NASCAR

As big NASCAR fans we couldn't be on the east coast without seeing the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte.  It was built three years ago and my favorite driver was in the first group inducted in the hall. 

There were also many interesting exhibits including a simulator exhibit that we didn't participate in but looked like fun.

We spent Sunday night and Monday night at a Super 8 in Mooresville which is Dale Junior's hometown.  It was very cool to be there when Dale won his first race in four years that day.  The town was even mentioned on Speed TV that evening.   On Monday we went on a Race Shop tour.   We were the only ones on the tour that day (except for the tour driver's daughter) so we were able to change the schedule and skip one race shop and went to the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Park in Kannapolis. 

 

 

 

At the Junior Motorsports shop the lady running the souvenir shop was Junior's cousin and knew the tour guide.  She let us go inside the shop where others don't get to go.   She tried to give us pictures of Danica, their Nationwide driver but we politely declined.  :) 

After the tour we rushed to the Richard Childress race shop knowing there was a museum of Dale Earnhardt Sr that closed at 5.  We got there at 4:20 but they stop selling tickets at 4 because the museum is so large.  I was very annoyed but we did get to see the race shop and it had things in it about Dale as did the Earnhardt shop owned by his widow, Teresa.