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External Features, Shop Challenges, and Pit Stop Practices

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Larry McReynolds Reunites with King Racing: Inside Kenny Bernstein's Former NASCAR Shop!

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McReynolds points out the brick wall outside the building, recalling that a large King Racing logo with a crown was once displayed there. He laughs as he tells a story about convincing Kenny to hire a janitor because the crew members were too busy building race cars to clean. He also mentions the demanding off-season work, often harder than the regular season, as they were constantly preparing. He then discusses 'pit stop practice' which back then consisted of simply driving the car up and down the cul-de-sac to ensure basic functions (steering, stopping, shifting, no leaks), not speed.

Goal: Examine the exterior features and learn about logistical challenges and basic pit stop training.

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that I always prided myself in is is I wanted to be the one and this maybe is part of the micromanaging. I wanted to be the guy to unlock the door and cut the lights on. I wanted to be the guy to cut the lights off and lock the door. So I was always normally the first one here. Even when I was making the 2-hour commute. So what were you driving back then? Well, we we as a crew chief, I had a u uh a GM car that they supplied to me. They they Buick, whoever you were with, Buick, Chevrolet, whatever, Ford, they would normally give the owner, the driver, and the crew chief a a comp car to drive. They didn't give it to you. It was on loan. Believe it or not, I drove a Buick Lasaber wood grain station wagon. Yep. Wood grain station wagon. So, I have to pull up a picture of that and show it up on the screen. So, this is this is what we want to know, like paint the picture of what life was like back then. Yeah. This is where all the employees park and um you know we had a couple of other company vehicles. We had a little little uh S10 pickup truck that we would run parts with and it would park here. But yeah, I'd normally cheat even though we tried to keep the parking lot open for for guests or people that would come to visit us or whatever. I'd always cheat and just pull up out front and park. Do you have old pictures of like doing stuff in the shop? Gosh, I have no idea where. I mean, like I say, we're talking 30 years ago. Yeah. Was that window there? I don't remember. I don't remember that door. It probably was there. I definitely the the window was not there. I tell you what I do have and I'll take a picture and text it to you is I think it was for Christmas 89. We brought and and you can see the king the the king king racing. Kenny was I'm telling you what, Kenny had Kenny Bernstein was pristine. He always told me, "We might not have the fastest race car every week, but we won't have the best looking race car every week." He was adamant about keeping stuff neat and clean. But, uh, on this like this 45° wall here was, uh, was the the King Racing logo with the word King Racing on it. Yeah, it was right there on that on that wall. But what I've got, I'll take a picture of it in my office where I do the radio show. It's a huge picture. And what we did, I think we had the tractor and trailer pulled this way. And we had six cars, three angled this way and three angled this way. And then all of the employees, and we had a photographer come take a picture, and then…

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