back to the line.

Tom's Earnhardt to win it.

The number three black and silver Chevrolet helped give Dale Earnhardt his fame.

It's this blue and yellow number two old mobile that gave him his foundation.

Most fans are shocked when they see it because it was a pretty rare car.

It was only around for about two years.

That paint scheme was only around for about two years, but they were a formative two years, highlighted by Earnhardt's 1980 NASCAR championship, the first of seven he would win over his career.

The old Mobile Cutlass and a similar Chevy Monte Carlo are both housed at the Curb Motorsports Museum and Earnhardt's hometown of Kannapolis.

It's one of several Cabarrus County locations celebrating the NASCAR legend, who died in 2001 as the hometown of Dale Earnhardt.

Kannapolis really is an essential experience for any race fan.

We actually see fans year round who are motor sports fans.

Are hard fan coming to seek out the locations where they can find that history, history and connections that are found in dozens of places in this region.

So we'll narrow it down to a few of the most popular.

The Curb Museum is high on the list.

In this building, we have 42 cars in our collection, and about 39 of them are race cars, and they cover eight decades of racing.

Joining Earnhardt's race cars in the museum is the championship trophy.

He used those cars to win.

Dale Earnhardt was a towering figure in motorsports, and then the center of his hometown of Kannapolis stands a towering tribute his home, the Dale Earnhardt tribute site.

It's kind of a place to come and reflect and remember.

Nine feet tall, about 900 pounds.

We didn't.

The statue as Dale, the person that you would see in Kannapolis with wearing his Wrangler jeans and cowboy boot and his gargoyles in his pocket.

I think it means a lot to his fans.

It's, you know, they're here all the time, but most heavy during race weeks in May and October.

They always my hero as a kid still is my hero.

All these years later, things he represented and meant to our community and all the race fans out there that brought me to tears.

It's just all the guy meant meant so much to so many people and I just, I just love watching him race every week and he was the man.

Dale Earnhardt Tribute Plaza is full of symbolism.

From the stairs to the way the benches are grouped, and even from directly overhead, there's seven steps that lead down into the tribute site, which is one step for each one of his championship.

The benches around the outside of the walk are all done in sets of three.

The outer sidewalk is designed in an ova which simulates the racetrack.

Dale Earnhardt Tribute Plaza is in a central spot in Kannapolis, and there are several location related to the NASCAR champion just steps away.

You can get an urn heart outdoors coffee of local Patriot roasting or an Earnhardt Outdoors ale at Old Armor Beer.

Both are produced by the company owne by Earnhardt's oldest son, Cory Flockhart.

Track downtown.

Dale won his very first trophy slot car racing.

Cheapest form of motorsports at Kannapolis.

Also has a minor league baseball team, now called the Cannonball.

They were once known as the Intimidators rooted in Earnhardt's nickname.

NASCAR champion was also a part owner of the team just outside of Kannapolis and Concord is one of NASCAR's best known tracks and the scene of several big moments in Earnhardt's career.

At Charlotte Motor Speedway, you can experience a tour year round.

And of course, that legendary venue is home to so many amazing moments that happened on the track.

The racing action that happens there with Dale Earnhardt and his competitors through the years, including eight trips to Victory Lane and the pass in the grass during the 1987 All-Star race.

Heading back into Kannapolis from Concord can include a trip on Dale Earnhardt Boulevard, fittingly renamed North Carolina Highway three, and a drive through a section of Kannapolis that's very appropriately named Car Town.

Is is where Dale grew up.

His family's house that he was raised in is still there on the corner of coaching Sedan Street, but all the streets in that area are named after cars.

Ford, Chevy.

Plymouth to soda.

Chrysler.

25 years after Earnhardt's death, his fans and those who followed hi career remain as engaged as ever and grateful to have Tribute Plaza as a place to share their memories.

Almost feels like you can feel his spirit here.

I just feel like this is Dales stomping grounds and just.

You feel that way.

So, like, it bring you closer to it, to the man and just what he meant to this town and to the to the world, actually.

To learn more about the Dale Earnhardt locations and more motorsports tours, visit explorer cabarrus.com.