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Shaq's Race Day Nerves and Film Part Collection

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

What happens here

Andy recounts the story behind the 'Shaq Vs. Dale Jr.' episode, revealing the humor and challenges of working with Shaquille O'Neal. He describes how Shaq performed exceptionally well during practice sessions but became nervous on race day, especially after seeing photos of accidents and wrecks, leading him to drive more cautiously. Andy jokes about Shaq asking him to 'just get me out of here alive,' highlighting the reality check for the basketball star. This segment also features a collection of car parts from 'Herbie: Fully Loaded' and 'Talladega Nights,' including rear lights, headlights, and various body panels, showcasing the sheer volume of spare parts needed for film production. Andy mentions that they often had to scan original decals to recreate them accurately.

Goal: Share humorous anecdotes from film production and highlight the logistical needs for film car parts

Tools and materials

  • Car Parts — Spare parts and props for various film productions
  • Old Decals — Original decals used for scanning and recreation for film cars

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1982 most unusual performance Andy hillenberg that's 40 some years ago um what does that mean I raced in every division they had um that division or that racetrack ran like four or five different divisions and I ran I raced in every Division I found a ride in every Division and that's what they they put on there so yeah well I forgot about that that's uh I don't feel like there's there's a better was it an adjective I'm not good at English there's a better descriptive word than unusual for that like what did you do that made so unusual that could be a lot of things yeah yeah well I guess nobody had done that before or since with that many so yeah so there's there are a lot of memories tucked away Mitchell I guess that I've not uh that I've just forgotten about so to speak you got all kinds of stickers in here I can spend hours just looking at Old decals that were never stuck to anything yeah those tail lights look really nice the print was really clear yeah it is these are charger decals I actually was looking for a couple old decals I'm going to have to send my guys back up here cuz they didn't know these were here I need a couple of um decal old ones for uh for Talladega well I'm trying to find some of the original ones and have them scan so they don't disappear which ones are you're welcome to go come back and go through them later you don't have to ask me twice pretty much pretty much any of them cuz you never know you know those files are if they disappear you can't really recreate those to look exactly the same so we're obviously I'm finding more movie stuff than I had originally planned um see this uh I have never never known what we're going to bump into now I'm yeah I'm kind of curious myself cuz I don't I don't get up here enough to uh to notice and like I say when you're in the middle of doing all this stuff I mean for me I mean you got to concentrate on your job I mean you know the stunt driving uh we have done some really really crazy stuff over the years um and by crazy it's like if you just talk out loud it doesn't make sense but when you're dealing with professionals you know you're at the time it seems like a good idea but uh was there a time where you personally did a job and thought it was a good idea and I guess your back breaking probably was one of those yeah after that after the fact on that one but uh probably the most daring one that I think I is a part of the Taladega nights and you will see it um I think right when it's the last…

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