The Scene Vault Podcast

After this past weekend's celebration of the Cup all-star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, we share the third and final installment of our interview with Danny Culler. Danny talks about helping Ricky Rudd and Richard Childress Racing win their first race, capturing the 1984 Winston Cup championship with Terry Labonte, getting some flatulent payback on Sterling Marlin and some of the most iconic...

To fully understand and appreciate the return of North Wilkesboro Speedway for this weekend's Cup all-star race, it's important to remember what took place there in the past.  Rescued from the very depths of oblivion, the trace is brimming with memories. We've captured many of them on the show, and to celebrate its return, please enjoy this very special highlight episode!  NOTE: This show is not a...

This week in the second installment of our interview with Danny Culler, he talks about coming in contact with NASCAR icons like Bill France Sr, Joe Weatherly, Curtis Turner and Fireball Roberts as a youth; his time in Vietnam and how he was working to get into the sport even then; flying for Piedmont Aviation; and the role he played in getting the company into the sport as a sponsor and helping st...

We did something this week we sometimes do with our interviews … when there’s a particularly powerful portion that comes later in the interview, we’ll go with that part first if the situation warrants. There's no other way to put this, but Danny Culler was spotting for Dale Earnhardt during the 2001 Daytona 500. That’s powerful enough, but Danny quit that gig just two days before and was only lure...

In the third and final installment of our interview with Slugger Labbe, he remembers his turbulent time with team owner Bobby Ginn, his 2011 Brickyard 400 victory with Paul Menard and Richard Childress Racing, the pressures of working on the RCR 3 car and taking on an entirely new challenge of going drag racing. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then dig into the March 29, 2007 issue of NASCAR Sce...

This week in the second installment our interview, Slugger Labbe remembers trying to get Kenny Irwin up to speed, rumors over Kenny’s commitment to the sport, moving over the Dale Earnhardt Incorporated to work with Michael Waltrip, running a pitch-black chassis at a Daytona night race (wink, wink) and his bout with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. In our second segment, hosts Rick Houston and Steve...

In the first of what will be three installments with Slugger Labbe, he talks about not loving racing as a child, getting kidnapped by a bunch of Houstons and being dragged down south, his crew chief mentors and doing double duty at Robert Yates Racing as a tire changer for Dale Jarrett and crew chief for Kenny Irwin. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then dig into the March 12, 1998 issue of Winst...

Host Rick Houston gives a report on his big debut over the weekend in the Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park pace truck. Then, in the third and final installment of our interview with Butch Hylton, Butch talks about the end of his Winston Cup career, rebirth in the truck series and how he views his legacy in the sport today. Speaking of pace vehicles, we have a BIG announcement for our second segment...

Big news this week ... The Scene Vault Podcast host Rick Houston will make his debut behind the wheel of the Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park pace truck Saturday! Plans call for every car in every division to carry a Mighty Mouse decal ... as well as a backward pace lap prior to the first race of the day ... in memory of Alan Kulwicki, who lost his life in a tragic plane crash thirty years ago to th...

Butch Hylton was a longtime crew member and crew chief for drivers like Stanley Smith, Ward Burton, Mark Martin, Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, Ricky Rudd, Dale Jarrett, Ron Hornaday and Kevin Harvick.  This week in the first of what will be three GREAT installments of our interview with Butch, he talks about moving from here to there to back again and finally to North Carolina as he tries to make h...

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK! We're now part of The Daily Downforce NASCAR content hub! Be sure to check it out via The Daily Downforce! This week in the third and final installment of our interview, Robin Pemberton talks about how Alan Kulwicki and his business model impacted his tenure at Sabco Racing, his years with Rusty Wallace and Penske Racing, how some of the decisions he made while working...

Due to the chaos of the mother of all road trips, we’re going with a little bit of an abbreviated episode and eliminating the Scene Issue of the Week segment this week. In the second installment of our interview with Robin Pemberton, he talks us through the hectic early days of Roush Racing and the killer hours he had to keep in the wake of an unexpected announcement of a full schedule in 1988. We...

In the first of what will be three installments of our interview with Robin Pemberton, he talks about getting into the sport in upstate New York, and more importantly, getting to know the people who would help guide him down south and into a career in the Winston Cup garage. Once he was there, he found himself at Ground Zero of two of the biggest controversies in NASCAR history. He was Richard Pet...

In this special episode in conjunction with Eric Estepp and his Out of the Groove YouTube channel, The Scene Vault Podcast hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid discuss their two-part breaking news story on the legend of L.W. Wright and his recent arrest.  NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast...

In the third and final installment of our interview with Steve Dluzniewski, we get the low down from Duze on the zoo plane … the infamous raceday express … and a fist fight that HE instigated between the Craftsman Truck Series crews of Kyle Busch and Johnny Benson. Duze’s birthday is July 12, so hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid throw it back to the July 12, 1979 issue of Grand National Scene. Nei...

NOTE: Be sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast platform!  In the second installment of our larger-than-life interview with Steve Dluzniewski, the Duze talks about his love for music, his purple-carpeted toolbox, his adventurous move South to seek his fame and fortune in big-time automobile racing and one of the most infamous wrecks in NASCAR history … Jimmy “Air” Horton’s tumble o...

NOTE: Following the hiccup with the release of last week's episode, please make sure you're still subscribed to our show on your podcast platform of choice.  Buckle up … because we come barreling out of the gate in the first of what will be three installments of our interview with the legendary crew member Steve Dluzniewski and NEVER slow down. The man known far and wide in racing circles as Duze...

NOTE: Following the hiccup with the release of last week's episode, please make sure you're still subscribed to our show on your podcast platform of choice.  Buckle up … because we come barreling out of the gate in the first of what will be three installments of our interview with the legendary crew member Steve Dluzniewski and NEVER slow down. The man known far and wide in racing circles as Duze...

After a quick update on his recuperation from the man, the myth, the legend himself, Tony "Rambo" Liberati, Ritchie, Mark and Timmy Petty talk about the devastating impact of Adam Petty’s accident, the growth and subsequent slowdown of the engine program at Maurice Petty and Associates and what they’re all doing today. In our second segment, hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid dig into the October 2...

If you thought last week’s segment was good, just wait until you hear what Ritchie, Mark and Timmy Petty have to say in this week’s episode. They discuss the powerful bond that existed between Richard and Maurice, and the work they put into building Petty Enterprises into the dynasty it eventually became. Then ... the 1983 fall race weekend at Charlotte was one of the most controversial moments in...

We’re getting 2023 started off with a bang, with the first of what will be THREE installments with Ritchie, Mark and Timmy … Maurice Petty’s sons. They’ll take us through what it was like to grow up as part of one of NASCAR’s most famous families and the standards they were expected to live up to. Let’s put it this way … you did NOT mess with Lee Petty’s putting green. At all. Period. End of discu...

This week, we’ve got the conclusion to our EPIC conversation with John Dodson, Pete Wright and David Ifft … and they kept telling stories with a full head of steam, just like last week. They remember their welcome-to-NASCAR and most embarrassing moments, life on the road away from family, MORE stretching-the-rulebook stories and SO much more. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with Ameri...

David Ifft, John Dodson and Pete Wright ... this was an all-star cast of some of the best storytellers we’ve had so far on the show. You ever hear the old saying where people wonder what it would be like to be a fly on the wall of the garage? Well … that’s what this was. They were just three longtime friends and co-workers sitting around a table reminiscing and telling stories. What kinds of stori...

In the third and final installment of our interview, Robert Pressley takes us through the see-saw world of the Winston Cup division. A conversation with Bobby Hamilton led him to the truck series, a decision that eventually landed him in victory lane at Daytona following the 2002 season opener. Still more career uncertainty brought about his decision to step away from the seat and enjoy retirement...

In the second of our three installments with Robert Pressley, he and Michael Waltrip get together to trigger one of the most infamous crashes in NASCAR history and an IMPRESSIVE stare-down minutes later. Robert then pulls off a last-lap pass of Harry Gant to win at Darlington, after an impromptu rain-delay tutorial from the one and only David Pearson the day before. Finally, Robert takes us throug...