Dale Earnhardt History Tour! Richard Childress Racing Museum & Abandoned/Former Race Shops!

We set out on a quest to see some places and things that Dale Earnhardt frequented and used back in the day. Primarily the Richard Childress Racing Museum (which is also the former RCR shop itself) that houses tons of race used cars of Dale's...many of which are in untouched race used condition! We also go to Spartanburg SC to check out the former Bud Moore Engineering shop where Dale raced out of in the early 80s. PLUS we even found the original Rod Osterlund race shop where Dale won his first championship in 1980 out of! What are these places looking like today? Lets find out!

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February 2024 update: Back when we recorded this video I had no idea the channel would take this direction and have learned so much since then. This is the first video in the “racing history nerd zone” playlist that now has over 100 videos on it!

[yankee_tango]

My wife and I were lucky enough to have Danny "Chocolate" Myers show us around the shop and give us a verbal history of each car. The stories that he had were amazing and I left there with a different outlook on Dale Sr. . I wasn't a fan of him during his racing days, he wasn't my cup of tea as it were, but after watching a biography piece about him and what he did away from the track it changed how I felt about him. The one thing that effected me the most was the "Lucky Penny" car. Chocolate Myers told us the story we both had tears in our eyes then looking at him he had tears as well. Dale is missed RIP Dale.

[JackJones-tl]

The most attention to detail of any Museum that you have shown. You can tell that Dale and Richard were Passionate about their craft and fans.

[harleyryder]

Just to back you up and "clear the air" about the interior and stripe colors on the Earnhardt cars, it is in fact, called Poppy Red, it also goes by the name Calypso Coral, Competition Orange, and Competition Red, the paint code is from the1965 Ford Mustang, color code.M1730. That same color/paint code was also used on 1966-67 Ford Trucks, 1968 Mercury Comet, and several other Ford cars up until 1979. In 1983, Chrysler used it as a Fleet color and called it "Red." Look it up and compare Red to Poppy Red. Side by side one does look red and the other one does look orange. Its even been compared to Chevrolet engine orange. Keep bringing us these interesting vlogs.

[ydoucare]

Went there in 2003. Met Chocolate Myers (longtime 3 car gas man, retired in 2002) in the parking lot and talked to him for 10 or 15 minutes. Such a cool guy.

[Ada-znpw]

Man this video makes me emotional. Many of us fans never met Dale but we were connected to him like he was our best friend or family member. Dale came from the same humble beginnings as many of his fans and his shyness and intimidating smirk made us fall in love with the man in black. Great video and thank you for keeping Dale's memory alive.

[parolajd]

From 1989 thru 1993 I ran the Ford training center in Winston Salem. I had to drive past RCR everyday. I would stop at the garage and look around. Richard was always very friendly. There was a giant bear in the lobby that must have been 12-13 feet tall.

[surfingnerd]

I wasn't even in the room, but I felt Intimidated.

[robfultz]

I love how original everything has been kept. Great attention to detail! Awesome!

[caseyjohnson]

Dale was my icon my hero I looked up too. I cried 3 days after he hit that wall and even did a memorial poster for him. I was 9 years old I could not believe my hero was gone just like that in a blink of an eye. Thank you man for doing a video like this. Brought a tear to my eye.

[kraderrader]

You're knowledge regarding Dale and RCR has my respect. As a kid that grew up in the 90s watching this man race, I was a student since I could remember, and still am. Thanks for stating the facts sir, great video.

[arthurimhof]

I was just at the museum yesterday.. It put a tear in my eyes for good and sad memories because I was such a fan of Dale Sr.

[CharlesAtwell-orbm]

These videos are a wonderful way to preserve history and let the rest of us see! Thanks! I have driven by RCR in Mooresville, NC but did not stop because it was late and we were headed home from Charlotte Auto Fair. I think I would have enjoyed this more. This was in 2000 though so I don’t guess it was a museum yet, Dale was still with us at that time. Those Bible verses on the dash turned out to be a great way to show the world their need for a Savior! We can be taken at anytime, certainly Dale wasn’t thinking about that at that instant he was focused on helping Dale Jr. win that day, I remember that like it was yesterday!

[gregsimon]

Dale was my guy even back in the day when he wasn’t the most beloved driver in NASCAR. The Man was larger than life. Great tour, glad you got to be there.

[coolchev]

Fantastic video! I am an Earnhardt fan and it is great to see that some of his car are frozen in time. It takes me back to when it happened. You and Logan rock.

[eliteracingvidz]

That's a fabulous RCR Racing Museum video. You did a great job on that one. I was just at the museum last week and learned so much from your commentary, even after reading most of the plaques and written documentation there. Still learned so much from you. Way to go.
Thank you so much.

[TimboCJ]

So cool Mitchell ! Thanks for sharing !!

[JT-thlp]

Nascar never been the same after Dale passed. Love the tour and keeping it alive in your own way.

[DavidVanmeterDutch]

Living out in Oregon and a race fan makes it tough to visit and know all of the history like this. It is so great that people like you do this for content!!!

[dhomevideos]

I never knew it was orange, guess I’m colorblind, definitely blew my mind.