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The Dale Trail is the perfect activity for a group tour, and if you’re looking for exclusive stories, first-hand knowledge of Dale’s family history, and intimate understanding of Kannapolis history, you can look no further than Adventures in Motorsports, a local tour provider that offers a guided group tour of The Dale Trail. They provide step-on [...]
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting Hendrick Motorsports, home of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the #88 car. I was attending a luncheon for Team USA Baseball, who was in town for a game against Chinese Taipei at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium, home to the Kannapolis Intimidators. (Team USA later won the game!) Each guest at [...]
While you’re driving The Dale Trail through Kannapolis, you just might see Dale’s Mother, Martha (pictured at far left) sporting a new Dale Jr. #88 license plate that reads “GMAW” for “Grandma.” This from WCNC, the Charlotte-area NBC Affiliate:
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — If you spot a NASCAR license plate that reads “GMAW,” you may very well [...]
I came across this great video slide show on YouTube. It chronicles one visitor’s trip to several race shops last December - including Richard Childress, Hendrick, Roush, Yates, Ganassi, Rusty Wallace, and JR Motorsports. Dale Earnhardt cars are prominently featured in the early part of the video, shot at Childress.
From The Globe & Mail, Nov. 2007: “Unlike the short-lived “mancation,” an idea created by marketing people a few years back to exploit the emergence of the metrosexual, the unambiguous buddy trip seems more in line with the return of hirsute men in popular culture … the buddy trip - duderlude? heholiday? sabrotical? - doesn’t [...]
Curb Motorsports is a rare find and a trasure trove of racing and music history. The museum represents two business interests and passions of Mike Curb, the museum’s owner. A long-time motorsports enthusiast, Curb is the owner and founder of the leading country music record label in the country. Current recording artists under the Curb [...]
Just up Hwy 29 from Lowe’s Motor Speedway is Backing Up Classics, a treasure trove of automotive (and cultural) history. Backing Up Classics not only celebrates cars, it celebrates American culture and how is has both influenced and been influenced by the development of the automobile. Backing Up Classics has more than 50 vehicles on [...]
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 [...]
As part of its National Tourism Week celebration, the Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau will host two of NASCAR’s brightest shooting stars, Joey Logano (below left) and Chrissy Wallace (right), for a FREE autograph event at the Cabarrus County Visitor Center at I-85 Exit 60 on Friday, May 16, 2008, from 11am to 1pm. [...]
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 [...]
Cordelia Anderson
