How to take a race shop tour

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Visiting North Carolina is an exciting adventure- visiting North Carolina as a race fan is something completely different. This state is home to nearly every major race shop in the NASCAR world including the most popular teams. Almost all of the shops are open to the general public, meaning that you can tour all of the shops and see what goes on in a real NASCAR race shop. As long as you have a few days to spare, a dependable car and a good map, you’-ll be ready to go.

Things You'll Need

• Map
• Car
• Highlighter

Instructions

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     Grab a map of the race shops in the state. You can buy a map from the Race Shops website or you can get a map of your own for free from the Carrabus County Visitor’-s Center in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

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     Plot your route using a highlighter. Run your highlighter along the roads so you can see exactly where you’-re going and the major roads you’-ll take to get there. This will help you avoid sitting in the car trying to figure out where to go next.

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     Plan on spending an entire day in Mooresville, North Carolina where the majority of the race shops were once located. You can find Penske Racing, JR Motorsports, Dale Earnhardt Incorporated, Kurt Busch Inc., Kasey Kahne’-s race shop and several more within a twenty minute drive.

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     Take your trip to the northern part of the state to get a feel for the race shops up there. Kevin Harvick Inc., Richard Childress Racing and Bill Davis Racing are all located in the High Point, Kernersville and Welcome area. You’-ll even have time left to see the Petty Museum and the Richard Childress Vineyard.

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     Spend a day in the area around Charlotte. Concord is home to Hendrick Motorsports, Roush Racing and Chip Ganassi Racing while Statesville is where you’-ll find Evernham. The three race shops in Concord are less than ten minutes away from each other.

Tips &- Warnings

• A helpful tip is to buy a map of the Charlotte, Concord and Mooresville area. You’-ll be spending a lot of time in this area and the smaller roads aren’-t listed on the maps of the race shops. You can easily find your way around town and avoid traffic if you have a local map.

• If you’-d prefer to let someone else do the driving you can pay to take a race shop tour. The Race Shop Tours website has several tour packages available that cover most of the main shops in North Carolina.

• Don’-t plan your trip thinking you’-ll see drivers at every stop. The drivers rarely venture into the race shop and you’-re more likely to see workers than drivers.

• Avoid race week if you want to have some time to yourself. During event weeks the race shops are crowded with tourists and race fans.

Source: www.ehow.com

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