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  • Episode 373 -- Donnie Richeson on Working with Family and the Ken Schrader Experience

    Episode 373 -- Donnie Richeson on Working with Family and the Ken Schrader Experience
    Nov 19 2025
    This week in the third and final installment of our interview, Donnie Richardson finds himself in the middle of not only NASCAR drama, but family drama as well. He then goes on the road for 18 years with the one and only Ken Schrader. In our second segment, we will be joined by former Winston Cup Scene senior staff writer and associate editor Tom Stinson. Back in the late summer of 1993,Tom wrote a two part essay on the Ken Schrader racing roadshow. 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
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    1 h et 17 min
  • Episode 372 -- Donnie Richeson on Life with Darrell Waltrip, Brett Bodine and Kenny Bernstein

    Episode 372 -- Donnie Richeson on Life with Darrell Waltrip, Brett Bodine and Kenny Bernstein
    Nov 12 2025
    This week in the second installment of our interview, Donnie Richeson goes from Whitcomb to Sabco Racing, where he has a front-row seat for all the goodness that was Kyle Petty and Felix Sabates. He then gets the chance to serve as crew chief for Brett Bodine … and at the time … Donnie and Brett were married to twin sisters. And … there’s talk of Dale Earnhardt going to drive for Kenny Bernstein. We then tackle the December 12, 1991 issue of Winston Cup Scene. Dale Earnhardt celebrates his fifth Winston Cup championship at the banquet in New York City, but even though nobody knows it at the time, crew chief Kirk Shelmerdine’s time with Richard Childress Racing is beginning to wind down. During the banquet, Dale gives a head nod to THE biggest PERSONAL controversy of his career. There’s talk of shortening races beginning in 1992 and a look back on the 1979 championship battle between Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip. And … Steve Waid proceeds to take pot shots at basically everybody in the garage. 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
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    1 h et 37 min
  • Episode 371 -- Donnie Richeson ... From Kentucky and Kulwicki to Darrell Waltrip and Dream Team Turmoil

    Episode 371 -- Donnie Richeson ... From Kentucky and Kulwicki to Darrell Waltrip and Dream Team Turmoil
    Nov 5 2025
    This week in the first of what will be three installments, Donnie Richeson takes us on a journey from Owensboro, Kentucky and Alan Kulwicki’s humble beginnings in Wisconsin to the turmoil of the Darrell Waltrip-Waddell Wilson-Hendrick Motorsports Dream Team. Then in our second segment, we’re going to dig into the July 30, 1981 issue of Grand National Scene. Darrell dominates and then wins at Pocono … and then he doesn’t … and then he does again after a scoring snafu that leaves DW and Cale Yarborough both trying to wedge their cars into victory lane. And Al Loquasto makes his Winston Cup debut in an entry sponsored by Schaefer beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 33 min
  • Episode 370 -- Lou LaRosa Parts Way with Dale Earnhardt Before Having the Time of His Life with Controversial Team III

    Episode 370 -- Lou LaRosa Parts Way with Dale Earnhardt Before Having the Time of His Life with Controversial Team III
    Oct 29 2025
    This week in the final installment of our interview with Lou LaRosa, we’ve got high drama with Lou, Richard Childress, Dale Earnhardt, Larry McReynolds and Joe Gibbs, Lou’s slapstick porta-john incident at North Wilkesboro and what is perhaps the one and only person to ENJOY working with Team III. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 2 min
  • Episode 369 -- Lou LaRosa on DiGard Drama, Life with Smokey Yunick and Young Dale Earnhardt

    Episode 369 -- Lou LaRosa on DiGard Drama, Life with Smokey Yunick and Young Dale Earnhardt
    Oct 22 2025
    Lou LaRosa. Drama at DiGard ... what else is new? Smokey Yunick. Osterlund Racing, a young Dale Earnhardt, getting thrown under the bus and coming back for more. This week's episode has plenty of super-charged emotion. 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
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    1 h et 16 min
  • Episode 368 -- Lou LaRosa on Odyssey That Took Him From Brooklyn and Vietnam to NASCAR

    Episode 368 -- Lou LaRosa on Odyssey That Took Him From Brooklyn and Vietnam to NASCAR
    Oct 15 2025
    This week, we’ve got the first of a three-part interview with the legendary engine builder, Lou LaRosa. The conversation takes listeners from Brooklyn, Ebbetts Field and Vietnam all the way to the DiGard Racing shop in Daytona. We then page through the February 16, 1989 issue of Grand National Scene. It’s a great start to the 1989 edition of Speedweeks at Daytona for Ken Schrader, who captures the pole position for the following week’s Daytona 500 AND wins the Busch Clash from the pole. There's a crazy ARCA race at Daytona. There are features on Ernie Elliott and Betty Jane France, as well as a short item on the intricate work put into the Country Time Lemonade uniforms and finally, master wordsmith Joe Whitlock has another beautiful column. 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
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    1 h et 24 min
  • Episode 367 -- Steve Grissom on Contract Troubles and Frightening Atlanta Accident

    Episode 367 -- Steve Grissom on Contract Troubles and Frightening Atlanta Accident
    Oct 8 2025
    In the second and final installment of our interview with Steve Grissom, we discuss one of the greatest paint schemes of all time, his contract squabbles with Diamond Ridge Motorsports team owner Gary Bechtel and a nightmarish accident at Atlanta. We when tackle the February 29, 1996 Winston Cup Scene. Dale Earnhardt wins at Rockingham after a late-race run-in with Bobby Hamilton. Loy Allen receives some serious injuries in a wreck that sideline him for the next several months, and his team is NOT happy about the amount of time it took for help to arrive to the accident site. Finally, Ned Jarrett has a chance encounter with a name from his past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 8 min
  • Episode 366 -- Steve Grissom on Ignoring SEC Football Scholarship Offers to Go Racing

    Episode 366 -- Steve Grissom on Ignoring SEC Football Scholarship Offers to Go Racing
    Oct 1 2025
    This week, in the first of what will be two installments, we talk to Steve Grissom about ignoring SEC football scholarships in order to go racing, a road that eventually led him to winning races … and a championship … in the Busch Series. In our second segment, we’re going to dig into the October 25, 1990 issue of Winston Cup Scene AGAIN. Alan Kulwicki wins the second race of his Winston Cup career at Rockingham after Kyle Petty’s engine doesn’t fare nearly as well as it had that spring at the track. Steve Grissom passes Mark Martin to score the win in Rockingham’s Busch Series race that weekend. 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
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    1 h et 38 min