{"id":101445,"date":"2025-07-08T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=101445"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T21:08:01","slug":"five-star-bodies-opens-new-distribution-facility-in-concord-nc-to-better-serve-southeastern-race-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/five-star-bodies-opens-new-distribution-facility-in-concord-nc-to-better-serve-southeastern-race-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Star Bodies Opens New Distribution Facility to Better Serve Southeastern Race Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"101447\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/five-star-bodies-opens-new-distribution-facility-in-concord-nc-to-better-serve-southeastern-race-teams\/new-nc-building-3qrtr-with-logo-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-NC-Building-3Qrtr-with-Logo-2-e1750958238999.png\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New NC Building 3Qrtr with Logo 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-NC-Building-3Qrtr-with-Logo-2-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-NC-Building-3Qrtr-with-Logo-2-1024x576.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-101447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-NC-Building-3Qrtr-with-Logo-2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"636\">\u00a0Five Star Bodies, a leading name in race car bodies and motorsports components, has officially opened a brand-new distribution facility in Concord, North Carolina\u2014just minutes from the epicenter of NASCAR country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"940\">This expansion marks a major step forward in the company\u2019s ongoing commitment to support racers and dealers across the Southeastern U.S. The state-of-the-art Concord location is engineered for faster order turnaround, expanded inventory, and stronger daily support for race shops, teams, and suppliers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"1173\">\u201cThis expansion is all about serving our customers better and faster,\u201d said Corey Schultz, Vice President of Five Star Bodies. \u201cBeing closer to the heart of racing allows us to be more responsive and efficient in everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1465\">The move from Five Star\u2019s former Troutman facility to Concord aligns with a long-term strategy aimed at improving logistics and regional accessibility. Five Star\u2019s headquarters and manufacturing operations will remain in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, continuing to lead engineering and production.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1467\" data-end=\"1509\">Why Concord Makes Sense for Five Star:<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1824\">\n<li data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1596\">\n<p data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1596\"><strong data-start=\"1512\" data-end=\"1539\">Faster Turnaround Times<\/strong> \u2013 Local inventory means quicker fulfillment and pickups.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1709\">\n<p data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1709\"><strong data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1625\">More Inventory On-Site<\/strong> \u2013 Stocked with high-demand product lines to keep racers on track during the season.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1824\">\n<p data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1824\"><strong data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1736\">Closer to the Action<\/strong> \u2013 Immediate proximity to top race teams, shops, and tracks improves day-to-day support.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1826\" data-end=\"2063\">The company shared the news with fans and customers on social media, thanking its team for the successful move:<br data-start=\"1937\" data-end=\"1940\" \/>\u201cHuge thanks to our team for helping move operations from Troutman to Concord. That was a BIG job\u2014and they crushed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2202\">The Concord facility is now fully operational and fulfilling orders\u2014bringing Five Star Bodies even closer to the racers who rely on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\u00a0Five Star Bodies, a leading name in race car bodies and motorsports components, has officially opened a brand-new distribution facility in Concord, North Carolina\u2014just minutes from the epicenter of NASCAR country.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":101447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[12163,12162,12161,12172,12164,12170,12160,12169,12168,12167,12171,12165,12174,12166,12173],"class_list":["post-101445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-concord-north-carolina-racing","tag-five-star-bodies","tag-motorsports-components","tag-motorsports-warehouse","tag-nascar-country","tag-performance-parts-distribution","tag-race-car-bodies","tag-race-car-body-supplier","tag-race-team-support","tag-racing-inventory","tag-racing-logistics","tag-racing-parts-distributor","tag-short-track-racing-supplier","tag-southeastern-race-teams","tag-stock-car-parts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/New-NC-Building-3Qrtr-with-Logo-2-e1750958238999.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-qod","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101531,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101445\/revisions\/101531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}