enzo at top speed and
break his radar gun
Have enough money to hire a good lawyer for above
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Ride as co-pilot with a truckie from one of the big teams to all the European races (with a paddock pass please) for a season.
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Go pub crawling with Kimi
Spend the Monaco F1 week-end with Alain de Cadenet
An evening with Sir Sterling & Sir Jackie
Go to the 24 Hrs of Le Mans & the GP of Monaco
Drive a Porsche 904 and 917, a Lotus Cosworth 49, a Ford GT Mk IV and a 1963 Falcon rally car.
Force Bernie to spend the entire week-end of the USGP a Indy in the Dollar Inn at Speedway, Indiana. :yahoo:
Drive the road course at Indy at speed.
Attend Goodwood, both the Revival and the Festival of Speed.
Drive The Tail of the Dragon in a Ferrari California, with the top down and all of the speed cops off at the doughnut shop! ;)
Spend a season as Team Photographer with an F1 team (other than Toy)
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I'd like to turn a lap on a real race track, in a real race car. Who wouldn't?
But what I'd seriously like to do is some rally racing! I don't enjoy watching it so much, as a sport, but damn it looks fun! I'd especially love to race on the ice! I'm one of the few people who smiles when it snows, there's nothing like driving on a freshly fallen snow!
Maybe I'll also become a plus sized pit babe ;-)
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I'd like to turn a lap on a real race track, in a real race car. Who wouldn't?
But what I'd seriously like to do is some rally racing! I don't enjoy watching it so much, as a sport, but damn it looks fun! I'd especially love to race on the ice! I'm one of the few people who smiles when it snows, there's nothing like driving on a freshly fallen snow!
Maybe I'll also become a plus sized pit babe ;-)
In recent years since giving up serious racing (karting, formula ford & thunder saloons) I have spent a fortune at Palmer Sports so I can continue to drive decent cars like their Le Mans style Jaguars and FPA single seaters, plus I have spent more of the kids' inheritance taking my own car on tracks such as Brands Hatch and Thruxton. In general my performance has always been quite respectable. The one time I tried rallying I seemed to spend most of the time going into the scenery backwards. :fool:
Jeri; you are amongst motor racing enthusiasts.....we love curves!
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In recent years since giving up serious racing (karting, formula ford & thunder saloons) I have spent a fortune at Palmer Sports so I can continue to drive decent cars like their Le Mans style Jaguars and FPA single seaters, plus I have spent more of the kids' inheritance taking my own car on tracks such as Brands Hatch and Thruxton. In general my performance has always been quite respectable. The one time I tried rallying I seemed to spend most of the time going into the scenery backwards. :fool:
Jeri; you are amongst motor racing enthusiasts.....we love curves!
I'm sure I'd get full value of all safetey equipment and insurance papers if I ever did go rally driving.
I don't know what the roads are like in Britain, but there are a lot of long open country roads in Canada. It's not the same as having a race car on a race track, but if I get the urge to drive 100 mph, I just need to drive north for about 1/2 hour (40 minutes if I obey the limit...), and I can find a place to let my Fusion stretch its legs for a few seconds.
If I want twists and turns, it's about an hour north. Cottage country runs along the edge of the Canadian Shield. Lots of great roads winding among the rock and woods.
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Maybe I'll also become a plus sized pit babe ;-)
We need pictures so we can vote. ;) :good:
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Monty what car is that in your avatar?can't figure it out
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I'd like to turn a lap on a real race track, in a real race car. Who wouldn't?
I too would love to have a few laps in an F1 car at a real track. :good:
Trouble is after seeing the Hamster (Richard Hammond) on the TV show Top Gear make such a mess of attempting to drive a Renault F1 car I have my doubt's about my ability to even get one lap in. Maybe therefore I have to settle for a run in an historic GP car, perhaps the Gordan Murray Brabham Fan car or one of Colin's ground effect Lotus', or even a shark nose Ferrari.
I would also like to shadow an F1 driver for the weekend, see how they go about setting the cars up, the highs and lows of practice and quali, the drivers briefings with the stewards and then how they go about the race and then post race.
Some people go on a world cruise well I think I would like a single year world tour taking in every GP, the best seats and staying in good quality hotels of course. I have roughed it enough at motor race meetings over the years.
Oh and as this thread is a little about fantasies as well I would like to be the boss of a F1 team for a while. :crazy:
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Now there is a question Sennaman. Here's my wish list.
To compete in national based series like British touring cars or Irish tarmac rally championship.
To follow the F1 circus for a year, every race every lap.
To attend the Le mans 24 hrs, staying trackside in a tent with a BBQ and an ample supply of Corr's.
To drive a Ferrari F1 car round any F1 track. I would let anyone mad enough to let me drive one decide where and which car.
To own a Ferrari road car before I die. I'm working on that one at the moment, not much success so far, but if I could get my kids to stop eating and wearing shoes I would be well on the road by now.
My dinner would be with Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn in the restaurant in Maranello near the Ferrari factory.
To tour any F1 factory, I will let you guess my preference, but anyone would do.
To restore a Jaguar E-Type to concourse condition.
I could go on and on!!
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Maybe I'll also become a plus sized pit babe ;-)
We need pictures so we can vote. ;) :good:
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Meet Sir Frank Williams
Meet Patrick Head
Drive the FW14B
Go to the Spa GP, Indy 500, Le Mans 24 Hours
Own a significant part of an F1 car (ie a wing) to supplement the gear cog we got when signing up for the Williams fan club
Understand the attraction of NASCAR... I've tried, really I have.
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Understand the attraction of NASCAR... I've tried, really I have.
It used to be far, far better than it is now. I grew up a huge fan of NASCAR. Like many other NASCAR fans, they finally drove me away a few years go.
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Everything about it should be brilliant, brutal cars, good drivers etc, but for some reason it cannot grab me. What was it that put you off? The Car of Tomorrow, or other stuff?
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Everything about it should be brilliant, brutal cars, good drivers etc, but for some reason it cannot grab me. What was it that put you off? The Car of Tomorrow, or other stuff?
For me, it's the driving in circles every week which just gets tedious.
Also, the constant yellow flags. It makes the first 300 laps meaningless when the leaders are allowed to get fresh tires and fuel and restart bumper to bumper with 3 laps to go.
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Everything about it should be brilliant, brutal cars, good drivers etc, but for some reason it cannot grab me. What was it that put you off? The Car of Tomorrow, or other stuff?
The spec-racer Car of 1965, I mean, Tomorrow, replacing some of their best tracks with boring Charlotte clones, restrictor plates, weekly rule changes, horrible Faux TV coverage, no Ford cammers or Dodge Hemis, I could go on and on.
For me, the straw that broke the camel's back was when they did away with their showcase race, The Southern 500. Dating back to 1950, it was the Monaco, the Le Mans, the Indy 500 of stock car racing. A few years ago, NASCAR did away with it and moved the Labor Day week-end race from Darlington to the boring Charlotte clone at Los Angeles. That race has already failed, and will move to Atlanta this year.
NASCAR is now the only major racing series in the world where the technology of the race cars lags far behind everyday street cars.
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It is strange how it seems to remain so popular in the States. I must admit I know very little about NASCAR but began to follow it a bit more closely with JPM and JV making moves there. The bumper to bumper racing appeals but it just never grabbed me. Now to hear the problems mentioned, it baffles me why people sometimes suggest F1 should be a bit more like NASCAR.
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It is strange how it seems to remain so popular in the States. I must admit I know very little about NASCAR but began to follow it a bit more closely with JPM and JV making moves there. The bumper to bumper racing appeals but it just never grabbed me. Now to hear the problems mentioned, it baffles me why people sometimes suggest F1 should be a bit more like NASCAR.
It's more fan friendly.The team merchandise in both NASCAR and
IRL are much cheaper than F1.And watching Nascar races and
practice online is so much easier ,try watching anything F1 online
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There's a half mile oval track up in Columbus. Nothing fancy, it's been there since the late 1940's. It currently hosts NASCAR weekly series races.
http://www.columbusspeedway.com/asp/2009/default.asp (http://www.columbusspeedway.com/asp/2009/default.asp)
Every season, during an off-week for the Cup, several Cup drivers show up to race there, meet the fans and sign autographs. Can you imagine that happening in F1?
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I have managed to get to one NASCAR meeting in Winston Salem (1997) and one INDY race in Florida a little more recently.
I was so impressed how the whole day was a feast of entertainment and how the tracks make the events family friendly. I was also amazed by the number of spectators; well over 100,000!
I wasn't expecting to enjoy NASCAR but, when you are so close to the track, you feel, hear and smell the racing as much as watch it!
The INDY racing wasn't as spectacular and it got really confusing when they seemed to throw 'yellows' for no obvious reason and when you thought you had a real race on, cars disappeared into the pits. However, these were on my list of things to do and I'm really glad I did them.
One more 'must do' is go to an American drag race meeting. I love Santa Pod but the Top Fuel and Funny cars in the USA are consistently running 0.5seconds faster plus there are more cars at each meeting. I would love to see a few side by side sub-5second runs.
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Every year I go to the NHRA nationals at Phoenix. You have no idea of what fan friendly means until you've been to an NHRA meet. John Force, the biggest name going spends hours at the edge of his paddock stall signing anything you hand him, having actual, if brief, conversations with people, and generally entertaining anyone in earshot. The other drivers are equally friendly. We waved at Brandon Bernstein while he was driving a golf cart through the Midway and he stopped and signed our hats and actually talked to us a few moments. Tony Schumacher spent several minutes in the parking lot talking to us about a '32 coupe we were all admiring. The best part is being near the start line when a Nitro car leaves. Not only is it incredibly loud, it really does shake the ground. You feel it right up through your shoes (nobody sits down when a nitro car runs), and in your chest like a loud bass. I love it.
I would like to attend the Brian Redman historics at Road America.
The Monterey Historics at Laguna Seca.
The Indy 500.
Sebring.
The Daytona 24.
Dream of Dreams: Monaco, first class.
Lonny
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John Force, the biggest name going spends hours at the edge of his paddock stall signing anything you hand him, having actual, if brief, conversations with people, and generally entertaining anyone in earshot.
I really must get over there. However, I won't be queuing to talk to John Force because I will be too busy trying to talk to his daughters! (I really am starting to sound like a dirty old man. Don't get me wrong...I have always been dirty but I hate being old!)
I meant that I would really like to talk to young women that have the skill and the courage to run Funny cars down the quarter in less than 5seconds and at around 300mph!
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Hey Jeri
While admitting that I'm a dirty, less than young man, I should comment on your photo's.
If we were geographically closer I would use one of my better chat-up lines such as "Hello pit babe, get your coat, you've pulled" ;)
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Sebring is always a good time. Every ticket is a pit pass. Both the 12 Hours and the Historics are worth the trip.
If you go to the 12 Hours, be sure to make it out to the Green Park camping area inside of Turn 7. It's one huge party for the entire week-end!
The Cleveland Indians used to have their Spring Training Camp near Sebring at the same time as the 12 Hours, so I could do both at once. :yahoo:
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Sebring is always a good time. Every ticket is a pit pass. Both the 12 Hours and the Historics are worth the trip.
If you go to the 12 Hours, be sure to make it out to the Green Park camping area inside of Turn 7. It's one huge party for the entire week-end!
The Cleveland Indians used to have their Spring Training Camp near Sebring at the same time as the 12 Hours, so I could do both at once. :yahoo:
I know people make a big deal of going to a baseball game in every major league stadium. (I've done 6 different myself - and 7 NHL arenas) Do people make a big deal about going to each Grand Prix venue?
I know I'd love to!
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I would love to own all the cars I mentioned on another thread.
Attend Goodwood (all events).
Drive the old Nurburgring in a 1967 Lotus F1 car.
Attend Monaco GP at a cafe trackside table (with some ear protection and lots of beverages). damn I'm gettting old!
Attend the 24hrs of Lemans
Attend as many F1 races as I want.
More to follow....
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I would love to own all the cars I mentioned on another thread.
Attend Goodwood (all events).
Drive the old Nurburgring in a 1967 Lotus F1 car.
Attend Monaco GP at a cafe trackside table (with some ear protection and lots of beverages). damn I'm gettting old!
Attend the 24hrs of Lemans
Attend as many F1 races as I want.
Get Grand Prix Legends Willie.You can drive the old Nurburgring
in a 67 Lotus[a Eagle too]it's only a pc game but it's the next best thing.
You can buy the game for around $10 US and ask the Wiz it's not as
easy as it looks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8T7bGxlq4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM8T7bGxlq4)
More to follow....
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Did you notice he had the tranny in automatic mode. The shift lever kept moving itself. The problem I always have with these is I can't tell when the car is about to spin: no seat of the pants. Oh well!
Lonny
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Hey Jeri
While admitting that I'm a dirty, less than young man, I should comment on your photo's.
If we were geographically closer I would use one of my better chat-up lines such as "Hello pit babe, get your coat, you've pulled" ;)
Thanks :-*
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thanks everyone, what a fabulous lot of 'wish lists', and I have really enjoyed your inputs!