Growing up, my world revolved around cars.
For the longest time, I believed this need for speed was the influence of my dad. In our house, Sundays were for racing, not football, and we were always tinkering on a project car in the garage. Now that I have a son of my own, I’m not so sure the love of cars in little boys is learned, but rather inherent.
I traded my own souped up Mustang for an SUV and lawnmower years ago. Yet, nary is a day when my son isn’t zooming cars across our living floor with a smile on his face and Lighting McQueen on his T-shirt. His passion for race cars has re-fired my own spark plugs. There thankfully are plenty of options right here in NASCAR country to get him up-close and personal with racing without the big league ticket price.
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM AND TEAM STORE
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