Cotton Owens' Property and Tragic Fire

Well, I mean, they repaired it, but Yeah. So, that was the first Cotton Owens garage. No, I I think that was probably added later. This was the main one right here. This is the I mean, for a long time, this was the only one I knew about. Let's go in here and see if Jesus remembers me stopping by yesterday. I told him it'd be about 1:00. I love when these old pictures line up like this. This one is taken almost from the exact same angle where we parked and got out of the car. And we weren't sure if the guy Perry talked to beforehand was in there or not, so he didn't walk in with the camera turned on. But when it comes back on, we'll be standing right about where this picture is taken here. So, actually, that's about the same angle we're at. Yeah, it is. So, you spent time in here when you were younger? Oh, yeah. Give us play in the race car and Daddy and Cotton would be in that office right there. The glass partitions in the office look like they're the same ones in this picture here. If not, they're in the same place. There's some 66 Dodge Chargers. You can just send me those and Yeah, I will. I'll overlay them. There's out front. That's right outside that door right there. Cotton was real good at fixing cars and making a lot of safety features in the cars. He first wanted to put door bars in the side of a door. They start out with two. Then he wanted three door bars and then NASCAR app proved that then he put four. It wasn't just a win lose situation. He was also concerned about his drivers as far as their safety. Everyone in races wanted to drive Cotton's car including Nhard, Andred Jr., Alford and Allison. But the most meaningful win was 197500 in our home state with Buddy Baker. Cotton says, "You know, this is the only big race I ever really really wanted to win." The checkered flag is out and Buddy Baker takes it to win the Southern 500. And you think the Continental crew isn't happy? He cared about the organization and he cared about the racing and he cared about the people. He was thankful to to make a life doing something that he loved. Not many people can do that. Is there any evidence of Cotton Owens racing left in here? Like stuff on the wall? I don't think Well, did he draw in any of the concrete? Was this You just You're your guess would be as good as mine. I don't know. Were these paint booths or something? It looks like paint booth. That's what I would guess they were.