You may remember how a couple of years ago, in Hemmings Muscle Machines, we paid a visit to Richard Petty’s historic compound in Level Cross, just as Hurricane Sandy was hitting the North Carolina coast. This is the home turf of the original Petty Enterprises, where good things in our world were starting to take place. As Petty’s Garage, it proclaimed the family’s foray into building and restoring muscle cars inside the team’s original race shops, located just off U.S. 220.

The muscle work is still going on, which will be marked next month by the fourth annual Petty’s Garage Car Show, set for October 10-11 at Level Cross and presented by the Automotive Lift Institute. The fete starts off with an invitation-only cookout at the Petty homestead before King Richard himself signs autographs during the car show on the 11^th. The show’s open to all cars that post a $35 entry fee; the first 100 owners to register by the end of this month get a ticket for two to the cookout. Besides restoring muscle cars, Petty’s Garage specializes in modifying modern Mopars, led by the Dodge Challenger. To register or learn more, visit PGCarShow@eventzilla.net, and you can hook up with Petty’s Garage at www.facebook.com/PettysGarage. The Level Cross compound, incidentally, is registered as a North Carolina historic site, and will eventually become home to the Richard Petty Museum, now in nearby Randleman.