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Personal Racing Memorabilia and Shaq's Seat

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Andy Hillenburg's ARCA Race Shop History: Talladega Nights Dennit Racing (Fast Track Racing)

What happens here

Andy reveals a remarkable piece of his racing history: the actual damaged hood from his MBNA America race car, which he finished third in at Daytona in 1999. He shares the dramatic footage of the wreck that led to the hood's damage, emphasizing the intensity of racing. He also shows his old pit board from when he ran the Indy 500 in 2000, which prominently displays 'INDY' in large orange letters. He reflects on his Indiana roots and how significant participating in the Indy 500 was to him. The segment concludes with a look at his unique car modified to seat two people, which Andy reveals was built for Shaquille O'Neal's 'Shaq Vs. Dale Jr.' episode, highlighting the massive size of the custom-built aluminum racing seat required to fit the basketball star.

Goal: Connect Andy's personal racing career with film projects and unique car modifications

Tools and materials

  • Custom Aluminum Racing Seat — An oversized, custom-built seat to accommodate Shaquille O'Neal in a two-seater race car
  • Gatorade Cooler Gatorade — Decorative item in the storage area
  • Indy 500 Pit Board — Andy's pit board from his 2000 Indy 500 participation
  • MBNA America Race Car Hood MBNA America — A damaged race car hood from Andy's third-place finish at Daytona in 1999
  • Shelves — Storing various car parts and film artifacts
  • Trophy — Decorative item in the storage area

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here I'm surprised you don't have those hanging up on the wall someday maybe someday and watch your legs when you go by here so you don't get wiped out oh yeah this is from an episode of the righteous gemstones uh that was just out I think season 3 so I think it's on right now on HBO uh we did all that filming at Darlington and um the our our hero had to go out and run a race and you know of course he wrecked so these are a couple of pieces like to say from the righteous gemstones was that on purpose or yeah yeah so you had to hit the wall on purpose yeah oh yeah so I guess I did have more movie movie stuff than I than I thought did you keep any uh older things from your own racing I think I've got the hood I had the body of the car oh well I I did not plan this this is the the hood that I finished third at Daytona in uh for the bush race I think in 1999 so um looks like it must have been an interesting finish it was it down and sliding through the grass K it around white and yellow flag Atwood's car is destroyed Andy helenberg gets in the back of him and he gets him the outside wall you can see the 18 car there the hoods all torn up on it where he got in the back of casy Atwood it was right up and almost over Mike mlan but uh Gordon Gibbs a friend of mine he was Crew Chief and he just passed away a couple years ago and he had always kept that and his wife gave it to me so yeah this one will go up someday uh that was my pitboard from the indd 500 right there uh when I got to run the indd 500 so when was that 2000 wow I didn't know that long time ago bill Simpson for president yeah bill was part owner for that and um that is uh those are the signs actually from the Indie days um that hung over the garage in the um when I did run run Indie bam racing uh that was the the year that I went up and tried to qualify for the Brickyard we did not end up qualifying but um I kept those signs as well so you're from Indiana aren't you yes yes I grew up there on the south side and so to me Indianapolis was a very big deal this is actually one of our movie seats here I think this actually might be the one I broke my back with they're made with special stuff so you can hopefully keep from breaking your back oh here's another one uh we did an episode for Shaquille O'Neal the Sha um the Sha versus sha race Dale Jr and we built a car for Shaquille O'Neal and that is the seat that we use for him and then we filmed a Danica Patrick commercial for Aspen Dental cut the bottom of…

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