Pictures of Junior Johnson's race shop.
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Yeah, the pic of Petty above the urinal is famous, but I'm not sure it was there because of a hatred of Richard or Petty Enterprises, but because at the time, they were one of the best. More like a motiviation thing.The shop was plenty big for it's time. But I agree, looking back on it now, along with other shops like Bud Moore's in Spartinsburg, or the Wood Brothers in Stuart, or even Petty Enterprises in Level Cross, it's hard to imagine how they were able to do everything they did. Though I do know that Junior, like many others had his chassis made by Banjo Matthews just a short trip away in Asheville. But those guys, when looking at pics of their old shops, it's what I imagine it would look like. Not these race shops they have today, which is more like a hospital building then anything else.But back to Junior's shop, like I previously mentioned, you can see the famous creek that seperated the original garage and the newer garage built for the
#12 car and Niel. DW detested having a teammate, and was one of the reasons he left Junior, among others having a Bud sponsor. But from what I hear, the shop actually now houses a flooring buisiness and a driving school. I believe though that some parts of the shop have been left as is when Junior quit.I still would love to see any pics of the shop, either recent or from the past. A video would be great. Thanks
