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Original Shop Entrance and Storage

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Bobby Labonte Explores Bill Davis Racing's First NASCAR Race Shop with Crew Chief Chris Hussey

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Chris points out the original main door of the shop, through which race cars and haulers would enter and exit. He mentions the concrete pad where haulers would back up, demonstrating how crews would load and unload cars. He and Bobby explore the old shop area, which was once an outdoor space for grinding and welding, and Bobby recounts a story about finding old Maxwell House body pieces from Bobby Labonte's first race car stored up above the shop. The discussion highlights the basic construction and repurposing of space.

Goal: Showcase the primary entrance and hidden storage areas of the shop.

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And you guys went to Roush. Roush for '91. Roush started the second Roush started the second team and pretty much raided Lebonani Racing. Yep. Yep, cuz we were close by. So we got four employees in one day and I'm like, "Dang it." So finally I was with Jack last year at the He said something about He goes, "I've always thought about that." I was like, "I'm going to say something to him, right?" And he said he said something to me about about those guys. He says, "There's a couple of those guys you got to watch out for." I'm like, "Well, it had to be Trickle." It wasn't you. So yeah, he remembered that last year. He remembers it. He does. I I see him at most I see Jack once a year and it's at the Hall of Fame induction. Right, right, yeah. When I go down there and he calls me by name every single time and that was 30 years ago and he's he's survived three plane crashes. So you got to think about it here the shop that we're in was Bill's shop, right? So right up the street less than a half mile was Hagan's shop, right? And then you had Petty's shop little cross. Then you had Childress's shop. Well, so then when I guess that Steve living in Pleasant Garden probably the reason why they built the place in Pleasant Garden instead of Charlotte, right? Yeah, yeah, Steve Steve was in Charlotte at the because he was you know, why would he want to move to Charlotte? Actually built it in Liberty. Yep. Right. So so I went to Liberty one time and this was in '91 when I bought the trailer. Yeah, it's 2 weeks after I went to work there or something. You You over there that Yeah. That was awkward. Yeah, so I So I didn't have to go far. You know, so it wasn't a hub, but there was definitely more race shops around this area. Well, his Busch Grand National team and y'all really had two teams running out from over there. Yeah. Steve Grissom was a top Busch Grand National contender at the time. His shop was in Asheboro. Yeah. Yeah. There was There was a lot of teams within 30-minute drives. So whenever he They went to work for Roush, it was easy for them because it was a close drive. It wasn't like, "Okay, I got to go drive to Charlotte every day." So we were They were picking people from Charlotte. They were picking people from close by. No different if you live in Charlotte, your race shop's in Charlotte, and everybody's close by, you're going to grab people from that area. So to his point, whenever Jack you know, we you know, Well, I remember the day I turned my notice in…

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