If This Is A Dream, Don’t Wake Me Up

The following is a post from a guest blogger, Ruth Mattern. I wrote about Ruth and her visit to Cabarrus County earlier this week. Here are her thoughts about her experience in NASCAR country.
If This Is A Dream, Don’t Wake Me Up
 
Have you ever had something happen in your life that made you feel like [...]

Dale Earnhardt Fan Visits Cabarrus County

A Dale Earnhardt fan visited Cabarrus County this past weekend.  I know many are laughing and thinking – Dale Earnhardt fans visit Cabarrus County everyday…many of them even live here.  Yes, this is true.  But this past weekend one of the very first requests for a Dale Trail banner was fulfilled and the recipient visited [...]

We Love Fan Pictures!

One of our favorite things to do is to see pictures from fans who came here on vacation and followed The Dale Trail™. Recently I found some great photos of a vacation that included The Dale Trail, races at Lowe’s Motor Speedway, and NASCAR Race Shops,  on Flickr. We’d like to thank the photographer, txwendycp, for sharing thesebeautiful [...]

News14 Charlotte Story on Dale Trail

This News14 story, run on the day the Dale Trail™ banners came down, shows some great footage of the Dale attractions in Curb Motorsports, stop # 8 on the Dale Trail. The museum showcases NASCAR, Indy and modified race cars, as well as LeeAnn Rimes’ very first car, a 1995 black Dodge Viper. Two rare [...]

Latest Dale Trail Updates

It’s been almost a month since the Dale Trail™ banners came down, and officials are working diligently to breathe new life into the iconic trail. Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureaustaff members are meeting with the city of Kannapolis and other area leaders to begin the process of replacing the banners with historical markers. And, in [...]

Great Post and Photo Gallery of Dale Trail

I found this great blog post about The Dale Trail™ from October of last year. The post includes a photo gallery of many of the stops on The Dale Trail.

Dale Trail Banners Coming Down, But the Dale Trail is Still Very Much Alive!

Today the banners came down, but the Dale Trail™ is still alive and kicking! You can still come to Kannapolis and do a self-guided tour of Dale’s hometown, using our Dale Trail map. We also still have the Dale Trail T-shirts for sale. We don’t know at this time what we will do with the banners after we get [...]

Group Tours of The Dale Trail

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 [...]

Visit to Hendrick Motorsports

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 [...]

NASCAR License Plates Include #88

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 [...]