You're given 18 opportunities to drive ANY RACE CAR YOU WANT, ANYWHERE YOU WANT.

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 08/25/2016 at 20:45 • Filed to: QOTD, WWYR, Challenge, Driving Roads

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The dream: to drive this hot, hot, hot, hot hotness round Green Hell.

Every manufacturer has given you permission, just give a call. Part of the package are the crew, supplies, and one spare should you bin the entire car, somehow. If you’re on a rally raid machine, there’s rescue both ahead and behind you.

Eight of those opportunities will be set in public roads that aren’t race tracks. Street circuits that aren’t used in competition anymore, like Montjuic or Rouen, are part of the public roads stipulation. Officials are ready to close off the route just for you, even rally trails.

(If you really insist on recreating the old Paris-Dakar route, we can call for a ceasefire, but for that to happen, you have to bring at least two opponent racers to make a party.)

So three questions remain: what 18 cars would you drive, and (1) what’s the 9 race tracks/rally events you would drive which 9 cars on, and (2) what9 street/scenic roads would you drive on in the other 9? For the lattermost question, provide a Google Map link for an unknown (to us) route.

Here are mine:

Closed circuits/rally stage:

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Mexico 1000

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (ST185) at the Safari Rally (it still runs)

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Rally Monte Carlo

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Interlagos

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Potrero de los Funes

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Le Mans

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Macau Guia Circuit

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Mount Panorama

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Nordscleife

Public roads

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Route de Napoleon

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Quezon National Park Diversion Road

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Atlantic Ocean Road

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Hakone Turnpike

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at The Tail of The Dragon

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at more or less the same route during Top Gear’s Alfa 4C vs Quadski race ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Nihon Romantic Highway

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! all over Resolute bay in Nunavut

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at the Quezon National Park Bitukang Manok

There’s lots of roads out there and just as may cars to choose, if not more, so you’re spoiled for choice. Then again, this will be a difficult thing to do. I knew I had a hard time choosing which ones to take and where to take them.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 12:52

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Syclone with skidplates at 18 randomly chosen locations.

My bird IS the word > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 12:53

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Im just going to leave this here.

TheJWT > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 13:03

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This; Canal Street in Manhattan

RallyWrench > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 13:24

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I don’t have time to come up with 18 cars or locations, but I’ll do a couple.

Alfa Romeo P3 at the Nurburgring. Nuvolari humiliated the Nazis there with one in 1935 and I can’t imagine the emotion that experience would bring.

Matra MS670 at pre-chicane Le Mans, just to savor the noise.

Porsche IROC RS at Riverside (yes, I know Riverside doesn’t exist any more)

AntiSpeed > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 14:33

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Oh this is fun!

In no particular order:

Race tracks:

1) Dallara F312 at Macau

2) Vintage Formula 3 at Pau

3) Indy Lights at St. Petersburg

4) 1967 Ferrari F312 at Monaco

5) Porsche 917 at pre-2002 Hockenheim

6) March 86C at Long Beach

7) Lola B1/00 at Mid-Ohio (first CART race I ever went to)

8) Ferrari 640 at Brands Hatch

9) Ferrari F2002 at Monza

Public Roads:

1)Honda RA272 through Central Park in Manhattan

2) 1967 Ferrari 330 P4 along the Amalfi Coast

3) Jaguar D-Type along the Mille Miglia

4) Porsche 919 on the Pennsylvania/NJ Turnpike from Pittsburgh to Manhattan. Because I want to know how fast I could do it.

I’d have to think about the rest, but I’d be pretty happy stopping there.

Invinciblejets > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 21:14

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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 21:36

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Forget the 18; there is only one for me. The 917-30, and I’d be blasting up and down the Taconic Parkway in NY with the boost turned all the way up. Because Can-Am.

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 21:50

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Too many really. I’ll give you a short list.

GT40 at Sebring

427 Cobra at Leguna

Mosler Raptor at Mosport

962 to LeMans

Lotus 49 at Spa

Jag XJR-8 at Riverside

1995 PTG E36 M3 at Lime Rock

ViperGTS at Road Atlanta

Ok, not a short list...

A car of my own design at pre-paving Pike Peak. It exists is fantasy only

Mini Cooper at Monte Carlo

Stratos at Sardinia

GT4 rally Safari

1998 Subaru WRC at Australia

Something Offy powered at Indy

Here is an odd one for ya. A 1970 Cortina at MAR in Wentzville Mo.

I’m sure I could think of three more

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > RallyWrench 08/25/2016 at 21:53

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Riverside was on my list too

Hot Takes Salesman > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 22:41

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Hmm. This is beautifully difficult.

Race Tracks-

McLaren MP4/4 at Monaco

Ferrari F2004 at Baku

Mazda 787B at Le Mans

Williams FW14B at Macau

Porsche 917 at the Nordschliefe

Porsche 917/30 (two 917's- thats how legendary this car is) at Mid-Ohio

Williams FW26B at Monza

Porsche 919 at Circuit of the Americas

Porsche 962 at Mount Panorama

Streets are even more difficult. That’s why we have the gmap-pedometer.

Audi 90 IMSA GTO at Phoenix Street Course

McLaren MP4/23 at London (ignore the weird kink next to the big ben that just goes straight)

Ferrari FXX K at Central Park

Corvette C7.R at Washington, D.C.

Ferrari 599XX Evo at Glen Head

Aston Martin Vulcan at Heathrow

Sauber Mercedes C11 at Berlin

Ferrari F2007 at Boston

Ferrari 641 at Rome

Holy shit, thats difficult and time consuming, and a hundred percent worth it.

Wheelerguy > Hot Takes Salesman 08/25/2016 at 22:49

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Besides the C11 (go full-on C9, boy), I approve.

I also see that you have two V12 FR specials. *thumbs up*

Hot Takes Salesman > Wheelerguy 08/25/2016 at 23:00

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I’ve got a 12-6 ratio of NA to Turbo, V12 and V8 are tied, however adding in the Porsche Flat-12's, 12 cylinders is the most popular with six cars, followed by four V8's, and three V10's. I think I've made a good list here.

Hot Takes Salesman > Hot Takes Salesman 08/25/2016 at 23:06

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Well, fuck, I forgot the MP4/6. That can replace the MP4/23 around London.