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TALLADEGA, AL – OCTOBER 15: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Mountain Dew Chevrolet, prepares to drive during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 15, 2017 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
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TALLADEGA, AL – OCTOBER 15: Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 Mountain Dew Chevrolet, prepares to drive during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on October 15, 2017 in Talladega, Alabama. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Brad Keselowski has had a pretty rough season so far, with a big penalty slamming Roush Fenway Keselowski racing early in the season. Despite that, the 2012 Sprint Cup Series Champion brings some good news for fans and collectors. Keselowski will auction over 700 items, including car parts belonging to the gen 6 cars.
The fans are surely excited, and some even think Dale Earnhardt Jr. will need the parts for his graveyard.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS – MARCH 27: Brad Keselowski, driver of the #6 Wyndham Rewards Ford, waves to fans onstage during driver intros prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Echopark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on March 27, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images)
Keselowski announced the big news on his Twitter.
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For you this is a chance to own a piece of history… for us this is a chance to focus on the future.
Starting tomorrow we’re auctioning off 100’s of items from the vault.
Here’s what’s for sale: https://t.co/iunQ0un1Nu pic.twitter.com/kro20EhpFv
— Brad Keselowski (@keselowski) August 4, 2022
And the fans are quite thrilled, with many plans of their own. One of them even jokes about starting an ARCA team.
All right, who's up on starting a new ARCA team?
— CPK Diecast (@cpk_diecast) August 4, 2022
Love what some one said on fb,
"Does Jack know you're cleaning out the attic ?" 😂😂
— Terri Quinn (@taireocuinn) August 4, 2022
Though one fan put a very exciting comment for Dale Jr. Of course, all these parts would make for an incredible addition to his racecar graveyard!
Dale Jr wanting that for his graveyard lol
— DennyDeliversYT (@DennyDelivers) August 4, 2022
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I got laid off from my job yesterday so what you’re saying is I definitely should bid on these items
— Steve Benko (@SteveBenko) August 4, 2022
If you ever wanted a Gen 6 car, engine, seat or any other part of a NASCAR stock car, there are 700+ items in this auction. https://t.co/bD43pN4cSJ
— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) August 4, 2022
But what is this Racecar Graveyard that the fans talk about? What is Dale Jr. hiding?
Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Racecar Graveyard
Dale Jr. owns a gigantic property in Mooresville, North Carolina. And it is there where we find an interesting piece of land referred to as Dirty Mo Acres, which is Dale Jr’s own Racecar Graveyard.
Yep, you heard it right!
The piece of land has one purpose for its existence. And that purpose is to give a resting place to many racecars that are put out of commission by drivers. In fact, this graveyard is home to over 75 wrecked or unusable cars.
A behind-the-scenes look at the process of a racecar being laid to rest in the backwoods of Dirty Mo Acres. #JRM360 pic.twitter.com/QIdBG661Nl
— JR Motorsports (@JRMotorsports) June 22, 2017
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That’s not all though. This property is worth over $300 million right now. And the graveyard is so big that Junior sometimes forgets where he has kept some cars, as he admitted on Facebook.
In 2019, he uploaded a photo of a car in his graveyard with the caption, “I’ve been looking for this car for about a year. Deep in the Racecar Graveyard is Wayne Jesel’s land speed car that was converted from an old xfinity car.”
“These cars would compete on airport runways to run over 200 mph in a one mile trap from a standing start. I say I’ve been looking for it because my property manager never tells me where he puts the new additions. That’s just adds to the mystery of the graveyard.”
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What an awesome way to create and preserve the history of NASCAR. Would you like to visit the place someday?
