I was thinking of contributing to the motorsport bucket list thread but the races I really want to see all happened in the past. That made me think of the early 90s Sci-Fi series "Quantum Leap". If you remember, it starred Scott Bakula as "scientist Sam Beckett" (hence the thread title). The show was based on the (ludicrous) idea that it would be possible to travel back in time within your own lifetime.
So...on that basis, which races in your own lifetime would you really like to have seen? To get things started, here's my list:
1965 Indy 500 - to see Graham Hill's unexpected win (bit of a cheat as I did see the race - but via satellite in a Manchester cinema)
1967 Targa Florio - to see the Chaparral 2F, perhaps the most unsuitable car ever to race on the Piccolo Madonie circuit
1967 Indy 500 - to see Parnelli Jones almost win in the STP-Paxton turbo car
1967 Belgian Grand Prix - to see Dan Gurney take the beautiful Eagle-Weslake's sole championship GP win
1967 US Grand Prix - to see Jim Clark give the BRM H16 engine its one and only race win
1968 Targa Florio - to see Vic Elford's amazing come back drive to victory
1970 Can-Am series - to see, well, where to start: the Chaparral 2J sucker car, the AVS Shadow, the Porsche 917K (all three driven by Vic Elford) and of course Tony Dean's giant-killing win in the Porsche 908
oh and I should have added Eugenio Renna's 1976 win in the penultimate Targa Florio - now why would that be?
Edited by Amphicar, 29 June 2014 - 17:33.