Visitors are plunged into the high-speed and noisy world of American racing with interactives, projection pieces, and archival and contemporary video.
Textural Entrance Projections
Videos playing across a 50-foot banner give visitors a glimpse of what’s to come—with fiery engines, smoking tires, and sweeping views of race cars on curvy tracks.
Interactive Quiz
“Find Your Role”
Museum-goers learn about the diverse parts to be played on a racetrack by taking a lighthearted “Find Your Role” Quiz. They receive their placement (from drivers to pit crew members to announcers) and a quote from an industry professional who shares their role.
ARCHIVAL VIDEO
Perspectives
Archival video and custom audio tell the history of racing in America through the voices of key figures over recent decades.
Take your car to “The Shop”
The Sports Car Performance Center (or “The Shop”) is a fully-immersive dive into the design, fabrication, and performance of the Ford 2016 GT, the car that won the Le Mans 24-hour race.
- Wing Fong, Director of Experience Design, Henry Ford Museum
SPORTS CAR PERFORMANCE CENTER
Virtual Design Interactive
The Virtual Design Interactive invites guests to modify vehicle design components and explore the differences between race cars and other road vehicles.
SPORTS CAR PERFORMANCE CENTER
Pit Crew Spotlight
Brehanna Daniels, NASCAR’s first female African American pit crew member, talks about the passion and grit needed to be a NASCAR tire changer.
Leaderboard
This six-foot touch monitor highlights contemporary racing, where museum-goers can read up on auto news, watch brief clips, and immerse themselves in what’s happening on the racetrack at every moment—including a clock counting down to the next major race.
Visitors spin a rotating globe to read real-time racing-related tweets from a curated selection.
