NASCAR Then and Now by Ben White; Nigel Kinrade; Smyle Media

Author:Ben White; Nigel Kinrade; Smyle Media
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Sports
ISBN: 9780760338148
Publisher: Motorbooks
Published: 2010-01-02T10:00:00+00:00

Modern Sprint Cup team shops employ numerous highly skilled specialists. Here we see a team of painters at work on one of Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolets at the Hendrick Motorsports race shop. The gray paint is a primer coat that goes straight onto the bodywork. The car’s familiar dark blue and silver design will be added later.

Garages/Team Shops/Headquarters

An early NASCAR “race shop” usually consisted of a one-room wooden shed in the backyard behind the house. These were often no more than a 12-by-20-foot structure with a single light hanging from the rafters. The car was rolled out of the shed and worked on in the driveway, as there wasn’t enough room inside for both car and mechanic. Some drivers who owned their own cars worked out of such small garages well into the 1970s.

In the early 1960s, manufacturer backing led to the creation of the first big shops, including the Chrysler-supported Petty Enterprises in Level Cross, North Carolina, and the Ford-backed Holman-Moody headquarters located in Charlotte. Over time, the successful and longstanding teams have grown to employ hundreds of people, and their headquarters have become attractions in themselves, with restaurants, gift shops, and guided tours for visitors.

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