Below you will find a list of Race Shops/Museums in North Carolina. This is the first part of a series of articles to make the ultimate Race shop guide. Most of them are free. If you want to see them working in the shops it is best to go during the week or even better on “off” racing week. The is never anything going on at the shops on race weekends.
1) Dale Earnhardt, Inc
1675 Coddle Creek Highway
Mooresville, NC 28115
1-877-334-9663
Mon-Fri 9-5
Sat 10-4
The building is fabulous. Definitely worth the stop. You can’t see where they actually work on the cars but there is a gift shop, lots of memorabilia, and cars to see.
2) Robert Yates Racing
112 Byers Creek Road
Mooresville, NC 28117
704-662-9625
Mon-Fri 9-12 and 2-4
Call to confirm hours
I haven’t been here personally. But they do have a garage viewing window so you can see them work on the cars.
3) Roush Racing
4600 Roush Place NW
Concord, NC 28027
704-720-4350
Shop: Mon-Fri 9-5
Museum: Mon-Fri 10-5
Sat 10-2
This place is fabulous. Whether you’re a Roush fan or not. They have a gorgeous museum and gift shop. The race shops have viewing windows so you can see what I going on.
4) Hendrick Motorsports
4400 Papa Joe Hendrick Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262
704-455-3400
Mon-Fri 9-5
I am not a Hendrick fan, but this complex is amazing. The Museum and gift shop are great. They have the Car Cole Trickle drove in Days of Thunder. They are just a few minutes from Lowes Motor Speedway. You can view a few of the shops but access is very limited.
5) Joe Gibbs Racing
13415 Reese Blvd. West
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-944-5000
Mon-Fri 9-4
This place is a little tricky to find. You will pass it up if you are not paying attention. They have a second floor shop viewing area, gift shop, and museum.
6) Richard Childress Museum
425 Industrial Drive
Welcome, NC 27374
336-731-3334
Mon-Fri 9-5
Call for Saturday Hours
I saved this place for last because it is fabulous. They have a Museum, $10.00 to get in, but it is fantastic. It is in the old Childress Racing shop. There are TV monitors everywhere, either showing you what they use to do in sections of the shop or clips from past races. The have close to 50 race used cars there as well. Dale Earnhardt SR and Kevin Harvick Cars everywhere. There is also a Wildlife Preserve that is very neat to walk thru. The Museum is run by Chocolate Myers, Dale SR’s catch can man, who I have seen both times I was there. They is a large gift shop and a fan walk thru where you can view all three teams at work.
This is just the beginning of the list of shops you can see while in North Carolina. I started with these because they are the best of the best.
