CONCORD, N.C.—The Hendrick Motorsports campus, located in the heart of Concord, North Carolina, has a plethora of historic exhibits and a wide variety of merchandise items inside the on-campus Museum & Team Store.
Check out the fun facts below to make sure you’re prepared for your next visit.
1) Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick and past drivers for the organization Benny Parsons and Mark Martin – all three of whom are NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2017 inductees -- have pieces of history on display inside the Museum & Team Store.
2) Among the cars displayed in the museum are Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s 2014 Daytona 500-winning No. 88 Chevy, Jimmie Johnson’s 2007 and 2008 championship cars, and Jeff Gordon's 1997 and 1999 Daytona 500 cars, inaugural Brickyard 400-winning car and Jurassic Park-themed "T-Rex.”
3) There are four trophies from Pocono Raceway – the site of this weekend’s race -- displayed in the museum, including Johnson’s first Pocono trophy from 2004.
4) Johnson’s Superman firesuit from his win in Fontana, California, is on display alongside Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Batman firesuit from the same race, when the two were helping to promote "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
5) Currently, there are 23 famed cars in the Museum & Team Store.
6) Visitors can also take a close look at Johnson’s 2006 championship pit box.
7) Replicas of all six of Johnson’s championship trophies are present inside Museum & Team Store.
8) The NASCAR Expansion to XBOX game Forza Motorsports 6 is the newest addition to the store, including a driver’s seat, steering wheels and pedals connected to an Xbox One, giving fans the ability to test out the game.
9) An average of 3,000 race fans visit the Museum & Team store on the Friday before the grueling 600-mile race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
10) There are approximately 500 items of merchandise in the team store, including sheet metal and race tires from previous events in the 2016 season.
11) In the Museum & Team Store, there is a diecast collection display case with a total of 477 diecast cars.
12) There are two tech walls displaying various engine components including three Hendrick Motorsports engines.
13) There is a chassis exploded view that shows the frame and body of the car along with a template NASCAR uses to inspect the cars before each race.
14) The first chassis constructed by Hendrick Motorsports can also be seen in the museum.
15) The Museum & Team Store was built in 1995 and renovated in May 2008.