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The Dale Earnhardt Story and Period Vehicles

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

What happens here

Andy confirms that 'The 3: Dale Earnhardt Story' was also filmed at his facility, specifically the reveal of the Goodwrench car in Building 5. He mentions that the scene where Andy chases young Dale into the woods was also filmed there. He reveals that his company built around 27 cars for this movie, emphasizing the need for period-accurate vehicles ranging from the 1930s to 2001. He expresses regret over selling a 'Laughing Clown Malt Liquor' car, which was part of their collection and appeared in the film, highlighting the space constraints of maintaining a large car collection. Andy concludes this section by pointing out that his work in film production often required him to be extremely busy, sometimes even turning down requests from actors like Will Ferrell.

Goal: Detail the shop's involvement in 'The 3: Dale Earnhardt Story' and the logistics of film car production

Tools and materials

  • 'Laughing Clown Malt Liquor' Race Car — A period-accurate race car used in films, which was part of Andy's collection

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that filmed inside there at all one scene was the unveiling of the Goodwrench car was actually done down in building five which building here was the first one and when did you build it the first one is actually where we did the Talladega kns and it's down there on the the left and then we built that with it so those two were first and this one uh where they're actually numerical order so building three and then this one's four down here's building five but this is where we shot the Earnhart stuff we built I think 27 cars for that movie that was a little bit smaller production then uh Herby fully loaded and Talladega kns but it was a lot of period pieces we had cars from the 30s all the way up to 2001 oh here's another collaer actually this one's from the day Earnhart store right here that's cool I didn't even realize I had that and rolling right now like I say it's classic cars is this one or that one where they did the dent racing press conference where you could see the like the doors and the ledge in the background and stuff that one was the first building building one okay I I I think were um uh Devin where we got to get into and they did the outtakes and stuff from there oh the uh the if you don't sh big red stuff that was all that one that was all the end stuff when it was kind of when they were they were making all kinds of stuff up and I don't think hardly I don't think half of that was scripted actually cuz when you do get start building all the equipment when you when you do start building the stuff you know they'll give you a copy of the portion of the script that you're helping with so you kind of can see what's going on and what they're what they're filming and once you're involved in making movies um you watch them differently I'll tell you that um now I I might look for a different camera angle or or something like that like I say now you're Mitchell you're making me want to wish even more that I had written all this stuff down um cuz there are so many memories at the time you know I just it was a job and and we're hurrying and but now you you know kind of looking back on it it's like wow we got to do this we got to do that and and uh so I appreciate you bringing all these memories back up what we're we're glad to do it's we find that a lot with doing these at just kind of looking at things and doing a little bit of you know rehydrating those memories make stuff pop back up that if you're put on the the spot doesn't necessarily live there…

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