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00:03We've got a History 300 coming up.
00:06We need an even better trophy.
00:08It's not about this dynamite, like this gray pattern of top.
00:12I'm out of ideas.
00:14Danica, I've got to meet her.
00:16You got a little crush.
00:18You got a crush on Danica.
00:20I want to build Danica something.
00:21Something that says how hot she is.
00:24This is going to end badly.
00:27I'm Rick Dale.
00:28And at my shop, we share a passion to give new life to pieces from the past.
00:38Every project has its challenges, but there's no job we can't handle.
00:44This is American Restoration.
00:53I got a call from Kyle Busch, the NASCAR champ, and Marcus Smith,
00:57the president of Charlotte Motor Speedway.
01:00Marcus asked me to do a custom trophy for last year's History 300, and now he's asked me
01:04back out to Charlotte for another project.
01:06I have no idea what it is, but I'm not passing up the chance to hang out with Racing Royalty.
01:12Hey, what's up, Kyle?
01:13Hey, Rick.
01:13What's up, Rick?
01:14How you doing, man?
01:16Good.
01:16What's this out for?
01:17You know, I won this beautiful trophy there last year.
01:19There's a lot of cool trophies that you get, but there's none that have quite the blood,
01:23sweat, and tears that this one has here, so it's pretty cool.
01:25Yeah, I really wanted to tell the story about the beginning of NASCAR.
01:29So, this is basically a gear out of a Custer car.
01:32Oh, wow.
01:32And in the 30s, it was the first go-karts.
01:35Love it.
01:36And then these two nozzles, what we found them, where they used to run moonshine, and
01:39it's one of the old gas stations.
01:41Really?
01:41Wow.
01:41And then this is actually off of a 1944.
01:451944s were popular moonshining cars, and the first cars raced at NASCAR.
01:50So what can I do for you guys?
01:51What am I here for?
01:53Did you need it polished or made it well?
01:54I love this trophy, but we've got another History 300 coming up, and we need an even
02:01better trophy, and we need you to do it.
02:04What do you think?
02:05Can you do it for us?
02:07I mean, it wasn't easy coming up with an idea for the first trophy.
02:11Now, they're asking me to top it?
02:12I mean, I really don't have anything, and if I say yes, I just hope I don't regret it.
02:19Yeah, you know, I can't say no.
02:22You can be honest, man.
02:22I cannot say no.
02:24I love this stuff.
02:25Yeah, now all I got to do is figure out any ideas.
02:28You're the artist.
02:29Oh, you guys.
02:30Nobody would have ever thought of this.
02:32That's why we called you back.
02:33All right.
02:34All right, guys.
02:35I'll do some research.
02:36I think so.
02:36I'll get something done.
02:37Hey, you know what?
02:37It's no big deal.
02:38If you don't do a good job, just everybody around the world will see it.
02:41Yeah, I knew that was coming.
02:42Thanks.
02:43Thanks a lot.
02:44All right, guys.
02:45I'll get back to you.
02:46See you, Rick.
02:46Thanks.
02:49The History 300 race is coming up in just a few weeks, and I'm already way behind.
02:54I'm heading to downtown Charlotte to meet up with my racing buddy, Greg Biffle.
02:58He's friends with Winston Kelly, the NASCAR Hall of Fame director, and hopefully with his help, I can find a
03:03little inspiration.
03:04I'm Rick.
03:05Rick, Winston Kelly.
03:06Good to meet you.
03:06Welcome to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
03:08Hey, any friend of Greg's is a friend of ours.
03:10Yeah.
03:10So doing a trophy for the History 300, right?
03:13Yeah.
03:13But this year, I don't know where to start.
03:15We got 65 years of history here, so maybe we can boil 65 years down into a trophy.
03:20Well, he's your guy.
03:21Okay.
03:22And I'm gonna go hold on to the wheel right now, because I got practice.
03:24Okay, mate.
03:25Well, good luck.
03:25The thing you gotta remember from a driver's point of view, after that race is over, the only memory you
03:30have is that trophy.
03:32I just can't wait to see what it's gonna look like.
03:34You're a car guy, I'm a car guy, and we're gonna get along great.
03:38Walking through the Hall of Fame with Winston is absolutely awesome.
03:42They got Red Byron's 1939 Ford, they got Marshall Teague's 1952 Hudson, Richard Petty's 1970 Superbird, and of course, the
03:51more modern cars of Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon.
03:54But what I need to design this trophy is not a car, it's a story.
03:58That's our founder, Big Bill France.
04:01Mr. France had this vision back in 1947.
04:04He said, you know, if we organize these people that are racing at different tracks, we can maybe make something
04:10out of it.
04:10You know, the trophy that we did last year was inspired by, you know, like sort of the beginning.
04:15The very beginning in NASCAR.
04:17It's incredible what it's turned into.
04:19I mean, he had great vision.
04:20You know, there's quite a story around the formation of the Charlotte Motor Speedway itself.
04:25Brewton Smith got together with one of the racers, Curtis Turner, who was a pretty flamboyant driver, and they decided
04:32they're gonna build the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
04:33So they started building this mega track, and out in the middle of nowhere, they found a lot of granite
04:38and rock that they didn't anticipate.
04:41Oh, wow, that's bad.
04:42So they had to get dynamite out there.
04:45You talk about perseverance.
04:47Back in 1959, things didn't get done the same that they do now.
04:52You know, they had some disagreements with contractors, and one that's probably the most famous is that Curtis was there
04:57trying to get contractors to move their equipment, and they were refusing to because they weren't getting paid.
05:02You know, Curtis had a shotgun there, and one of the contractors took the shotgun from Curtis.
05:06Well, that didn't sit real well with Mr. Smith, so he took his .38 out and put it to the
05:10guy's side and said, you're gonna move your equipment.
05:13And the guy decided, maybe Mr. Smith was right.
05:16So he had a pistol on him?
05:18Yeah.
05:18Wow.
05:19You want to talk about perseverance to get a track filled?
05:23Finished, right.
05:23That was perseverance.
05:25And I like the foundation of Charlotte, how it helped change the whole entire association, you know?
05:30Charlotte Motor Speedway has become one of the greatest tracks in NASCAR, and to think it came from the dreams
05:35of two regular guys that loved racing.
05:38Now, that's a story worth making a trophy about.
05:40Thank you very much.
05:42It's our pleasure to have you here.
05:43I mean, walk me out, because I'm lost right now.
05:45Let's look at some more stuff anyways.
05:47Imagine the two of us in the mines, lighting each other's way with our magic mining hats.
05:52I feel ridiculous.
05:55One person makes this entire trip worth it.
05:57Miss Danica Patrick.
05:59I don't think she's gonna even give you the time of day, period.
06:01Rick, questioning my game, it is on.
06:12We need an even bigger and better trophy.
06:16I got the job to build the History 300 trophy that's coming up soon at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
06:22I wanted to tell a story about the track's construction and how hard it was for them to do it.
06:26They had so much struggle with granite on site that had to be demolished with explosives.
06:32So I sent Ron and Leonard out to some of the old mining towns around Las Vegas to see if
06:37they can find something to use on this trophy.
06:42Rick said I can go to the race, which is awesome, because Danica Patrick will be there.
06:49I've got to meet her.
06:51It's like maybe the top three of my entire bucket list to ever do.
06:55Two words, Danica Patrick.
06:59Gorgeous, fast, fierce, gorgeous.
07:03Okay, six words.
07:04They got a crush on Danica.
07:07I'm gonna help you out.
07:08Present your sweetheart a handmade gift, because you have to put in the effort and put in the love, and
07:14it shows.
07:15Normally, I would rather turn in my player's card than take love advice from Leonard.
07:19But he could have a point.
07:20If I make her something great, ooh, it could be my way in.
07:24Duly noted.
07:24I will think about it.
07:26The two of us are constantly picking for treasure, but love is the ultimate pick.
07:32Look, look, look, look, look, antiques.
07:33This place looks promising.
07:35Not too excited.
07:37I'm gonna play cool like I do with the ladies.
07:42While Ron and Leonard are out searching up in the mountains, I'm gonna visit Doc, my firearms expert, and try
07:48to incorporate another piece of this track's explosive history into this trophy.
07:53Hey, Doc.
07:54Hey, Rick.
07:55How you doing, bud?
07:56How you doing, bud?
07:56What brings you in here?
07:57Well, I got, like, this really interesting project I need your help with.
08:01I'm designing a NASCAR trophy.
08:03Trophy, huh?
08:03That'd be fun.
08:04Yeah, in the late 50s, the track needed to be done for this big, huge race.
08:08They were having such a hard time with the construction crew, one of the owners ended up pulling a pistol
08:14on the guy.
08:15Old school ways, you know?
08:16So I wanted to incorporate that into this trophy.
08:20Well, let me show you a few pistols.
08:21Maybe a .38.
08:22Okay.
08:23This is a Colt, and this is a 1929 .38.
08:27Wow.
08:28Well, let's see more of these.
08:29What else you got?
08:30This is a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38.
08:33That was 1962 with a very short barrel.
08:36That's what they consider a snub nose.
08:38Why would they prefer a snub nose?
08:40You could carry it concealed.
08:42Right.
08:43It's less bulk for you.
08:45Gotcha.
08:45This one is also a Model 10, and then I've got one here that is a 1930s model.
08:53Gotcha.
08:54You've got several good options right here for the trophy that you're wanting to build.
08:58I'm actually sort of going towards this one.
09:01I mean, this is being a .38, and of the era, that's the one I would like.
09:05This is going to be perfect.
09:06I'll see what I can do and try and track down two of them.
09:09Okay, you're welcome.
09:11Have a nice day.
09:17Hi, guys.
09:18Hi.
09:18Hi.
09:19Can I help you with something?
09:19Yes, please.
09:20We're looking for antique demolition or mining-type items.
09:24Something that says boom.
09:26All the mining stuff is in back.
09:27You want to take a look back there?
09:28Yeah.
09:29Definitely.
09:29Come on, follow me back.
09:30All right.
09:30Come on up, guys.
09:32Whoa!
09:33Wow.
09:33This place looks like an old mining town.
09:35I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but these are called calcium carbide lamps.
09:39Okay.
09:39And there's a striker here, like a lighter, that would actually ignite this.
09:42So the miner could wear the helmet and then actually see what he was doing.
09:46That's insane.
09:47That's another one.
09:48There's one for me and one for you.
09:49Yeah.
09:50Ron, put it on.
09:51Imagine the two of us in the mines lighting each other's way with their magic mining hats.
09:56Yeah.
09:57I feel ridiculous.
09:58That looks good on you, Ron.
09:59I think we're looking for something more demolition than mining.
10:03I have something else that really might interest you.
10:05Okay.
10:05Now, this was the plunger that they used to set off the blasting caps with electricity.
10:10Inside of this baby, there's a tiny crank-powered electric generator.
10:15The kinetic energy from the twist results in an electric current.
10:19As soon as the current hits the blasting cap, the heat causes it to go boom and explode the dynamite.
10:25This is pretty awesome.
10:26Oh, yeah.
10:27Let's talk a little bit of price.
10:28I can let you have that for five and a quarter.
10:33I might be able to give you like two for it, 200.
10:36Oh, I couldn't take two for it.
10:37It's worth more than that.
10:38The most I can give you for it is probably 300.
10:43That's the 300 cash in your pocket.
10:45Seems like a pretty good deal.
10:46All right.
10:46All right.
10:47You got a deal.
10:47Right on.
10:48Right on.
10:50Awesome.
10:50Okay.
10:51Thank you so much.
10:51We need to take some fake dynamite and incorporate it into a trophy in a sprayed pattern up top.
10:59Here's my brother, Ron.
11:00Hey, Ron.
11:01How are you?
11:02My snitch.
11:02I mean, my snitch.
11:04I'm sorry.
11:06Yeah.
11:14The president of Charlotte Motor Speedway commissioned us to design a new trophy for the History
11:19300 this year.
11:20So somehow we got to come up with a design that's going to literally blow the driver's
11:25helmets off.
11:26You got your creative thinking hats on?
11:28This is manly.
11:29A lot of testosterone right here.
11:31We need to take the granite, the guns, blasting device, and I also found some fake dynamite
11:37and incorporate it into a trophy.
11:39The granite is like 90 pounds, so one of the limitations is the weight.
11:43After a 300-mile race, he's going to be...
11:46It's too heavy.
11:47So we can cut something out of this to reduce the weight.
11:50What do you guys think?
11:51What can we turn that into?
11:53The only thing I can think of is the shape of the track.
11:55Yeah, why not?
11:56I mean, that's the foundation of the whole thing is the track itself, and this is what's
11:59underneath the track, so...
12:00Yeah, so we're basically going to cut out this granite in the shape of the track.
12:04Period, right?
12:05Okay, so we got that.
12:06This is what I was telling Doc.
12:08I mean, mop the guns up like this.
12:10I thought about this dynamite like, I don't know, in a sprayed pattern up top, to where
12:16you can mount the sign, the History 300 on that.
12:20Rick loves to contribute to the discussion, and he's got a lot of ideas, but some of them
12:24aren't so...
12:26Good at all.
12:27They're not so good at all.
12:28How about something where maybe we take that dynamite on the granite, and I really like
12:34the crossing pistol.
12:35So now, it's taking that tapered shape, you know, topped off by the History 300 logo,
12:39which is what the trophy is.
12:40Yeah.
12:40So maybe something shooting out of the barrel that could provide a mount.
12:45Like a rod, but shaped like a bullet.
12:47We could take it and lathe it out.
12:49If you really want to get fancy, you could bring it up like this, and then loop it, and
12:53it would go around the History 300 logo.
12:55I like that.
12:56Hey, hey, hey.
12:57Is this a trophy?
12:58We're going to put that in your backpack and put you on an airplane.
13:00Awesome.
13:01Awesome.
13:02I hear Guantanamo is lovely.
13:03Anyway, I want to build Danica something.
13:06Something special, like a trophy or something that says how hot she is.
13:10The Danica Patrick.
13:11Yeah.
13:12The NASCAR driver.
13:13Yeah.
13:13I think you're delusional, to be quite honest.
13:15Who's going to build it?
13:16Me.
13:17Yeah, she's going to be impressed by, what, popsicle sticks and macaroni?
13:20I've got to say one thing about Ron.
13:22He aims hot.
13:23You think like you're just going to waltz up and get a date?
13:25Yes, I do.
13:27What goes through your head?
13:29I'm going to start on the poem right now.
13:30I heart you Danica.
13:32You know, roofie Danica Patrick.
13:36Now that we've got this design figured out, we've got to kick this build into overdrive
13:40if we're going to get this done by race day.
13:48We're back in Charlotte, North Carolina for the History 300 race this weekend.
13:52I'm excited but a little nervous because Marcus Smith asked to see the trophy later,
13:56and I'm hoping that he likes it.
13:58For now, I'm going to distract myself and take in the sights and sounds of NASCAR
14:02because I live for this stuff.
14:04This is bad to the bone.
14:05This the pits?
14:06These are the trucks that the cars are in.
14:08Okay.
14:09Over here is the garage.
14:1030 people working like clockwork as a team.
14:13It's awesome.
14:15Don't you guys just love this stuff?
14:16I mean, it's incredible.
14:17It is, but there still is only one person that makes this entire trip worth it.
14:22It's Danica Patrick.
14:24I can't believe you're still dwelling on that.
14:26You haven't given that up?
14:27You think he has a shot?
14:28Oh, trust me.
14:29I have a shot because I have a secret weapon.
14:31What?
14:31I can just imagine.
14:33What are we talking about here?
14:34You're going to give this to her?
14:35Oh, my God.
14:35We're peeking.
14:38Bam.
14:38I call it a memory globe.
14:41Oh, that's nice.
14:43It looks like something somebody made in the third grade.
14:46I mean, last time we did a project, I was in fourth grade, but this took a long time.
14:50That's a fact.
14:51Everything in there she likes.
14:52She drinks her coffee black.
14:54Little sewing machine.
14:55She likes to sew.
14:56What's the Eiffel Tower?
14:58She likes to travel.
14:59He thought this through.
15:00Hopefully she doesn't think you're a stalker.
15:02I didn't go to her house and, like, spy on her or anything like that.
15:05Mainly because I don't know where she lives.
15:08I want to see her face when she gets it.
15:10The problem is, is I don't even think you're going to get to see her.
15:12I mean, this is race season, so I don't think she's going to even give you that time of day,
15:15period.
15:17Rick, questioning my game, it is game on.
15:21All I got to do is find her.
15:23I think if we had paid somebody, they'd announce that I was here for her.
15:27While Ron and Kelly are out having fun at the track,
15:29it's time for me to meet the client and actually show them what we did for this trophy.
15:36I invited Marcus Smith to the NASCAR Hall of Fame because I got a lot of inspiration here,
15:41and I figured that'd be, like, the best place to show them this trophy.
15:44I cannot wait to see this thing.
15:46I mean, we're giving this trophy away tomorrow, so I hope I like it.
15:50It better be good.
15:51Bottom line is, Marcus knows this story because it was about his dad,
15:55so I'm hoping that I got this thing right.
15:57If I show it to him and he doesn't like it...
16:00You ready? Here we go.
16:01I'm ready, man. All right.
16:02One, two, three.
16:05What do you think?
16:15Wow.
16:21All right, man.
16:22Look at this.
16:24I see the granite, the dynamite.
16:27I know the story.
16:28Yeah, you do?
16:29I know the story.
16:30You even got some six-shooters in there.
16:32This is so cool.
16:34Tell me how you did this.
16:36I just thought, we're going to give away the trophy at Charlotte.
16:39Why don't we just start from the ground up, basically?
16:41Love it.
16:42The hard work and the passion that your dad had to push that thing through
16:46to get it actually done was amazing to me, you know?
16:49He said it was the hardest nine months of his life.
16:51Yeah.
16:52He practically lifted the track building it.
16:54Yeah.
16:54Well, you've captured some neat stuff here.
16:56Well, they ended up running into granite on the base of it.
16:59They did.
17:00And it slowed down construction.
17:01So I ended up finding a granite company in Carolina.
17:04This is the same exact stuff that was underneath this track.
17:07Oh, wow.
17:07Very cool.
17:08And what we did is we cut the shape of the track out of this granite.
17:12So it's got the same shape.
17:13I love it.
17:14They had to do some blasting.
17:16So I got the dynamite.
17:17It's actually not real dynamite.
17:19When I saw it, I mean, it looks really real.
17:21And then this is actually a blasting unit that they would have used like 59, 60.
17:25Cool.
17:26So as soon as you turn that thing, boom.
17:28They had blasting every day at high noon.
17:32People would come from all over to watch the dynamite go off.
17:35Oh, that's cool.
17:36That is such a cool thing to have as part of this.
17:38That's cool.
17:40On the guns, that story isn't out there too much.
17:43Right.
17:44No shots were fired, but it was a bit of a showdown.
17:47Yeah.
17:47So come to find out it was a .38.
17:48Yep.
17:49So I found two that match.
17:51These are perfect.
17:52And you got the bullets in there.
17:53How did you do that?
17:54So these are actually 38 slugs.
17:56They've been drilled through the center.
17:57And they're on a rod on the inside.
17:58And so you got two guns shooting, and they come together in the middle.
18:01And that's basically representing the whole bringing everything together.
18:05Yeah.
18:05That's so cool, man.
18:06That is really neat.
18:07I know every driver, crew chief, team owner is going to see this and want it.
18:13Yeah.
18:13So I love it, man.
18:15It's even better than last year, and that's a taller winner.
18:17Thanks.
18:17I'd even love for you to present this trophy tomorrow at the History 300.
18:22That would be cool.
18:24That's awesome.
18:24And fitting.
18:25I'm telling you, man, this is so cool.
18:26He blew me away.
18:27I love how he brought in the elements that make Charlotte Motor Speedway and the history
18:32of the Speedway so special and special to me.
18:39Racing's been in my blood since I was a kid.
18:41So to be in the middle of the drivers and the pit crews and all the cars running around,
18:46it's just absolutely incredible.
18:52Drivers, start your engines!
18:55Woo!
19:00Now we're topping.
19:11What a race.
19:14Kyle Larson made an unbelievable pass halfway through the race, and then he just dominated.
19:20I mean, he was untouchable.
19:34Handing a NASCAR champion a trophy that we made is just so incredibly awesome.
19:40I don't even have the words.
19:42This trophy, uh, signifies the, the humble beginnings of the Charlotte Motor Speedway,
19:47and I want to congratulate you and your team.
19:50Well, good job.
19:51One thing that I do know when I'm an old man and I'm looking back on this day,
19:54I'm going to have one big-ass grin on my face.
19:57Yeah!
20:00Woo!
20:02We need to get out of here, so we need to find Kelly.
20:04Now the bar.
20:05Hey, Rick.
20:06Hey.
20:07Hey.
20:07Nice job on that trophy.
20:09Thanks, Danica.
20:09You're welcome.
20:10Thanks for doing it.
20:12Danica Patrick.
20:14Gorgeous.
20:15Fast.
20:16Fierce.
20:17Gorgeous.
20:20Dude!
20:21Run!
20:22Run!
20:23Dude!
20:25That was your chance.
20:26What are you doing?
20:27You had it.
20:28You had it.
20:28That's your game?
20:30Unbelievable.
20:31Wow.
20:32Yeah.
20:32Yeah.
20:33Yeah.
20:34Yeah.
20:34Yo, that's your game, dude.
20:35You know, you can't even go around.
20:35Yeah.
20:35That's what you miss you.
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