Six Degrees of Separation (EVENTS/PLACES attended)

[Jimsc52]

As David said in the other "Six Degrees" thread...

You've heard the theory, right? A Wikipedia author describes it as "the idea that, if a person is one step away from each person they know and two steps away from each person who is known by one of the people they know, then everyone is an average of six "steps" away from each person on Earth."

So let's play the game by having each of you list the MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE EVENTS / PLACEs / SHOPS you have attended or been at. Major events / places / shops here would be defined as those well known enough that many of us would know what it is.

Let's see how many of us have attended the same stuff.

I'll start...

Hot Rod Power Tour (Long Hauler multiple times)
Hot Rod Drag Week (Participant twice)
NSRA Street Rod Nationals (back when there only was one) in Memphis, TN (maybe 1976?)
Goodguys Shows (Des Moines, IA)
NHRA Events (Brainerd, Chicago)
NASCAR Races (Bristol, Michigan)
INDY 500 (twice in the 80's)
Oakland Roadster Show (America's Most Beautiful Roadster show) in the 80's
Woodward Dream Cruise
Mopar National's
Walter P Chrysler Museum
NHRA Museum
Peterson Museum

I'll add more as I think of them...
SEMA
Car Craft Street Machine Nationals (Indy, Springfield, St. Paul)
Super Chevy Shows (Indy, Chicago)
Barrett-Jackson (Scottsdale)
World Of Wheels (St. Paul, Rochester, Duluth, Des Moines, Milwaulkee, Omaha, Chicago)


Who's next?

[Gary 351C]

I'm sure I'll forget one,

California 500 (USAC, before CART) at Ontario Motor Speedway, '70 through '80 we went to every single one!
Miller highlife 500 (NASCAR) also at Ontario '72 and '73
In '74 it became the L.A Times 500, '74 '75 '77 '78 '79
Winston Western 500 (NASCAR) Riverside Intl. Raceway '79 '86
1981 Long Beach Grand Prix, The last year for Formula One. This is the one I'll never forget,AWESOME!
Long Beach Grand Prix (CART) '82 '83 '88
Winternationals '94 '96
Good Guys car show at Del Mar (San Diego) '99
Monterey Historic Automobile Races '97 '98 '99

[Rustang]

been to a few Nascar races at the Kansas Speedway

[SpiderGearsMan]

first race ever
lime rock park scca runoffs 1972

8 years old - at the track -I remember an L88 won A/Production and there were too many minis and corvairs racing

[SpiderGearsMan]

1976 pocono500 nascar winston cup
been to pocono a lot
dover downs nascar wc from 1980 - 2000 twice a year
nascar martinsville virginia 1987-95
nascar richmond va -1987-95
nascar new hampshire 1991-1994
nascar busch lime rock 1995-1998
nascar las vegas 1998
SEMA las vegas 1990 -1999
circle track trade show - daytona a few times
world of outlaws middletown -lebanon valley -las vegas
bracket racing my own cars - englishtown , lebanon valley,ny , island dragway , nj , westhampton,ny delmar,de , maple grove , pa
nhra summernationals at englishtown -1982-present
nhra world finals at pomona 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96
nhra keystone nats a bunch of times
ihra darlington , sc
southern 500 darlington sc a few times
world 600 charlotte a bunch of times
daytona 500 90-97
street machine nationals east 1983-1984 syracuse ,ny
super dirt week , syracuse ,ny 1985
street machine nationals east , englishtown -1987 1988
super chevy shows at maple grove , englishtown , epping -since 1985
hot rod mag super cruise watkins glen , ny
inaugural bud at the glen nascar wc 1986 -tim richmond won that
lead east [biggest 50s party ]
- every year since 1985 -left sat to go to southern 500 sometimes
lost in the fifties - various locations
street rod nats nsra -1995
street rod nats east -ejected for mercury -1994
phr cruise-in maple grove 1991
moroso car show/open house -guilford , ct 1987-92
indy car meadowlands -corvette challenge 1989
new england nationals - 1994-1997
before I got married , I went to over 100 car events a year
last year it was englishtown on the day scott kalitta died and one day at lead east

[Freiburger]

I don't think I could possibly recall the entire list.

Last race at Lions (I was 5)
Races at Riverside in the '70s
Races at Ontario in the '70s
Races at OCIR in the '70s and '80s
Races at Saugus Speedway in the '80s and '90s
NHRA and others at Pomona, '70s-current
Nearly every Hot Rod Power Tour (minus about 4)
Nearly every Fastest Street Car race, '92-'95
Bonneville 1992, 1994, 2001-2008
Lots of El Mirage Meets
April Maxton three time
Texas Mile twice
All the Drag Weeks except last year
All the Pump Gas Drags except last year
Goodguys Indy three times
Mopar Nats at Indy once
Goodguys Pleasanton four of five times
Goodguys at Sears Point
Brickyard 400 a couple years ago
US Nats three or four times
A bunch of PSCA races at Fontana
A bunch of March Meets and Reunions at Famoso
Countless Pomona and Long beach swaps
One Hershey swap meet
Crandon, WI, CORE race
Baja 500 and 1000 three or four times
A million races at LACR

Man, there's a lot more

[nesabo]

Bristol Aug 06
Talledega April 04

[DanStokes]

'69 Nats in Detroit
Every Maxton meet except one since I started in April, 2005
Lots of Milan races
Most Pontiac Silverdome tractor pulls

Seems like I'm missing a bunch

Dan

[jword2001]

01 U.S. nats
Orlando world street finals(many times)
97- 03 AMA dragbike/prostar finals
numerous Hot Rod power tours
Hot Rod power fest(remember that?)
various NHRA natl events in Denver, Phoenix,and Dallas
firts National Hot Rod reunion in Bowling Green 02, i think?
CC streetmachine nats Duquoin '85 (my h.s. grad present from my boss)
IHRA nat event at Norwalk in 97
Daytona supercross 97,98&99
Daytona 200(and suporting races) 97,98,99, 01
several NHRA divisonal points meets , Denver and Amarillo
various AHDRA, AMA dragbike events, Indy, Gainesville, Orlando, and Roswell (alien nats, 1 year deal)
first Mopars at the strip in Las Vegas.

[Cyclone03]

Irindale 67-72.
Ascot
Saugus
Carlsbad (Raced)
OCIR "64 Funney car races in the early '80's
Ontario 500 (Cal 500) 72 tell the last one (81?).
Big Willy"s Brotherhood Raceway (Raced)
LACR Palmdale.(Raced)
Famoso (Bakersfield) Firestone Center Line west coast finals (I went out first round) 1985 and 1986.
FireBird Az.raceway from day one to 1987 almost every Wednesday,Friday,Saturday and Sunday that bracket cars could run. Then I raced Motorcyclye there too. Last time down that track was 1992.
Alamo Dragway(Raced)
Idalu Dragway (Raced),near Lubbock
Texas Motorplex (Fun Ford Weekends,Raced ,Showed,and walked around) 1992-Present)
Houston Raceway (Raced,FFW)
San Antonio Raceway (Raced)
Indianapolis Raceway Park (raced)

Indy 500 Qualifing 1987
Laguna Seca GP races and Superbikes
Heartland Park Topeka (first AMA motorcyle race 1992/3?)
Daytona 200 1993
Garlets little place,2 times 1993 and 2002
NHRA Museum,alot
Peterson Museum,alot


How about Landys shop in 1981 or 1982 wired in some new machinery.
Looked in the doors of Prudumes shop in Northridge (Parthenia or Nordolph?) Sat on my bike outside many Saturdays around 74-76.
Art Crismans in the late '80's for rearend work.(Not Mine)

Hang outs?
Van Nuys BLVD 1979-tell the cops ran us off for good. Wednesday for the cruisers Fri/Sat for the street races (so I heard)
How about Shakeys Pizza in Simi Valley?
Main Street in Mesa,Az.?
Central Park mall in Az.?
Pavillians in Az.?
Super Shops t.o.,van nuys,lubbock,pheonix

Service Center ,T.O.,Simi

I'm sure I forgot some......