Explore Original Offices and Functional Rooms

way it was let's go in here and check it out i don't think there's anybody else in here right now which is pretty cool see how they left like signs up on there for that and they left richard's office the same way it was too we're gonna go find this building later today and see what it looks like i know where it is i know that it's still there so we're gonna check that out too this was that was the shop before this was that's cool they took a picture of what this used to look like before it was changed there may not even be anything on the other side of this door anymore because i'm pretty sure that's where that um the wrangler car is but they left the door there now what this explains is how richard got his start um how he was able to get his own shop was he did racing of various types he's kind of on his own there was some tire problem at talladega all the drivers went on strike and nascar was paying people to race anyway so he went against the strike raced got paid and that's what it says here i believe that's what he used to go buy his own shop with which would have been that one yep steve does it right here you can pause and read that is this the one he didn't drive yeah well he drove it but he didn't like it oh yeah he wouldn't wear his uniform yeah allegedly they had a matching fire suit for this peter max cart and dale wouldn't wear it and he did not like this car at all i mean when i was a little kid i thought it was cool looking but you know when you're a little kid you think pretty colors are cool looking yeah it reminds me of fruit loops i guess this used to be the engine builders room and i got a picture of what it used to look like here i just think this is the coolest thing this whole area was engine building room the wood grain walls are funny yeah and that's that's how old this building is that's what it used to look like in there i don't know about you guys but i've been in a handful of these museums before of other places like you know hendrick and whatever nowhere else is the building an exhibit in itself this is just the coolest thing to me they really know how to keep the history alive here and this is the coolest part i think is richard's original office they left it all exactly how it was all of us [Music] they even have a super old computer and everything exactly the way it was