The Scene Vault Podcast

This week in the second and final installment of our interview, Jerry Nadeau talks about the accident that ended his career and his struggle to find peace and contentment in the years since. We then dig into the May 8, 2003 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Joe Nemechek’s Winston Cup victory at Richmond is overshadowed by Jerry Nadeau’s career-ending accident. Some … including Jeff Burton … are left wondering why SAFER barriers have yet to be installed at the track. Jeff Green and Steve Park have weekends to forget and wind up trading rides the following week. Darrell Waltrip has a story to tell about one of the most controversial incidents of his career while Jimmy Spencer tries to barbeque his brother. Finally … Tony Liberati is fighting for everything he’s worth to keep his race team intact. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's episode is dedicated to the memory of NASCAR Hall of Famer Rex White, who died July 18. First, we've got a candid interview with Rex and his longtime friend, Donald Johnson, who served as Rex's crew for a year back in the 1950s. Then, we get some perspective on Rex's life and career from Rick Minter, the former Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter who was responsible for bringing Rex back into the public eye. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jerry Nadeau goes from racing in Russia on ice while fighting off a SEVERE case of food poisoning to spotting for Morgan Shepherd and trying to make a go of it with Melling Racing to victory lane with Hendrick Motorsports. We then tackle the November 23, 2000 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Jerry Nadeau dominates at Atlanta, but it’s a late-race caution that gets him back into position to regain the top spot and score the first Winston Cup victory of his career. It’s Darrell Waltrip’s last race and former foes Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt give him some going-away gifts. UPS signs a big-bucks and ugly car deal with Dale Jarrett and Robert Yates Racing, while Kevin Lepage and Jack Roush miss out on a deal with THE all-time home run king … Hank Aaron. Finally, there’s a masterpiece of a column by a certain Winston Cup Scene writer about one of the most memorable moments of his career. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe Gibbs Racing's Chris “Spider” Gillin and host Rick Houston make peace over a LONG-ago column on Tony Stewart. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being interviewed by Rick Houston countless times over the years, Busch Series legend Jason Keller decided to turn the tables and get Rick on the record. This episode is the result! NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our focus this week is on two men who grew up watching their dads race … and then took up the sport themselves as drivers… Kyle Petty and Larry Pearson. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we’re going to share stories of run-ins that Richard Petty and David Pearson had with OTHER drivers, including Ned Jarrett, Bobby Allison and Tim Richmond. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we share an extraordinary conversation with David Pearson recorded in 2009, and then, we'll remember a conversation between hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid and the late, great South Carolina motorsports journalist Jim McLaurin and none other than Leonard Wood that was recorded not long after David died in November 2018. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we focus on The King ... Richard Petty! We’re sharing our Richard Petty interview and then NOT discussing it. What could WE say about Richard Petty that hasn’t already been said a million time? Instead, we’re going to share some of the stories ABOUT Richard from some of our past interview guests that aren’t quite as common as so many of the accolades he receives. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's show begins with a brief celebration of accomplishing a major task in the life of The Scene Vault project. In our first segment, hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid take a look at the numbers of the Petty-Pearson … SLASH … Pearson/Petty conflict … courtesy of NASCAR Reddit. Then … talk about digitization … we’ve got A TON of clips from races in which these two legends finished in the top-two spots. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Petty vs. Pearson: The Rivalry That Shaped NASCAR is an absolutely spellbinding account of the thirty-year relationship between Richard Petty and David Pearson. It was authored by seven-time National Motorsports Press Association writer of the year and former NASCAR Scene staffer Mike Hembree. In Petty vs. Pearson, Mike chronicles a (mostly) friendly rivalry between Richard and David, who met in 551 races and finished one-two an astounding 63 times You can pick up Petty vs. Pearson TODAY at Barnes and Noble and online at BarnesandNoble.com. It’ll be a fantastic addition to your NASCAR library. And … just for the record … this podcast is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the second and final installment of our interview, Greg Zipadelli talks about Tony Stewart’s success when driving angry, his eventual move to Stewart-Haas Racing to oversee operations, the disappointing end of that deal and what he’s doing now. We then take a look at the June 14, 2007 issue of NASCAR Scene. Jeff Gordon wins a rain-shortened race at Pocono, and there’s also a ton of reaction to Bill France Jr’s recent passing and a confrontation the week before between Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first of what will be TWO installments, Greg Zipadelli joins us to talk about his racing roots in Modifieds, his move south to go to work for Roush Racing and driver Jeff Burton due to a breakfast that WASN’T, a dinner that WAS and an awkward phone call. He then takes us through getting started, winning races and then championships with Tony Stewart. We then take a DEEP dive into the May 25, 2000 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid are joined by former Scene executive editor Jeff Owens to discuss one of the most controversial feature stories ever published in the paper … Jeff's piece on Tony Stewart NOT enjoying himself while racing in the glare of the Winston Cup spotlight. Then ... even as Dale Earnhardt Jr wins The Winston all-star race at Charlotte and a bridge collapses after the event, the NASCAR community is reeling from the loss of Adam Petty the week before. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our roundtable discussions are always wildly popular, so it's intimidating to try to come up with a group conversation that lives up to the billing. This time around , we scored another blockbuster session with late 1990s and early 2000s Busch Series stalwarts Randy LaJoie, Tim Fedewa and Jason Keller. They discuss everything from their early careers to Winston Cup regulars invading the Busch Series and how Dale Earnhardt Jr. changed the division forever. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third and final installment of our interview, Frank Stoddard gives us even more on his split with Jeff Burton and Roush Racing, but adds that his issues were NOT with team owner Jack Roush. And … just for the heck of it … we get a Kurt Busch story or two … or three or four. We then take a look into the September 12, 2002 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Matt Kenseth wins at Richmond, but most of the sport’s focus is on the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Tony Stewart is accused of getting into another scrape, while MONGO and his wife are on their way to China to pick up their new daughter. NOTE: This show is not associated in any way with American City Business Journals, owner of the Scene brand. Be sure to check out the latest and greatest stories from the world of NASCAR at dailydownforce.com! Interested in The Scene Vault Podcast T-shirts? Check out thescenevault.com and click on SHOP to see what we have available! Please consider supporting this show via: patreon.com/thescenevaultpodcast paypal.me/thescenevaultpodcast venmo.com/thescenevaultpodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices