Entering the Historic Race Shop

To watch Wendell walk among his old race cars is to watch a man admire his treasures. His garage is his real scrapbook. Every car, every loose part with a memory solidly attached. Every one of these old racers with a history all its own. For they once glided around racetracks under the silky touch of the man who beat the odds every time the green flag fell. >> Any questions you have, I mean, this is this is where it is. This is where This is where it um this where we lived. >> Did your dad build the garage or >> He built it? He built the garage. We replaced the roof on it. It's a historical landmark. >> Oh. >> You see it on the street before you leave. You want to see this is this is a this is one of the highest rated historical landmarks in the state of Virginia. >> Did you grow up here? >> I grew up here. At 7 years old, I was starting to learn tools. uh with two was what 9/116/2 in and then I progressed into um learning more about working on the cars and being body fender man of my father's race cars and and also crew chief >> really matter of fact I'm the only African-American crew chief in NASCAR history we' have them in this four cars in here we had one across that way and three headed this way but basically three cars we had the whalers and compressor and the workbenches and Everything >> is is some of the stuff in here still the same as it was? >> Yeah. Yeah. Everything is