The Scene Vault Podcast

Jeff Burton talks a contract conundrum with Bill and Mickey Stavola, his move to Roush Racing, the glory years with that operation and his controversial role in the intense safety debates of the years 2000 and 2001. In the second segment of this packed episode, hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid dig into the September 21, 2000 issue of Winston Cup Scene, which features coverage of those safety issu...

Long before he ever stepped foot in a television broadcast booth, Jeff Burton was just another up-and-coming hotshoe hoping to make his mark in big-time automobile racing. In this week's installment of our conversation with Jeff, he takes us back to his humble beginnings in the sport … and a time in his career where he had worked himself very near the precipice of utter exhaustion. In our second s...

There's really only one word that can full describe Ken Schrader and his career -- and that's racer. A competitor who has driven one kind of race car or another for a full 50 years now, Schrader began his Winston Cup career with Elmo Langley and Junie Donlavey. After that, he moved to Hendrick Motorsports, where his career took off in earnest. In this in-depth interview, Schrader remembers the hig...

In the last of our three-part interview, Kyle Petty discusses his 1991 broken leg, the memorable last-lap of the 1992 The Winston all-star race, parting ways with Sabco Racing and a late-night conversation with Dale Earnhardt. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then pick through the August 21, 1994 issue of Winston Cup Scene, which features coverage of Geoff Bodine's dominant win at Pocono and a st...

After Ryan Newman’s vicious crash in Monday's Daytona 500, hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid just didn't feel right about releasing an episode in which they'd be laughing and cutting up ... as usual. Although they’d already recorded once this week, they got back together to discuss Newman, safety and their memories of some really bad weekends. Afterward came the very best news of all ... Newman ha...

Clocking in at a little more than an hour and a half, this week's episode of The Scene Vault Podcast Presented by Q Ware is our second-longest ever. Why so long? Because between Kyle Petty AND Tony "Rambo" Liberati, we certainly had a lot to discuss. Kyle remembers the struggles of keeping up with the times at Petty Enterprises, driving for the Wood Brothers, being incredibly upset with a caution...

Kyle Petty is a lot of things to a lot of people, and in the first of our three-part interview, he's an exceptional interview as always. Petty talks about growing up in NASCAR, having never known a time when the sport wasn't a part of his life. Heir apparent to the sport's most famous family, it was his mother Lynda, not father Richard, who was the most competive. Finally, he discusses the expecta...

Larry McReynolds is back this week to discuss his tumultuous relationship with team owner Kenny Bernstein; his first win as a Winston Cup crew chief with Ricky Rudd; and huge controversies at North Wilkesboro involving Rudd, Dale Earnhardt, Brett Bodine and Darrell Waltrip. In our second segment, we go back to the April 26, 1990 issue of Winston Cup Scene, which covered the epic snafus that led to...

Larry McReynolds returns to the show, and this time around, "Baby Boy" remembers the great Butch Lindley, David Pearson and a former team owner known as "Big Daddy." In our second segment, hosts Rick Houston dissect the January 17, 1980 issue of Grand National Scene, which featured news of a rainout at Riverside, the top-10 stories of the 1970s AND the departure of Ricky Rudd from Junie Donlavey's...

In our first regular episode of the new year, host Rick Houston sits down with Larry McReynolds for an insider's perspective on the early years of the longtime crew chief's NASCAR career. Filled with a number of peaks and valleys, Larry Mac worked for legendary drivers Mark Martin and Tim Richmond in circumstances that were, at times, quite trying. In our second segment, Rick is joined by co-host...

In our 2020 season premiere, Steve and I take a look back at some of our very best interviews from last year. From Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Bill Elliott to Bobby Labonte and Lyndon Amick, we were able to produce some extraordinary content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Junior Johnson joined host Rick Houston for one of our earliest podcast interviews, and in this very special episode, we share that memorable conversation again in memory of the great man himself. Rick, co-host Steve Waid and Q Ware's Eric Quinn also share their memories of Junior, who died Friday, December 20. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third and final installment of our interview, Bobby Labonte discusses the disappointment of falling short in the 1999 Winston Cup championship … and his rise to the summit the very next year. Co-hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then discuss Rick's epic summer as pace car driver at Bowman Gray Stadium, drivers who might have been just a little difficult to deal with at times, the "Tabasco F...

The 1992 Busch Series season began at Daytona with Bobby Labonte and Todd Bodine helping to pull Joe Nemechek from the inferno of his demolished race car, and ended with the same three drivers in the closest championship battle in the division's history. Labonte remembers those incidents, as well as his struggles getting up to speed with Bill Davis Racing and, eventually, his first Winston Cup vic...

A couple of months prior to his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Bobby Labonte sits down for an in-depth look at his career. In the first of a three-part interview with host Rick Houston, Labonte discusses his family's move from Texas to North Carolina to support brother Terry's young racing career, his own start behind the wheel, his struggles in making it in the sport and his 1991 Busch S...

It's the All Nickname Episode, with not only Buckshot Jones, but Tony "Rambo" Liberati joining host Rick Houston for separate interviews. Buckshot and Rick discuss their practical joke war, while Rambo gives listeners an inside look at Jimmie Johnson's first full-time foray into NASCAR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Buckshot Jones joins host Rick Houston for a no-holds-barred interview about his early days in the Busch Series, his first win at Milwaukee and … of course … Randy LaJoie. Co-host Steve Waid then jumps into the fray with a look at Grand National Scene's debut issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randy LaJoie was a two-time Busch Series champion and three-time winner at Daytona, but his legacy in the sport is also as one of the sport's leading safety innovators. This episode will explain why. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid go back to the 1983 season finale at Riverside, where someone attempted to sabotage Bobby Allison's effort to win that year's title. Learn more about your ad choices....

Randy LaJoie returns for the second of a three-part interview, and this week, he gives the inside scoop on his feuds with BACE Motorsports team owner Bill Baumgardner and on-track rival Buckshot Jones. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid also break down the 1990 Winston Cup race at Phoenix, dominated by Dale Earnhardt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two-time Busch Series champion Randy LaJoie sits down with host Rick Houston to discuss a wicked crash during a Daytona 500 qualifying race, his late 1980s and early 90s struggles to gain a solid foothold in the sport and his first Busch Series title with BACE Motorsports. Rick and co-host Steve Waid then discuss Texas Motor Speedway's infamous inaugural race weekend, Johnny Rumley and the immorta...

Lorin Ranier returns to The Scene Vault Podcast Presented by Q Ware, and this time around, he discusses Cale Yarborough's stint with his father's team, going to bat for Davey Allison, the end of Ranier Racing's legendary run and a comeback of sorts with Tony Stewart. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then go over the fall 2001 race at Martinsville, won by Ricky Craven and during which Kevin Harvic...

The show must go on! Despite Rick's family medical emergency, hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid figure out a way to record this week's episode of The Scene Vault Podcast Presented by Q Ware. Lorin Ranier, son of the late team owner Harry Ranier, joins in the fun to discuss his family's legacy in the sport, which goes all the way back to the 1952 Southern 500. Lorin literally grew up in the sport,...

Donnie Allison remembers his role in the 1979 Daytona 500, one of the most iconic races in NASCAR history. With the Cup circuit headed to Talladega this weekend, co-hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid go back to Mark Martin’s caution-free victory and a letters-to-the-editor section that Rick will never forget. Please visit https://info.qwarecmms.com/scene for more information on Q Ware, our new pres...

Donnie Allison returns for the second of a three-installment interview, and this week, he discusses his tenure with DiGard Racing that nearly derailed his career for good. He also remembers going toe-to-toe with NASCAR at Charlotte and Atlanta, over post-race inspection AND scoring issues. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid then take on the 1981 fall race at Dover, won by Neil Bonnett. They also la...

NASCAR icon Donnie Allison sits down with host Rick Houston to reminisce about his brother Bobby, legendary car owner Banjo Matthews, his two Indianapolis 500s and a bit of regret over never having had the opportunity to run for a NASCAR championship. In our second segment, host Steve Waid joins the conversation, and together, he and Rick remember the fall 1989 race at Charlotte won by Steve's for...