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NASCAR fans receive gifts at annual Undeck the Hall event

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The gift-giving season is not over for NASCAR fans.

On Tuesday, fans were permitted to take a gift off one of the many decorated trees at the eighth annual Undeck the Hall tradition at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The gifts include autographed souvenirs, die-cast cars and race tickets. NASCAR tickets were the first to go.

Since it was Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s final season, some fans were looking for items signed by Junior.

Doors opened Tuesday at 10 a.m., but fans started lining up outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Monday night.

Chris Torence and John Carpenter spent their Christmas night camped outside the NASCAR Hall of Fame in freezing temperatures in hopes of getting race tickets.

One of the boys grabbed the tickets for the Daytona 500 from one of the decorated trees.

“For a race like this, such a big-name track like Daytona, I mean, you can’t really put a price on it. Making memories with friends in the process, it was well worth it," Carpenter said.

“Even if we don’t get something we wanted, it’s just making memories, staying up in Charlotte,” Torence said.

The event was free with paid admission to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“I got (my son) this book,” said Danielle Hawn, who makes the event an annual tradition with her 6-year-old son. “Hopefully he likes the NASCAR book because he wanted to pick the NASCAR game himself.”

Winston Kelley, executive director for NASCAR, said the Undeck the Hall event is the company's Christmas present to its fans.

“We just love our fans. We love our members,” Kelley said.

“(They can get) Some really great seats that they wouldn't easily be able to buy on the internet,” Kelley said.

Toney Ferreire and his two children make it a family tradition centered around the boys' love for the sport.

“Last year, this guy got a door. It was autographed by the driver and he was pretty happy about that,” Ferreirre said.

The Hall of Fame stayed open until all the gifts were gone.

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