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The Scene Vault Podcast

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 At The Scene Vault Podcast, we're all about NASCAR history, all the time. Our interview guests shed new light on their lives and careers each and every week, and hosts Rick Houston and Steve Waid draw on their long careers in and around the sport to provide expert analysis and commentary. New episodes drop every Wednesday at 6 a.m. Eastern.Copyright The Scene Vault
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  • Episode 393 -- Jimmy Spencer Joins the Show to Remember His Protege Blaise Alexander

    Episode 393 -- Jimmy Spencer Joins the Show to Remember His Protege Blaise Alexander
    Apr 22 2026
    When Blaise Alexander crashed at Lowe's Motor Speedway on October 4, 2001, Jimmy Spencer was watching on the mega-screens from under the Winston hauler. He went to his knees. He knew. In this episode of The Scene Vault Podcast, "Mr. Excitement" Jimmy Spencer sits down with Steve Wade and Rick Houston to share what's never been told — his decades-long personal relationship with the Alexander family, his role as Blaise's mentor, and the moment everything changed. Spencer also reveals a stunning footnote in NASCAR history: he was the first driver to ever test the SAFER barrier — before most of the world even knew it existed. In this episode: 🏁 How Jimmy Spencer first met the Alexander family through a car auction — when Blaise was still a kid dominating go-kart tracks 🔧 The Tuesday Blaise stopped by Spencer's shop in Mooresville to pick up parts — days before the crash that ended his life 😔 Spencer's gut-wrenching firsthand account of watching the crash unfold on the mega-screens 🛡️ The untold story of NASCAR's safety revolution — and why Spencer believes it was already underway before Dale Earnhardt died at Daytona 🚧 Jimmy Spencer's secret role as the first driver to test softer walls and the SAFER barrier following a crash at Richmond 🏆 Why Blaise Alexander was different — a driver who never made the same mistake twice and never walked into the shop "down in the dumps" 💔 The deaths of Adam Petty, Kenny Irwin, and Tony Roper — and why they deserve to be more than footnotes in this story "Blaise affected me a lot. I think it was 20-some years old, and he had the potential. Damn it, it's been 25 years. Where did the time go?" — Jimmy Spencer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 min
  • Firestorm Episode 8 -- The Belt That Broke ... Dale Earnhardt's Last Unanswered Question

    Firestorm Episode 8 -- The Belt That Broke ... Dale Earnhardt's Last Unanswered Question
    Apr 15 2026
    Dale Earnhardt's crash at the 2001 Daytona 500 shook NASCAR. What came next nearly destroyed it. Five days after the worst day in NASCAR history, a single announcement lit the sport on fire: the lap belt in Dale Earnhardt's car had failed. In an instant, grief turned to fury — and NASCAR entered the darkest period of controversy the sport had ever known. A safety equipment manufacturer accused of killing a legend. An EMT who claimed the belt wasn't broken — it was cut. A widow forced into court to protect her husband's dignity. A rival driver threatened for simply touching the wrong car at the wrong moment. And an investigation that answered some questions while raising dozens more. This episode of Firestorm goes inside the aftermath nobody saw coming: Mike Helton's bombshell announcement at Rockingham — and the fury it unleashed on Bill Simpson and Simpson Race Products The broken belt vs. the cut belt: two competing claims, one devastating consequence Tommy Probst's testimony: why an EMT's account changed everything The legal battle over Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos — and the Florida law born from it Sterling Marlin: contact, controversy, and death threats NASCAR's official investigation report (August 21, 2001) — and why Bill Simpson immediately fired back with his own press conference How September 11, 2001 brought the most turbulent NASCAR season to a sudden, sobering close The 2001 Daytona 500 didn't end on February 18th. The real story was only beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    22 min
  • Episode 392 -- Tony Liberati FINALLY Shows Steve Waid and Rick Houston How to Do the Perfect Interview

    Episode 392 -- Tony Liberati FINALLY Shows Steve Waid and Rick Houston How to Do the Perfect Interview
    Apr 15 2026
    Dale Earnhardt walked away. Rick never got a single word on the record — and he never forgot the feeling. Two of the most decorated journalists in NASCAR history sit down with Tony Liberati for a raw, unscored account of what it really cost to cover the sport from the inside — the access, the pressure, the stories that never ran and the ones they wish they'd told differently. What you'll hear in this episode: The Dale Earnhardt interview that wasn't — the post-race moment Rick has never stopped thinking about How Steve built his career not on stars, but on the drivers nobody else was talking to — including the closest friend Wendell Scott ever had The "oh sh*t" moment that almost ended Steve's career after the 1976 Daytona 500 crash between David Pearson and Richard Petty The garage crew member claiming to be a Vietnam POW — Rick investigated, had the documentation and the story still never ran Why Darrell Waltrip was the most entertaining interview in NASCAR and the hardest to actually get A Harry Gant quote that caused a firestorm — and what happened the very next day when he took the checkered flag Favorite tracks that defined careers: Nashville Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway — and the restaurants that kept them sane on the road What both men would do completely differently if they could go back Two journalists. Decades inside NASCAR history. The stories that didn't make the paper. Rick and Steve didn't spend their careers in the spotlight — they spent it chasing the people who were. From the back rows of the NASCAR garage to the press box at the Southern 500, they watched the sport transform and lived the toll that came with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 8 min
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