Forgotten Classic NASCAR Race Shops Ultimate History Tour! (What Do They Look Like Today?)
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- Ever since we moved to North Carolina we have been tracking down and documenting the locations of former NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series race team shops. We have found these places and share pictures from back in the day for almost all of them. There are TONS of ordinary buildings in the greater Charlotte area that you may pass every day not knowing what type of legendary racing cars have comer from within those walls. Mooresville Concord Harrisburg and Denver are all scattered with these places! Hall of fame careers built under a roof that now houses a business completely unaware of its legendary past. Vintage race cars are kept in museums...but everybody forgets the buildings in which they were born...until now!!
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Which shops do you want to see an inside in depth history tour on? (Also. We used an entire tank of diesel driving around to find these places 😂)
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All of them
The massive shop that had the 3 flags out front had yhe nascar look to it. Would vote for a deep dive into that one.
Hey Mitchell, i have a Mark Martin winn Dixie autographed hood. Can't remember which race it was from, but you can have it if you want it. Located in Harrisburg behind the JTG/Daughtry race shop. It would look good in your shop 🙂
This is pretty awesome taking the time to do all this. The history is pretty cool how it all started compared to where it's at. Much appreciated 👍🏻
DEI but you already did such a great video there - how about Jr’s shop?
Dude! You are making an impact on old racing history. I’m 52 and have watched NASCAR from the 80’s until present day. The content you put out is a big deal to old fans like me and hopefully the newer generation. Keep it alive my brother and I will support your endeavors the whole way. Hopefully others will too. Crazy your stuff doesn’t get more views.
Thanks man. We think it should have more views too 😂
The shop next door to Penske in Lakeside Park that was Roush in the late '90s was originally Moroso Racing. We loved Liberty because it was near my home in nearby Pleasant Garden and our guys wouldn't talk to other teams. In addition we could race at Charlotte, Rockingham, Martinsville and North Wilkesboro without motel bills.
I lucked out the day I visited the shop in Liberty. Mark and Jack were both there, and of course we saw you there, as well. It would have been in 94 some time, and the next time I saw you in person was when Karen (my ex) worked at the 97 shop right after Jack bought the team. NASCAR was a different world then.
Should contact Vaughn directly. I'm pretty sure he'd invite you inside the shop
@@TidyBananas My ex ended up working at Roush. Shop tours weren’t a problem.
This is awesome info for a Canadian kid that grew up watching NASCAR in the 70’s when they would show the odd race on “Wide World of Sports “on a Saturday. A great historical tour, thanks!
My grandpa was in nascar when hickory motor speedway was big so I grew up watching nascar with my grandpa, he records every single race and has for as long as I can remember. Watching these videos gives me some cool things to talk with him about and I love the history of anything with cars so I’m def a big sucker for these videos.
Thanks Zack that’s awesome
I love watching all these videos about the old HQs of the 90's and 00's race teams. Makes me wish I was back in that era again. Well done guy S42.👍👍👍
Thanks man
I quit watching Nascar in 2008. You have brought back so many great Nascar memories of when Nascar was the greatest sport on earth and when it still respected its Southern Heritage and the fans.
Well I'm a little older, and grew up in the Birmingham Al area, there was BIR, a small race track at the fair grounds. It is completely gone now but I will never forget the sounds of the cars from my grandparents house right down the road. Also used to go to Sayre speedway up Hwy. 78 to watch the figure 8 races. Such a good time of my life, hanging with my great uncle. Love your history of the old race shops.🏁👍 You guys are so lucky to get to see the places you do. Keeping it alive!🙏
Thanks dean 💪🏻
This is the longest video I’ve ever watched and didn’t skip a single second. I’m 25 and have always been into the history of racing since I listened to the stories of my grandpa racing, working on race cars, and just going to races over the years. It’s just always fascinated me
Thanks man that’s awesome. We made this video for guys like us
If you’ve not covered the old Junior Johnson shops yet, I live locally here in Wilkes County just minutes from the old shops. I also happen to be able to get in contact with one of his longtime crew members for you to be able to get some history on the place. We’d be happy to have you guys up here.
Great tour of the history of the NASCAR shops. My first NASCAR race as a kid was Bristol TN. My dad took me and I was about thirteen. We stopped at a Holiday Inn to eat something the night before. The restaurant was full of the different NASCR teams. I was amazed at all of the team uniforms. I actually got to meet several drivers, including Richard Petty. He was signing autographs for all the kids. I’ve been a Petty fan ever since. Great memories of weekends traveling to the races with my dad. He would always try to get the best seats available. That is in the days when fans could cross the track after many races and get up close looks at the cars and haulers. Had a Petty Enterprise team member give me his PE uniform cap once at Atlanta after the race. I wanted to thank you for your efforts to preserve what you can of the history of the sport.
Thanks man! We got some videos at petty enterprises you’re really gonna like!
@@Stapleton42 Wondering if you have any history on the “Petty Brothers Racing Team”? I believe that Maurice and Richard fielded the team and a relative was the driver. I saw them run the car at Taladega years ago.
Took me back in time, grew up going to all the race shops multiple times a year. Thanks for the memories !
You’re welcome Michael. Thank you for being here 💪🏻
I grew up helping my dad on his dirt track car and watching racing on Sundays. I use to cut grass in the mid to late 80's and use the money to buy blank VCR tapes just to record the races. Unfortunately all of the videos I had got damaged and gone in a flood back in the mid 90's. Harry Gant and the 33 Bandit was my favorite by far. Racing was just a good thing that brought my family together and allowed us to hang out. Thanks for these videos and memories. I will be in CLT area middle of this month and will go and see some of these historic shops.
Dang man. That’s a shame. We are glad you’re here with us for the history 💪🏻
Mitchel/Logann great tour. Back in the day when NASCAR was I feel at its peak. All the names of drivers you mentioned has brought back a flood of memories. Drivers I would watch. Every weekend. That was a great walk back in time. Thanks for sharing. You and Logann stay safe and well 🇺🇸
Love content like this, live out of MD but my Dad got me hooked on NASCAR since childhood. Grandfather was a dirt racer locally, racing a Hudson Terraplane way back when. I just geek out about the history of the sport, and am working on making visits to NC just to be around more fans. Gets isolating being a lone fan so content like this keeps me going. Keep it up!
Thanks Randy you’re not alone here 💪🏻
All the racing history you're willing to dig up, I'm happy to absorb. As far as age goes, I'm old enough to be your dad but I can't think of a video where I haven't learned or been reminded of something. With the addition of Uncle George, the content is even more inspirational/aspirational because it's relevant to my own OBS project. As far as my connection to the history, I was growing up in Florida and in the Army through most of the 80s. In Europe, the service TV showed a lot of NASCAR.NHRA racing and professional Wrestling. 6000 miles away from home, we all wanted to be Dale Earnhardt/Kyle Petty/Rusty Wallace/Bobby Allison and Rowdy Roddy Piper/Andre the Giant/Randy Savage/Jimmy Snuka (maybe not Jimmy, looking back) Thank you both, for all you give us.
Thanks man that’s awesome. We’re glad to have you on the team
Thanks for the walk down history lane. With all the car shows on TV, no one is doing this. Showing us the NASCAR past of the birth of these awesome cars. Well done!
Thanks Darren!
I'm a truck driver and I get to go all across the United States and I usually will just try to look for abandoned tracks or anything of that sort just because I want to go explore. Awesome video can't wait for the next thanks Logan & Mitchell.
Thanks man we are glad you’re here
@@Stapleton42 what are they going to do with dw old box truck/road tractor/trailer?
I grew up going to dirt races with my dad and grandpa and watching the NASCAR race on sundays on tv together. So watching things like this just brings me back to a time when they were both alive and makes me remember good times with them. Thank you for that.
You’re welcome man I’m so glad we could facilitate those memories for you. Welcome to the team
Mitchel for me it brings me back to a time when only portions of a race were broadcast on Sunday afternoon on Wide World Of Sports. NASCAR was really coming into its own. Great memories. The last few years nascar is just not like it was. When guys would either tow or drive their cars to the track. When they would work on them in store parking lots. Man those were the days. Nascar will never be that way again and so glad to have been a fan when NASCAR was the sport 🇺🇸🏁
For me, I grew up next to a drag strip, it was called Fremont, Baylands Raceway Park, also my brother raced at sears point, so that is way, but the sound of Nascar engines is awesome, and going in the pit is great, and eating all the junk food, at the race is great, I know, but the food makes the race. Thanks Mitchell and Logan, for all the work you guys do.
I lived thru all be dale sr’s ‘80 championship and was a huge fan. We have a lot of rare nascar memorabilia that are either one offs or very very limited. Most of the one offs are petty related from the 90’s. When you first bought the dale trailer I got very excited because I had seen one of those trailers at the local Chevy dealership when dale’s car was there. Being from central PA I feel out of place most of the time due to the fact that my dream was to become part of a nascar team. I also remember many nascar drivers coming to port royal speedway (dirt 1/2 mile) to race exhibition races on Saturday nights when nascar was at pocono. I also have many many other stories related to nascar at pocono and Indy. Also love all your builds and you and Logan work great together.
I’m from western PA and felt out of place growing up too. No one there cared at all. I got made fun of for bringing my die casts to recess
@@Stapleton42 your not the only one that got made fun of for having a die hard passion for racing.. had a bully smash a few die cast once.
Love the History lessons you guys share, I remember watching these teams racing back in the day with my dad and brother, good times and I am still watching the races with friends almost weekly. Keep up the good work. 🤘🏼🏁
Thanks man!
Good video, great memories. I'm 63 years old. Been watching racing since the late 60's. Keep doing what you both are doing. Thanks for walking down memory lane. Looking forward to your next adventure and video.
Thanks Ronald we appreciate you
Dude I'd be loving every moment of being around all that history... I could talk about Nascar all day long. Keep the vidja coming and the great work
I’ve been to most of the pre-Mooreville shops and all of the early modern shops in Mooresville. I was working in racing from 86-94 directly and around Nascar through the 90’s. Teams early on were away from the other shops as they didn’t want employees going to lunch together. I’ve been to virtually all of these shops when they were active. Don Miller was/is a great guy
This video is fantastic. I really enjoy your passion for NASCAR race shop history. My son and I were were Davey Allison fans. We live in Tennessee but were able to visit the Robert Yates Racing shop on Dwelle Street, Charlotte, 2 times. Both visits were on Saturday and the team was off racing somewhere. On one visit, James Lewter, who worked in the engine shop was working. He let us in to visit and gave my son some Davey Allison and Robert Yates Racing posters. On the other visit, Ray Fox Jr. was working at the shop and let us in and let us look around. He let me get a picture of my son sitting at the dyno console in the engine dyno room. You were right about the area of the town the shop is located in. The original fence was not as tall but had razor wire on the top of the fence. We also visited the Harry Hyde shop which was swallowed up by the Hendrick Racing Complex and also the Cale Yarborough shop, that you talked about, at the airport. Keep the history coming. Also I attended the first race held at Bristol Motor Speedway in 1961.
Man that’s insane I wish you had pictures of everything 😂
@@Stapleton42 I have a few pictures. How can I send them to you.
Here’s some food for thought, was big into NASCAR from 98-2006. Went to a couple races, glad I did as experiencing raw horsepower in qualifying seasons was pretty cool to hear. Tv or videos don’t do it justice.
Recently came across Dale Jr’s podcasts was catching up on his story’s and guests. Then I found your channel, really good info and entertaining to say the least. Always a good time to see where and how teams and people involved start and evolve. And having the Herminator part of it is gold.
Thank you Scott. We are glad you found us!
I live right down the road from
the last Morgan-McClure Motorsport (4 Kodak) shop here in VA. I remember interviewing one of the guys from the shop for a school project. It has since sold and there is now military equipment on the property now. They were good in the early 90's but long gone now.
We might be doing some MMM history in the near future
I enjoy what you guys do and all the places you show us. My dad used to race two man cruisers back in the day. And I was raised up watching nascar. I also enjoy your drag racing content and can’t wait to see the big block build come together. Keep up the great work man
Thanks dude we’re working on the Burb. Update video coming soon!
Love these tour videos, as well as all of your others. Huge fan of the Escalade and the Monte both. The Escalade remains one of my favorites of all time.
I've been watching forever and these tours are always cool. Keep up the great work and continue to be the best couple, and the channel with no "bill**it", on TH-cam. Hoping to meet you guys at an event this year whether I have a car or not. Long story, there...
As a relatively new fan of the sport from Australia, Iused to watch it with my Dad back in the 90's whenever the races where shown here, which wasnt often, I LOVE this types of videos
We were ALL about Touring Cars (V8 Supercars now) so never really got into it at that time
I fell in love with the History of the Sport a few years ago and cant get enough of it
Keep up the good work, I watch EVERY one of them all the way through.
I also love your builds and Drag stuff too hahaha
Thanks dude you’re the best kinda guy there is liking both of our video topics 🤟🏻😂
The 90’s for NASCAR was definitely its best time. My Father worked at Bristol Motor Speedway in the 90’s from 92-96 head of the cleanup crews. I got to meet a lot of old legendary drivers and also see the track then as a kid it was completely different than now races stayed sold out it was an awesome time. Totally miss the 90’s
That’s awesome
Did you ever visit the Ed Whitaker shop in Bristol VA, or the Kodak shop in Abingdon? I lived in Bristol my whole life
Back in the 80’s our “gang” of drinking buddies would leave Asheville 3 hours before the race & drive to Bristol, park in the track parkinglot close to the track, buy a $13 ticket sit on the front row on the back stretch, get hit with chicken bones and empty beer cans all race long. Watch DW and Earnhardt race up front all night long. Best $13 I ever spent. We did it for at least 5 years in a row. The night race in August or September even back then was incredible. ESPN had to bring in rental construction lights that ran on generators all around the track. Bathrooms had 3 stalls and ankle deep in you know what. Primitive? Yes ! Redneck ? Yes But man what a blast.
I have been a nascar fan since I was young iam 51 years old now. My father was a Richard petty fan all his life and a huge Mopar fanatic. I grew up wrenching with him in the driveway and continued to do so from leaving with him. I did not follow him on the Mopar side I am a Chevy Gm fan. And used too drag race a few of my cars. Most notable was my 1970 Nova ss a sub ten second car back in the day. I love all the nascar history and grew up in upstate ny going to watkins Glen yearly for the cup races. I love your content and would like to consider you as a friend you are a very down to earth guy and the fact your into nascar history and historic things is awesome. Keep up the great content Mitchell.
Thank you Joel. We appreciate you 💪🏻
Wow. This was such an awesome video. Thank you so much!. As a kid my parents packed up the car and we went from Pennsylvania to visit many of these shops, usually going to the Richard Petty open house or one at the Skoal shop. I remember going to Mooresville shortly after Days of Thunder was released and the secretary at Moroso telling us about the barn in the movie being just a couple of miles away and how she got to meet Tom Cruise there. We drove by and got a picture of it and it looked the same as it was in the movie. I wonder if any of that is still there.
The barn is still there. We see it all the time lol. Most things still stand. We’re glad you’re here man
This is so awesome, love it. I live in Australia, grew up around the dirt track seen, but love all Motorsport and love the history and exploring.
I seriously can’t get enough of this stuff, you guys are so lucky to have all those places to explore. I can never get enough American racing, racing history and stories. I just love the passion your country has for racing. Thanks for the footage 👍
Another very informative video about the history of NASCAR, Love your channel, Keep up the awesome work !
Thank you Tim!
We could have visited these places prob when I was kid too had we known or ever thought about it or that history would be one super cool but also valuable basically or profitable. But to go and visit current nascar race teams garages like this I bet you can’t even go past a gate and security etc. really makes me miss and appreciate my childhood & just how the world changes. I’m so glad you thought to do this and continue it and spread it! This is what ppl want & need to see.
Thanks man we are glad you’re here
Thanks for the comment back I hate to comment so much random stuff but omg man this is the shit. And I think we are not watching those videos yet is because at least for me I cannot stop watching the nascar history stuff I’ve been hooked the last few days and have sent to like 5 of my childhood friends we were all born in 90s. I was born 1994. I went to a brickyard 400 with my brother my grandpa took us when was young & I wanna say Jeff Gordon won ? Could be wrong. But those cars coming by & all you see is colors and feel it & gotta wear headphones that’s nascar. I haven’t went to a race since then and I prob won’t or wouldn’t. The 90s nascar I believe is what any true nascar fan wants to see that’s still alive if that makes sense?
I personally grew up around like dirt track cars that's how I learned how to work on cars. And my family watched nascar every week so I got into it I only got out of it probably in the early 2 thousands when Tony Stewart retired I pretty much quick watching so that's my story buddy love the shows buddy take care
Thank you, I enjoyed every minute of it. Recognize every team and name, brought back many memories, especially the days of the greatest drivers that made the sport. Again thanks
You’re welcome man
Deep dive into as much race shops as you can would be fantastic!
Very cool story about you and Rick.
I love the racing history, even if it is a empty building that once had a race team in it.
I lived through and was a huge fan of the race teams and racers of that era. My parents were into racing back starting in the 1960s.
So I grew up into being a race fan.
Lot of this history should not be forgotten.
Did you do a stand alone video for the Skoal bandit, Harry gant car?
Yes we did. Check out the history zone playlist it’s on there!
@@Stapleton42 thanks!
My Father took me to a local short track when I was really young. The next day he took me to his friend's house and I sat in his modified. I was hooked I watched NASCAR all the time. When I was 13 I started helping out on a street stock. I worked my way up and did 9 seasons in NASCAR in the late 90s to mid-2000s. All low-budget teams but got to meet a lot of my heroes. I enjoy seeing your videos.
thanks man!
Man even most of their “starter” shops were massive imo, ive always been interested into behind the scenes of the operation of the nascar teams back when they wreck then get out and kick each others asses but lost interest in the racing when it became scripted more or less. Love the history man keep it coming but get that GRANNYLADE up and racing again lol
My fondest memory of an old racing shop is actually a shop I worked for back in the summer of 2004. I lived in a little town of North Carolina called Level Cross. And during the summer of 2004 I worked for the King himself. I was the trash boy for 3 months. But the story that led me to that is actually kind of a sad one, but I can honestly say that summer was the best summer of my teenage life.
Loved the 6007 Victory Lane shop.. Was a huge Kulwicki Fan!! I went to 18 Cup Races in 92 and 19 in 93. Although I was heart broke after 4/1/93. After winning the Championship I made all the plans to attend 19 races in 93. After the plane crash I almost canceled all the remainder plans of the season. I'm glad I didn't!! I like your commitment to the history of the sport. Hopefully I can one day meet you in person.
I got into NASCAR because of two main reasons. First was my uncle who moved to Mooresville in 2004 to work for Billy Ballew on his truck team. In 2005 when I was 6 I got to tour the shop and walk into the haulers. He still works, now for KBM on Nemecheks 4. And my grandpa was good friends with Rich Bickle and was his crew cheif for all 5 of his Snowball Derby wins. He worked with Rich in NC during his nascar days too.
I guess we can be friends I watched all the way to end 😁
Damn Clay you’re a busy guy too so we must have done something right 😂
Love the channel man. I'm almost 38 and been a fan of NASCAR literally as far back as I can remember. I Pulled for Dale when he was in the wrangler car that's how far back I go as a fan. My grandfather got me into racing, he was a Bill Elliott fan. I remember watching Nascar and iroc races with him in the 80s. I love the history and everything old school about racing, muscle cars, etc. Keep up the good work. Maybe I'll run into you guys when I come for the 600 and tour some race shops and racing museum's.
Great stuff, you two! Love the NASCAR history content. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Troy
I stumbled across this video today and it brought back so much nostalgia. I went to a good majority of those shops when i was 5 to 7 years old. (Early - Mid 90's). We went on a family trip to Charlotte for the Nascar Race, and toured a lot of the shops. It is such a fond memory spending time doing these things with my Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa. Its nice to see other people geek out about Nascar and the history from that era. I have a lot of old polaroid pictures somewhere inside a lot of those shops. SUBSCRIBED!
Thanks dude welcome to the team!
Hey Mitchell I’m gonna recommend this to my friend who now drives the hauler for the 18 JGR car for Kyle Bush and see if I can help you out with info.., his name is Eloy…
That’d be fantastic thank you
Didn’t he get pulled over recently? 😂
Mitchell you are walking NASCAR encyclopedia. Because of close proximity of these shops did any on track feuds spill over to shop locations? Lynchmob images made great contribution. I enjoy this walk through NASCAR history because fun to see grass routes racing, old cars, and great characters.
Good question. I’ll ask around! Thanks man 💪🏻
This was great! You are doing something I would love to do. Thanks for taking the time to do these videos!
You’re welcome man. Thank you for being here for it!
In that same cul-de-sac that Alan Kulwicki's shop was, used to be the #12 Bobby Allison Main and Tail shop, as well as across the street was the #42 Sabates shop that was the Mello Yello car for Kyle Petty. If I remember correctly. These videos are bringing back a lot of memories for sure.
That was Awesome. Thanks you two. Props!
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Yep. Pretty much from my time and the history of the life , real life , takes me back. Plus it's intriguing.
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I just want to say thanks for keeping classic racing alive through your videos. I was born and raised in Indiana , going to multiple short tracks from the 70s through the late 90s. The old days of stock car racing were so different than modern nascar, and I cherish those memories.
This is such a cool video, thanks for bringing back a lot of great memories and sharing a ton of fascinating background on these shops. I grew up in Ireland, emigrated to the eastern shore of Maryland in the mid-80’s when I was a kid. The first race I watched on TV was the Motorcraft 500 from Atlanta International Raceway in March 1989 (DW won but I loved Earnhardt’s driving style). My older two brothers, sister and a friend went to the Peak Performance 500 at Dover in September 1989. We parked in the infield - awesome experience but one of the loudest 4 hours of our lives with all the sound bouncing back into the interior of the track. Earnhardt and Martin had a classic battle with the 3 car ultimately winning. Over the next eleven years, we went to dozens of races all over the southeast. Our interest shifted after 2001 but we enjoyed the DEI years. Now I take my kids to at least one race a year. I may not be able to tell you what I had for dinner last night, but I can tell you minute details from every race in the early 90’s. That’s why your video really struck a chord - thanks for your passion and the effort you put into producing these videos. Let’s never forget a true golden age of this sport.
Definitely talk to Chelsea! Because rtr still has some characteristics of being a old race shop
But it’s not a lot tho!
wow. what a trip. would love to have been riding in your back seat. love the sound of the SKOAL BANDIT .............
Mitchell and Logan, I love these tour’s you take us on.
Thanks Greg we are glad you’re here for it
I live in northern Canada and will probably never make it down there to see these places, I was raised as a Dale Earnhardt fan (duh) due to my uncles who races dirt tracks, I’m now 35 and really appreciate your history style videos, thank you very much for showing these things off, I hope one day you can do a history style video with jr since he’s such a history junky too
Thanks man we are glad you’re here!
We are big fans of former Dale Earnhardt Sr.!! In fact, my husband has a whole room of his stuff that we have collected over the years. A lot are still in the original boxes. We have a enormous collection, that we both love. We were watching the race when he got killed. Very upset, as we never missed a race!!! We have lost interest in Nascar since then.
Man oh man...So many great nuggets in this one. Thank y'all for sharing this.
I love this type of video with the whole history of racing, old race workshops and yes I think we could be friends too. I actually work on a New Zealand Stockcar here in New Zealand which is raced on dirt ovals. I respect all the old timers that have paved the way for us young timers to work where we can today.
I have photos of a lot of those buildings in Mooresville when they were race shops. You’re correct on pretty much all of those you mention in that area. Just down from the Firehall Kenny Wallace had a shop on the corner , when he ran the “Stacker 2 “ sponsored car
That’s correct sir, I used to work there, it was called PPC Racing. Greg Pollex was the owner, Greg is the father of Sherry Pollex. There was several other drivers that drove for us, Jason Keller, Jeff Green (championship #10 nesquik) car, Scott Riggs, Terry Cook in the trucks. When stacker 2 pulled out of their sponsorship deal, we had Michel Jourdain Jr come in for some Busch races along with Brent Sherman and John Andretti drove a cup car for us, those are the drivers who drove when I worked there. However, Greg is the original owner that gave Chad little his cup ride in the John Deere car but sold it later on and gave several other drivers the opportunity to drive for him. Greg is a great guy that deserved so much more than what he was recognized for.
Have started watching your videos a few weeks ago and this one is one of my favourites. I am from Ontario Canada and been into racing my entire life. The past two times I have been in North Carolina I drove through this same business park checking out the buildings and just trying to imagine what a lot of this places were like back in the day . Looking forward to seeing more of your vids keep up the great work!
I am addicted to this channel!! I love everything you do!! And the history of race shops where they were what happened in there what the walls saw!! The stories they could tell! Keep it up absolutely loving it!! Respect from England 🏴🤘🏻
Thanks dude!!
Me too
I remember going to the Roush facility in Mooresville back in the late 90's (cruising all the race shops, as you are) and seeing a large scrap metal dumpster full of brand new factory Mustang exhaust systems that had been pulled off as the cars were getting converted to Stage I/II/III models - as a Mustang guy it was shocking to see that.
Was never into the Nascar stuff, not much of it either in Norway lol. Not even that into dragracing but definitely a car nut. I really like these videos, love the histories and heritage of it all. Also a bit of a nerd of most things so all new info is good info.
Been here since around 30k and watch it all, awesome stuff overall. You guys rock :)
Thanks man you’re the best
I wish I could like this video more than once!!! This was awesome content and brings me back to the days when I worked and lived in the heart of Nascar country... Boy oh boy have times have changed.... Awesome job 👏 👍
Thanks Charles!
Started watchin you when I was 69 and you all were runnin' the Escalade at yellow bellys .. but I was never into NASCAR much.. You got me interested with your videos and the history of it all !! The tour was awesome !! Keep up the fine work !!
The Bandit sounded real good !!!
Thanks man
So much nostalgia, This is all before my nascar interest days, but I know all these names from both obviously history stuff from watching nascar later on, but my neighbor growing up, either his mom or the guy she dated was into nascar and I always remember him mentioning drivers - that's where most of the names come from...My biggest memory from this era was the Days of Thunder ride at Canada's Wonderland and that was one of my greatest childhood memories.
And if anyone was going to turn a movie theater into a race shop it'd be Michael Waltrip, that guy used to make me laugh
I'm an lifetime Nascar fan. I grew up in the Newton Area, also my family raced Late Models at Hickory and Tri-County, even ran in the old baby grand series for a while in the late seventies. If you would like to see some more old race shops and Nascar history around this area, contact me. Great Video , keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for all that you do. I’ve been a nascar fan since the early 70’s and I’m in my late 50’s now. I actually remember after church listening to races after church on the way home with my family. It was then that I developed my interest in drivers like Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and the likes of their competitors with my favorite being Richard Petty. Your tour of some of the race shops, brought back a lot of memories as my family relocated to Charlotte from Greensboro in 1978 and later as an adult had the pleasure of doing my own tour while most of the teams were still located in the area your video covers. NASCAR has seemed to have a central part of my life sometimes unknowingly. In 1996 My late wife and I moved to this little town called Franklinville outside of Asheboro. Little did I know that on the other side was Randleman, the home of my hero Richard Petty. I took pleasure in knowing that I was probably driving on the same streets that were rumored to be Petty Enterprises “testing” grounds. So I said that to say awesome job, keep up the good work, and never stop having the passion for NASCAR. Even though things change, somehow they always seem to stay the same in the end. Oh, by the way I loved the video where you were visited by Darrell Watrip, another of my heroes.
That’s awesome man. We are glad you’re here with us 💪🏻
Thank you thank you thank you. We could definitely be friends. You and Kenny are the best to keep the NASCAR I remember alive. Thank you both!
Very cool video!! Camped for years in the infield of the 600 and had a good friend that lived just off Moorehead Rd. He pointed out a few of the buildings over the years but this video's next level!! Thanks for doing this!!
I've had the pleasure of crewing a team Stefan Parsons was driving for and he is a class act stand up guy. Was really cool to see him respond to you with the pics!
Sorry to leave so many comments on the same video, but I just want to say how wonderful I think it is that Spire is running the number 7 while racing out of Alan’s old shop
It’s awesome. I wish they used the same font though
I probably have a different view to a lot here being I live in Australia,I was late to nascar didn’t start untill 2008 was already 18,19 by that point didn’t get a lot of nascar to watch back then but I’m now 33 and in that time I have gone back and delved into the history of the sport and it’s stars from race replays to documentarys to these kinda videos you do that show the history of behind the scenes that no one else really shows,I love it keep it up man
I watched it from beginning to end! I appreciate you and you spreading this information. Please keep it coming
I absolutely love these videos!!! I was raised on nascar.. an those are the car that I remember!!
YOU 2 ROCK !!! Luv this Stuff.. Wishing you the Best.. 206 SEATTLE
The NASCAR historian we deserve. Love it man 🙏
Thanks kristopher 💪🏻
I love Michael Waltrip 💗 I'm Michael's biggest fan ❤️ it's sad MWR is gone and missed 😥 I have been a Nascar fan since 1990, I was 14 yrs old.
MWR was a really cool shop. Took my son there one year for his birthday. We toured the shop, watched a short film, and were able to tour one of the haulers. It was one of the coolest shops.
Incredible history lesson and one hell of a lot of work, both driving around to find, then video editing. Thank you so much. Took a tour from Minnesota here down to the Bristol race, then down 421 to North Wilkesboro. It was '98, two years after the final race. A guy named Paul said we could have a look around. After, we drove out to Ingle Hollow Drive and saw Junior Johnson's old house and shop. Still had the stripes on the driveway where DW practiced pit stops. Elderly lady came out of the house and gave us an incredible oral history of the place, including a couple whoppers she asked to keep to ourselves :) Anyway, now more than ever, history is needed ... and we're thankful for your rare lessons.
That’s awesome man
I love history especially NASCAR behind the scenes history.
Thanks man
Great video! I love seeing these old shops! Would be pretty cool to search out some old pro stock drag racing shops from the early 70's. Just a thought.
Through life you see the same thing over and over and over again and the things you should have learned then or learned about then you learn about now I am a brand new Nascar fan not much of a fan of today's NASCAR but you can believe the 70s 80s and 90s are the best what you did exactly on this video is what I wanted to do in person that's been taken care of because of your channel I appreciate you keep up the good work
Thanks man
This brought back memories, back when I was racing go karts in the 90s and early 2000s I spent a ton of time down there. I may have some pics from Bahari somewhere
Great video! I try to get to Charlotte every year (from Colorado) and go to all the race shops and whatever other historical racing sites I find out about. For some reason I never really looked into finding the old race shops. But your video inspired me to research. In 1995, I did a roadtrip of the SE to visit NASCAR tracks. On the way, we just happened to come across Travis Carter's Smokin' Joe's race shop. It had the Smokin' Joe's #23 on top of a pole as well. From that time on, I never knew where it was, but with some deeper research, I finally located it last night! It's near Hwy 421 & I-77. Researching also led me to watching a bunch of episodes of Inside Winston Cup Racing on TH-cam, which has great footage in and outside many of those race shops you went by. Really ties it all together!
Been watching the racing since 1970. Keep up the good work. Bring the history to all that are interested. You bring back all of everyone's memories. Don't give up. Thank you.
Thanks man. We will never give up
Thank you both for the passion and energy you two put in to share this history with us.
Thanks for being here with us Mike
I love how you guys share so much racing history. Thank you!
You’re welcome sir! Thanks for being here for it
I was in the Sabco shop where front row is now once the day after a race, got to watch a very beat up Joe Nemechek BellSouth car be unloaded and brought in
“Back in the day” it was all about innovation. About tweaking the engine to find more horsepower. Making the body’s just a little more aerodynamic. Keeping secrets as long as possible. That’s when racing was truly racing. The more money you had the faster you went. Race shops back then were very creative.
Now it’s just zero innovation taxi cabs.
That’s what the owners wanted! Quit bleeding money for A few 10ths.
Fab vlogg really enjoyed the tour of all the old nascar team shops 🤩✌
Very cool to see the old buildings and how they have changed over the years. Now for a tour of the current Nascar team shops.
Love watching ur vids!! I did the same thing going to all the shops when I was touring with a band in 2012. We had a couple off days so I rented a car with my daughter and did a road trip. Thx for keeping old nascar alive.