av visits NASCAR hall of fame in Charlotte

14000rpm · 10th June 2010, 08:31

everytime i come to US, I'm automatically dragged towards NASCAR. this time too, I got sucked into the NASCAR fever.
NC is a more or less the hotbed of NASCAR and it was race weekend too !! i almost made my way to the race track but then the traffic around the track put me off. Instead I hung around at my sister's place and the next day, made my way to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte,NC.

14000rpm · 12th June 2010, 19:35

the tour begins with a movie about the history of NASCAR. quite an interesting movie.in fact I'm gonna start a thread which will be all about NASCAR. after that, I had to go and register my ID card on a kiosk which would enable me to clock points against my name on playing all the interactive games in the museum.The registration requires one to select any driver of preference as the host. i chose Jeff Gordon. He'd come and speak up whenever I used the ID card on any games. neat.
I then moved onto the beginning of the displays.
the cars were placed on the spiral ramp called the Glory Road.

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this ramp had a gradient built in. there was a mention too of the gradient at that point . nice.
later i realized that there were small display stands at every other gradient point. then i realize that the display's were of the tracks with that gradient. very thoughtful.

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Scorcher · 12th June 2010, 21:24

Wowie ! Dude, you are one lucky brat. Would love to check that beauties out. Waiting for more. Keep em coming bro !!

14000rpm · 12th June 2010, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Scorcher

Wowie ! Dude, you are one lucky brat. Would love to check that beauties out. Waiting for more. Keep em coming bro !!

keep watching this thread mate. there is a lot of stuff to come up.
lotsa things you never knew about NASCAR.

Cyrus43 · 13th June 2010, 01:22

WHOA!! Any Superbirds??

14000rpm · 13th June 2010, 08:55

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Originally Posted by Cyrus43

WHOA!! Any Superbirds??

will tell you as soon as i figure out what you mean by superbirds

14000rpm · 13th June 2010, 09:18

more pix from the glory road

14000rpm · 14th June 2010, 09:45

more pix from the glory road

kraft.wagen · 15th June 2010, 02:31

woooooow this is fantastic.. waiting for more

did u get to drive them

14000rpm · 15th June 2010, 05:35

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Originally Posted by kraft.wagen

woooooow this is fantastic.. waiting for more

did u get to drive them

i drove a simulator. thats the only option you get.
I've driven a nascar previously at Talladega speedway.

suhaas307 · 15th June 2010, 13:13

*Rubbing eyes frantically*

Super pictures, Avinash. You must have had a blast! You are one lucky profanity-profanity-profanity-profanity!

kraft.wagen · 16th June 2010, 02:30

:O Avinash you are one lucky chap

Where are the other pics of the Hall of Fame

14000rpm · 16th June 2010, 08:09

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Originally Posted by suhaas307

*Rubbing eyes frantically*

Super pictures, Avinash. You must have had a blast! You are one lucky profanity-profanity-profanity-profanity!

profanity..ROFL.
yes I did have a blast.

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:O Avinash you are one lucky chap

Where are the other pics of the Hall of Fame

hall of fame pix will keep flowing my friend. lotsa good stuff coming up.

pix of some of the NASCAR tracks.pretty detailed eh.

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14000rpm · 18th June 2010, 08:54

more tracks. this is very informative I tell you.

aargee · 18th June 2010, 09:28

Whoa!!! never knew Nascar racing has so many tracks!!! I guess some of them are no longer in use right? Or all of them are still being used? Really a great thread & I'm going to rate 5 from me now.

10th June 2010, 08:31	#1
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,633 Thanked: 7,298 Times View My Garage	av visits NASCAR hall of fame in Charlotte everytime i come to US, I'm automatically dragged towards NASCAR. this time too, I got sucked into the NASCAR fever. NC is a more or less the hotbed of NASCAR and it was race weekend too !! i almost made my way to the race track but then the traffic around the track put me off. Instead I hung around at my sister's place and the next day, made my way to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte,NC. Attached Thumbnails
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12th June 2010, 19:35	#2
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,633 Thanked: 7,298 Times View My Garage	the tour begins with a movie about the history of NASCAR. quite an interesting movie.in fact I'm gonna start a thread which will be all about NASCAR. after that, I had to go and register my ID card on a kiosk which would enable me to clock points against my name on playing all the interactive games in the museum.The registration requires one to select any driver of preference as the host. i chose Jeff Gordon. He'd come and speak up whenever I used the ID card on any games. neat. I then moved onto the beginning of the displays. the cars were placed on the spiral ramp called the Glory Road. this ramp had a gradient built in. there was a mention too of the gradient at that point . nice. later i realized that there were small display stands at every other gradient point. then i realize that the display's were of the tracks with that gradient. very thoughtful. Last edited by 14000rpm : 12th June 2010 at 19:51.
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12th June 2010, 21:24	#3
Scorcher Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Trivandrum, KL Posts: 4,922 Thanked: 7,171 Times	Wowie ! Dude, you are one lucky brat. Would love to check that beauties out. Waiting for more. Keep em coming bro !!
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13th June 2010, 01:22	#5
Cyrus43 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 5,019 Thanked: 226 Times View My Garage	WHOA!! Any Superbirds??
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13th June 2010, 09:18	#7
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,633 Thanked: 7,298 Times View My Garage	more pix from the glory road Attached Thumbnails
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14th June 2010, 09:45	#8
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,633 Thanked: 7,298 Times View My Garage	more pix from the glory road Attached Thumbnails
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15th June 2010, 02:31	#9
kraft.wagen BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cbe <- >Ams Posts: 980 Thanked: 331 Times View My Garage	woooooow this is fantastic.. waiting for more did u get to drive them
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15th June 2010, 13:13	#11
suhaas307 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 9,051 Thanked: 13,671 Times	Rubbing eyes frantically Super pictures, Avinash. You must have had a blast! You are one lucky profanity-profanity-profanity-profanity!
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16th June 2010, 02:30	#12
kraft.wagen BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cbe <- >Ams Posts: 980 Thanked: 331 Times View My Garage	:O Avinash you are one lucky chap Where are the other pics of the Hall of Fame
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18th June 2010, 08:54	#14
14000rpm Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Helsinki Posts: 2,633 Thanked: 7,298 Times View My Garage	more tracks. this is very informative I tell you. Attached Thumbnails
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18th June 2010, 09:28	#15
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,325 Thanked: 9,972 Times	Whoa!!! never knew Nascar racing has so many tracks!!! I guess some of them are no longer in use right? Or all of them are still being used? Really a great thread & I'm going to rate 5 from me now.
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