51 Club Orlando

51 Club is a 7,800-square-foot former auto shop in Winter Park, rebuilt into one of Central Florida's most unusual private venues, staged among classic cars, NASCAR history and a 40-foot bar made from 1800s teak. Rick spent years filling the space with the cars he loved — led by Dale Earnhardt’s black No. 3 Chevrolet Lumina on the wall, the same model he won the 1990 Winston Cup in, with two more NASCAR stockers suspended overhead (including Bill Elliott’s McDonald’s No. 94 Thunderbird), convertibles on working lifts, and teak columns dating back to the 1800s. People kept asking if they could rent the place for a night. Eventually he said yes. Every booking takes over the entire building, all 7,800 square feet of it. The collection is actively driven and rotated, so the vehicles on display change over time, giving each event a unique automotive backdrop. Your planner and caterer get a blank canvas with real character: one level to work with, a bay door big enough to drive a car through, and parking right out front.