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Activities guides are available for students to complete during their visit. The guides support a variety of educational topics
and are designed to encourage student exploration of the exhibits. The activities guides may be downloaded prior to your
visit. Additional copies may be requested at least two days prior to your visit and will be made available during check-in.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame offers four floors of exhibits designed to highlight different components of the sport.
1ST FLOOR (THEATER LOBBY/STAIRS AND ELEVATOR TO RIGHT
OF THEATER)
• Memorable Moments (exhibit changes annually)
• This exhibit highlights the memorable moments of the previous season in the sport through a variety of artifacts.
• Students can explore the story behind the artifact and try to understand what can make a memorable or impactful moment
in time (this is a great study station for history classes).
2ND FLOOR (ENTRY/EXIT LEVEL)
• Great Hall (exhibit changes every 6-9 months)
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The current exhibit showcases the personal cars of NASCAR stars.
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Students can explore and learn about why NASCAR stars have selected or dreamed of a specific car for their own use.
• Compass to the Tracks of NASCAR (located on the floor)
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The compass highlights different tracks across the country and their mileage from the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
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Students can explore the geography of the sport and through the activity sheet can heighten their math skills as it relates to distance and mileage.
• Glory Road (permanent exhibit featuring new cars every 3-5 years)
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This curved road highlights the banking at different tracks across the nation and features past and current race cars.
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The current exhibits features 18 different race cars and highlights how racing has changed over the years. Students will learn about safety and technology advancements, engineering milestones and how the sport has influenced the
consumer market for automobiles.
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The exhibit also highlights various tracks, their history and the science behind the tracks. Students will be able to touch and feel track surfaces, learn about banking and experience how degrees of banking feel, and learn about the
geography of the sport.
3RD FLOOR (TOP OF THE GLORY ROAD OR UTILIZE ELEVATORS/
STAIRS BY GEAR SHOP)
• Hall of Honor (exhibit changes annually)
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Honoring and recognizing the sports legends and heroes is the goal of the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Individuals have made significant contributions or have achieved outstanding feats that have elevated the sport to its current level.
Today’s teams, drivers, owners and officials benefit from its past as they learn in the present. The Hall of Honor
highlights the five current NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees and past inductees through audio and visual displays.
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Students can learn about the contributions of legendary individuals in NASCAR. This exhibit is an opportunity for students to step beyond the headlines and understand the individuals of the sport. This is a great introduction to a
post-visit activity for history, science and language arts (see expansion activities).
• Race Week
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Explore the steps and the people involved in getting a car from the garage to the track on race day and everything in between. This floor highlights all the steps, technology and decisions that each member of a race team make to get a
car ready to race.
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Students will learn about teams, roles, jobs and what is involved behind the scenes of the sport. Students will also complete a series of interactive stations (see below) and hands-on activities that reinforce the learning objective
behind each area. The floor is divided into nine areas.
1. Shop
2. Paint/Design
3. Tracks and Hauler
4. Pit Stop (team challenge for groups of three)
5. Inspection
6. Qualifying (driving activity)
7. Media
8. Racing (iRacing Simulators, an additional fee activity)
9. Victory Lane
NOTE: Exhibit activity guides for this floor may be easier to complete in a small group. Chaperones can gather their individual
chaperone groups to complete the activity as a whole. For the best experience, follow the provided schedule for your group to
ensure that they have sufficient time to explore and interact with each area.
• Champions Case and Car Parts Case
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These two exhibit cases located near Victory Lane in Race Week are worth taking a moment to review before traveling to the 4th floor.
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The Champions Case to the right of the stairs features last year’s winners (suits and trophies) from the top three NASCAR series (Sprint Cup, XFINITY and Camping World Truck). This is an opportunity to appreciate what the teams
have achieved.
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The Car Parts Case on the left of the stairs features car and body parts from various teams or drivers. This is a good opportunity for students to see if they can identify drivers or teams associated with a specific car part.
NOTE: These are the car body part/panel from the actual car. Many were damaged in an actual race.
4TH FLOOR (STAIRCASES AT EITHER END OF RACE WEEK OR
ELEVATORS ARE AVAILABLE NEAR STAIRS)
• Heritage Speedway
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Heritage Speedway explores the history of the sport by discovering the safety, technology innovations and personalities that have impacted the sport through videos, displays and interactives stations.
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Pre-NASCAR displays and videos highlight the early years of racing and its influences (five minute, 30 second video)
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Legacy Theater celebrates and honors some of the great influences in the sport who are now deceased
(three-minute video).
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Greatest Finishes highlights footage of NASCAR races with the closest finishes in history. Also in this area is a case with a piece of the track and the Tide car that made history.
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Platform 1948-1971 explores the history of NASCAR through artifacts, a half street car and half race car, and
early garage.
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Platform 1972-2000 shows changes to the sport through innovation, invention and engineering moving towards the new era of racing. Notice the changes from street car to race car.
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Platform 2001-present/Safety helps students understand how NASCAR’s greatest role is to ensure the safety of drivers, teams and fans. Learn about SAFER barriers, roll cages, a HANS device and much more.
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The hallways in Heritage Speedway take the students through the history of the sport through artifacts, stories and a timeline on one side. Students can learn about the sport by viewing uniforms, helmets and other personal items of
popular NASCAR personalities.
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Heritage Speedway provides the opportunity to connect students to NASCAR and American history while also exploring safety and wellness through different eras.
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The 76 Spotter Ball lets students step into the role of a spotter and learn how he/she must relay vital position instructions to their driver.
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The Whelen Hall of Champions celebrates the champions of every major NASCAR series including the top three NASCAR series, the Modified Division and more.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING STATIONS
The NASCAR Hall of Fame features 28 different interactive learning stations throughout the facility. Each station introduces
visitors to a new concept and allows them to become part of the experience. Stations cover topics from understanding track
conditions to aerodynamics to testing your knowledge of the sport.
Many of the stations are activated by using a “hard card” provided during orientation. This card, which resembles the annual
credential used by officials, drivers, media and team personnel at the tracks, can be personalized at any of the stations during
the visit and will record how you did at each station. Just like a driver or owner earns points at each race, visitors also do as they
complete activities at each station.
NOTE: Download the guide to interactives for detailed information about each interactive station.
NOTE: A great way to challenge groups is to see which group can achieve the largest number of points (you can access your
results either at station 28 or after you leave by logging on to nascarhall.com/hardcard).