[elcamino72]

The post about Woodward got me thinking where are those locations that every car enthusiast should visit. In other words were are the Mecca's of our hobby?

Here's my list (in no particular order) and please add your own.

1. Woodward Avenue
2. Bonneville Salt Flats
3. Carlisle
4. AACA Fall National Meet in Hershey, PA
5. Pomona

Where do you guys want to visit?

 

[BULKSS]

CB 07 for sure here.. Think will try the Turkey Run In Daytona in November
If I can pull it off.

 

[jaf6738]

For the purest, try to get to any AACA “Grand National” event. It’s held in a different location of the country, once, every year. Our regional AACA club (Lake Erie Region) hosted one here in Buffalo a couple of years ago. I was able to work it (directing show cars to the right lots and locations) as a member of the club. It was amazing!

This year: July 5-7 (2007) — Kalamazoo, MI. AACA Grand National. Hosted by AACA West Michigan and Kalamazoo Valley Regions

 

[Philip]

Don Garlits Musuem of Drag Racing in Ocala, FL. Awesome place, I wish I would have had enough time to spend the whole day there.
Here is a shot of The Flyer (John Olson) holding up the Little Red Wagon for me to get a photo of it

 

[novaderrik]

my vote is for "the open road"..

 

[mmurphy77]

Hot August Nights in Reno, NV.

 

[bdss396]

The Aurburn, Cord, Duesenbergh musuem in Aurburn Indiana. Very cool !

 

[Keith Tedford]

Several people that I know really liked the Garlits Museum. Three different friends have been on various Hotrod Power Tours and still rave about them. Chris, a local friend of mine, ended up with his orange '69 Chevelle on the cover of Hotrod Magazine after one of their tours. I wouldn't mind seeing all the stuff that GM has stashed away in Detroit as well.

 

[rkd]

My list includes:

The Don Garlits Museum (Beyond fabulous)*
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum (car guy historic heaven)*
Wheels Through Time, cars and motorcycles in Maggie Valley, NC (unbeliveably fantastic)*
Fun Ford Weekend Spring Break Shootout*/or a Super Chevy Show
The Petersen Museum
The Warner Robbins AFB Aircraft Museum (great engine display)*
Any Southern 1/8 mile dragstrip (Mobile Dragway, Savannah River Dragway, Savannah Dragway, r.i.p.)*
Cruzin the Coast in South MS
Robling Road open track days, Savannah GA
The Gatornationals
The US Nationals
The Indy 500*
The Daytona 500
Laconia Bike Week*
The Laconia Half Mile Flat Track races (Bike week, at Rochester Fairgrounds-there's nothing like a pack of 750 HD's side by side, sideways, at 80 mph)*
Any Southern dirt half mile oval, Ogelthorpe Speedway comes to mind (This and flat track will give you a new perspective of balls)*
Any real honest to goodness speed shop, (BJ's Tools in Savannah)*
Any live steam railroad museum*
The SEMA show
A World of Wheels Autorama*
The Wall of Death motorcycle show at a country fair*
A monster truck show*

The one's with askterisks are the ones I have been to so far.

 

[erikbuzz]

Black Hawk Auto Museum. A very nice place if you are in california.

 

[T-Man]

The Studebaker Musuem in South Bend Indiana is pretty cool in my opinion. The Henry Ford Musuem in Dearborn Michigan is a must see also.

 

[davewho1]

I'd like to say the late, great Smokey Yunick's "Best Damn Garage in Town" in Daytona Beach, but I guess they knocked it down a few months ago to put up condos.
I would've really liked to have seen that.

Dave

 

[von]

Add Floyd Garrret's Musclecar Museum in TN.

 

[Nor Cal Chevelle]

Reno Auto Museum - used to be Harrah's Auto Museum
If you go to Hot August Nites, this museum is a must.

 

[Steve340]

Van Nuys Dude
Thats gotta be the cruising Mecca of the USA

 

[rocks66ss]

When you go to CB-07 go to the Lane Car museum in Nashville. We went last year and it was pretty cool


Rocky

 

[Georgia69]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum

Also, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame Museum at Talladega Speedway is pretty good.

 

[ChaosEnvy]

Don Garlits Musuem of Drag Racing in Ocala, FL. Awesome place, I wish I would have had enough time to spend the whole day there.
Here is a shot of The Flyer (John Olson) holding up the Little Red Wagon for me to get a photo of it

Bill Maverick, the driver for the little red wagon, used to have a website. There was a great story he wrote there about how he got into racind and his first win. The story is all about my Grandparents.

I couldn't find the story, but they make mention of them in here, Jerry and Gordon Williams.

http://www.biloxidragway.com/driversbill.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=700


Big D