Free Race Shop Map to NASCAR Country
A new pull-out map featuring all of North Carolina’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race shops is now available from the Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau as part of its newly released annual Visitors Guide. The map contains directions to the race shops, a description of each, and the times they are open to visitors. Also included on the map are descriptions of major stops along The Dale Trail, a self-guided tour of landmarks relating to Dale Earnhardt’s life and NASCAR career in and around Kannapolis, the NASCAR legend’s hometown. Click here to order a free guide.
Cabarrus County is home to the world’s largest concentration of motorsports attractions, including Lowe’s Motor Speedway, the superspeedway most drivers call home. Sprint Cup teams based in Cabarrus County or nearby include Roush Fenway Racing, Hendrick Motorsports, Yates Racing, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sebates, Haas CNC Racing, Wood Brothers Racing, Dale Earnhardt Inc. (right), Joe Gibbs Racing, Michael Waltrip’s Raceworld USA, Team Red Bull, Penske Racing and BAM Racing. Still within North Carolina and within an hour’s drive are even more – Richard Childress Racing, Bill Davis Racing, Richard Petty Museum and Gillett Evernham Motorsports.




As part of its National Tourism Week celebration, the Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau will host two of NASCAR’s brightest shooting stars,
Logano, a 17-year-old racing sensation, turns 18 on May 24, and one week later on May 31 he makes his Nationwide Series debut in Dover, driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Mark Martin calls Joey Logano “the real deal.” In fact, Martin says at 17 Joey already has more talent than some of the drivers he regularly competes against in the big leagues of NASCAR. At 17 Logano already has more than a dozen years of driving experience. Logano also did the
Stop #19 on The Dale Trail is Sam Bass Gallery, a gallery of motorsports art by Sam Bass showcasing more than 300 pieces of art, including originals, limited-edition prints and fine art posters. Bass is on the trail not only because of his status as one of the greatest motorsports artists of all time, but because of his many iconic portrayals of Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jr.
Celebrate the life and accomplishments of the legendary Dale Earnhardt, Tuesday, April 29, 9am-7pm at
They say the way to a man is through his stomach … perhaps in Dale’s case the way to understand a man is by eating his favorite sandwich. Punchy’s serves serves a tasty tomato sandwich made just the way Dale liked it.
Dale’s first win was in 1979 at Bristol in the Southeastern 500.
Another interesting fact revealed by the article: the car was pink. They intended it to be avocado green, but the paint turned out pink, and they couldn’t afford another paint job. It’s hard to imagine The Intimidator driving a pink car, but it probably inspired him to race that much harder.
Over at SportingNews.com’s blogs, 

