Curb Motosports Museum

Curb Motorsports Museum is a museum that represents two business interests and passions of owner Mike Curb. A long-time motorsports enthusiast, Curb is the owner and founder of a country music record label in the country. Current recording artists under the Curb label include Wynonna Judd, Tim McGraw, LeeAnn Rimes, Hank Williams, Jr. and Lyle Lovett, as well as a host of stars of tomorrow. Over the years, Curb has owned cars driven by NASCAR legends including Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Dale Jarrett, Ron Bouchard and Johnny Sauter.

The exhibits were once crowded at an old museum site several blocks away. They reside in a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m²) museum. The museum showcases NASCAR, IndyCar and modified race cars, as well as LeeAnn Rimes’ very first car, a 1995 black Dodge Viper. Two rare glimpses of NASCAR history are on display front and center in the new museum’s street-side windows – the #2 car Dale Earnhardt drove in his first Winston Cup Championship and the #43 car Richard Petty drove in his 199th Winston Cup win – sister-car to the one Petty drove in his 200th Winston Cup win that now resides at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. Images of popular recording artists cover the museum’s walls, stand on life-sized cardboard cut-outs and even appear on the hoods of a few race cars. Displayed among the auto racing memorabilia are gold record awards, autographed posters from country and pop superstars and tons of photos of recording artists.

Arranging the museum’s memorabilia has been a very hands-on project for Mike Curb, according to Jerry Spurgeon, museum manager. “Mike Curb and his wife came here and set up all the photos on the walls themselves,” Spurgeon explains. “We hope we can get Mike back here for an official opening after the holidays.”

Location and Information

The museum is located at 600 Dale Earnhardt Blvd in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. The museum’s phone number is 704-938-6121.

References

• Cabarrus County Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Curb Motorsports Museum

Coordinates: 35°29′34″N 80°37′55″W / 35.4927°N 80.6320°W / 35.4927; -80.6320