Mark Martin's dominant 1998 season was done with his cars built here. Jeff Burton's first cup series win car was born here. This building has some amazing history and you would never notice it driving by! If you enjoy this history leave a thumbs up and check out our other former race shop explorations! Check out stapleotnautoworks.com for hats shirts and stickers
@@Stapleton42 The videos of the locations that You Mitchell and Logan arrange, record, compile, edit with all of the 'extras', especially the individual people are unique among others. These allow others to view, hear, have some aspects of the experience with Your meeting, hearing, listening, absorbing from these individuals, especially in, within those locations, settings, with their individual, unique expressions, memories, personalities, temperaments, aspects, attributes, details, views, perspectives, perceptions -> personally have some of the attributes Mitchell, that You expressed in this video, near the end; Your self-introspection, -assessment, -evaluation, -perception -> As when You use these within Yourself within Your inner aspects, thoughts, views, perspectives, perceptions, ideas, concepts, [not 'theories' - Theory is real, actual, highest level of proof, causation, mechanism, description, detail, explanation, precision, accuracy, exactness with in Science, Method-Methodology -> from which proper practical uses, developments, implementations, devices, equipment, etc. result = engineering (ask Lake Speed, Jr., Dennis - PME, etc. (also am a mathematician, scientist, engineer, mechanic, fabricator, assembler, etc.)] character, characteristics, attributes, abilities, capabilities, potential, skills, thus develop, improve, grow, expand, etc., You are certainly using these for Your best benefit. -> Please remember these aspect are important, essential, vital, within Your character to be genuine, sincere, honest along with Your integrity, tenacity, persistence, determination. -> never allow the need, desire, apparent necessity with finances, monetary, etc., affect, influence, direct, dictate, control You allow You to compromise You in any way, including sponsors ->You can ask those You have interviewed, met, become connected with from Lake Speed, Jr., Mark Martin, Rusty & Kenny Wallace, Dale Inman, Petty Racing, Earnhardt family, racing, etc. about sponsors, especially the apparent use of their products or just paid advertisement [STP, Valvoline, Castrol, Pennzoil, Shell, Texaco, Sunoco, Chevron, Exson, Motul, BP, Mobil, Kendall, Unical, etc. [all StdOilInt'l] also Purex, Tide, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Monster, Red Bull, Skoal, Marlboro, Winston, etc. You channel, videos, interviews, efforts, sincerity, integrity genuineness are among Your Best -> never compromise these alson with Your inner most important, vital, critical aspects, being All The Best and Much Success in Your Quest, Health, Happiness and Well Being 😊, Sincerely ☺
I love your shows. Brining yourself back in time by respecting and embracing the great things the great people before us did has the same effect on me. I'm a huge Nascar fan and former local driver. I urn for the days pre Dale's accident. It's all went to trash.
As a diehard Mark Martin and Roush Racing fan. Thank you 😊. Now I understands Mark's amazement when he eventually wound up racing for Hendrick. Roush was old school, while Hendrick was NASA.
Mitch, I'm right there with you. We long for the old days because those were the good days. Racing takes us back to a life we miss. Thank you for all you do!
I'm not a nascar fan anymore but the history is interesting to me. I like the stories and it's great seeing where everything happened. It brings them to life because you can physically see it
Same here. Just got into this channel and the Dale Jr podcast. Brings back memories and I love just seeing people talk about it because you can tell just how special those times were. Nascar today is rubbish.
Mitchell, for me, I'm an 84 model, so the 90s were a time where I fondly remember watching races every weekend with my dad. I was raised on NASCAR and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I joined the Air Force in 2003 and have spent most of my time in the service stationed in Asia, where races are broadcast live on Monday mornings while we're either at physical training or at work. Also, my dad passed in 07, so my younger years and memories of my time spent watching NASCAR with him were such a happy time in my life. Like you said, it was different before all this crap was constantly thrown in our faces...a simpler time indeed. Also, I'm a history nut. Your channel combines two of my deep interests. Like I've commented before, keep up the amazing content. Love what you and Logan bring to this community!
My dad worked Exide from 1996-2002 so we were huge Burton fans. We went to all of the Phx International Raceway races and most of the Las Vegas races including the inaugural race in Vegas. This video would thrill my dad if he were still with us, so I’ll enjoy it for the both of us. Thank you!!
I agree with your assessment of why we all love the NASCAR history. But also because old NASCAR was really just that damn cool and fun to be a fan of honestly.
I've said it before. You two produce the best Nascar content of all the You Tube channels. Including Dirty Moe media which would be the favorite for most Nacasr fans. It is due to the nostalgic history, the people that you manage to meet and interview, the respect that goes both ways, the locations, the professional coverage. It's all great stuff. Just like Nascar was during the era. Thanks again. "One at a time", well said.
I am fascinated by the old history because we would never understand how we got to the present without the past. History is what built the present state of Nascar. We need more people like you Mitchell, and Logan. Without you guys, we would have lost most of this history by now. Thank you
Dang Mitchell, you continue to put out some of the best stuff on TH-cam. You’re batting a thousand and be careful Hollywood doesn’t come calling. I really appreciate the effort and hard work on all of your productions.
This 72 year old really appreciates your trips down memory lane of our early years. I’m sure in my 40+ year collection of racing magazines there are many photos of shops from NASCAR’s past. Tim in northern TN
'Comfort food'... yeah... that's about right. As a child growing up in the 70s, I got to watch the rise of NASCAR... I even spent a few years in Mooresville chasing the dream... but I'm sorry... it's over and all we have is our memories... Thank you for what you do once again...
I laughed when you commented about “the guy talking about High School football when your 45”. I am with you all the way. I’ve had to listen to the “wana-bes” & "Glory days" my whole working career. The back story you bring is excellent. And thank you YT for letting the story tellers have their platform.
I am in the Detroit area, and when Jack said N.C. was the new location. That changed everything. I was fortunate to be hired directly with Ford this week! Even though I am a "GM" guy. So happy for this!
Thank you very much. One person at a time it can change. That’s why I’m honest about it even though audience retention drops every time I start talking. Those people weren’t worth keeping around anyways
As a 70 yr old man one thing I can appreciate is going back in time for things I never knew about or realized. Your channel accomplishments that for me and I can't thank you enough. Love every one of your videos!
It's amazing how these guys like Tony Liberati can remember all this stuff so vividly and walk around a shop that doesn't house racecars anymore and still know where most everything is. Then again, I could probably do that with some of the places I used to hang out in and be around as a kid.
You tell a historic tale of the sport, backed by first hand accounts from the folks that made it happen. I love your videos, what you post will be history forever. Please don't stop
I'm not a truck driver but I am absolutely astounded and in love with the Penske hauler! I've been trying to work out buying a new to us Simi...(My tiny little fiance) she's been driving for six years now and I think it's time for our own truck. Noone cares I know but I'm just writing for the algorithm. I saw that the more words in a comment the better for you. Seriously that truck is badass
The extra effort of buying the magazines and finding those photos is greatly appreciated. You're literally preserving and sharing this history that might go unappreciated, otherwise.
Comfort food? Yes I agree with your analogy. It takes our minds off of what we may look at as negative or troubling, and brings us back to a time we may have been more stress free. I like it. Another great video bud.
I started watching this channel when you were buying your motorcoach. You seem like a real down to earth dude when I started watching your videos. This is turned into one of the best channels on TH-cam if not the best. You have found your groove when it comes to making videos and documenting history. there is no doubt that big things are coming your way. Thank you to both of you for the work that you do
As a 46 year old machinist/ tool and die maker and car guy, I’ve built motors, worked on the cars and raced the cars. I’m also a history buff from the south so all this just fascinates me. To put the old places with the old faces I’ve heard about since I was a little kid is beyond cool. So your side bar about the escape to a simpler time really tracks. Thanks for doing all of this.
Mitchell, I agree 100%! I am older than you, I graduated high school in 98. These videos take me back to simpler times in my life and the times I was so completely obsessed with NASCAR.
I'm an old stock car fan that loves the history and nostalgia. These shop tours are priceless. You get into the good stuff like the tool box and the breaker box. You two have a great channel. Keep up the good work.
We used to say "Been everywhere but the electric chair, Seen everything but the wind. Rambo is a cool dude. I guess I watch these because I loved the old Winston Cup days. Like many things in life I prefer those days and how people were. So you can say "you need to move on" but someday you might be doing the same damn thing. Great video Mitchell. I like to see Logan point things out and maybe be more "in" the revivals.
I think the history you are seeking is really searching for a connection to your childhood hero’s. I know watching your videos take me back to when these guys where larger than life characters. The more you learn, the more we learn the more we get to know the people involved. I find it fascinating to hear the stories, see the shops. It is amazing what these people did and the history they made. Thank you for hunting this down and documenting the history of truly the golden age of Nascar.
Might get kind of old with me saying what a great job you do. This is the ERA I watched growing up I was in my early teens back then. I used to watch the races every weekend with my DAD But lost him in 2002. But it's Soo cool to see we're the cars came from I was seeing on TV
the 90s were the best era for Nascar hands down, love all these vids, brings me back to the good ol days of playing with my racecars while the race was on tv
I absolutely agree about the history aspect. Guess that goes for most nostalgia. Buddy Parrot was great. Anyone that could take Derrick Cope to victory lane a few times is worthy of respect.
Would love to have that Robert Yates Mac Tools wrench in a frame. If only that wrench could talk. Awesome job Mitchell and Logan. Us old timers appreciate all you do with the Nascar history. Keep up the great work!
Mitch and Logan, thank you for your hard work. I the 2 of you do not document these people and their stories in a short time they will be lost forever. No one will have any clue about the passion and determination these individuals possess and the knowledge they have gained from a lifetime of hard work. That would be tragic.
I love your content and I agree 100% with you about why we love this NASCAR history stuff. It absolutely is a comfort food for me. And your next comment about just being good having your toy cars is exactly how I feel as a grown man still lol
I loved stopping in Mooresville on my way home from Myrtle. We would hit Roush, Ricky Rudd, Sabco, the two Penske shops, Simpson world the hall of fame across from Roush, Memory lane museum, head out to DEI then finish up with lunch at Lancasters Bbq. It was a great time back in the mid to late 90s to be a race fan! Thanks for bringing back some great memories!
Hey Mitchell, I totally get what you are saying about the escape from the daily bombardment of negativity. During the era that you work so hard to help us remember, I was consumed by racing, nascar,bush,arca and I was a crew member of a late model dirt car. Good times and certainly a much more enjoyable time to live. You keep doing what you do, don't question it. Ride the wave, and keep creating memories for you and Logan to enjoy, and share with us what you choose. Thanks for doing an job!
It was a more simple time then. I watch because I wasn’t into NASCAR, but I love all racing and it educates me on the names I heard when I was a kid. It would be awesome for you to get on the Dale Jr podcast.
This was an amazing video down memory lane for me. My wife and I used to go what we called shop hopping back in the early 2000s and just go from shop to shop and made a lot of friends just doing what you're doing go?Running around and talking to whoever we could. Thank you for these memories that we never were able to document because that was before any social media. Loving the videos!
How cool is this. You could start a business giving people tours of old race shops, race tracks, old race car graveyards. Thank you for doing these entertaining and informative videos. Rambo is way cool.
I love all this NASCAR history. The old names and b rolls of the cars definitely reminds me of a simpler time. I’d watch a video of a mailbox if it had some tie-in to an old NASCAR driver
BrotherMan you single-handedly have brought NASCAR history to life. I’ve been a track rat since 67 and fan through today. You have brought back the heart and soul of racing as it was not the shit show we see today. Just amazing what you have turned up to show people how things were, it will give directions to what could be ! Thanks Stapleton!
Man, it's so cool your doing these vids on Nascar. I was raised around circle track cars, I remember watching Petty and the Allison's way back when I was a kid. Sure wish we could go back to what Nascar use to be!
You’re absolutely right Mitchell. It does bring a lot of us back to our childhood or as you said a simpler time. And we can learn so much from these stories. Thanks again for all the work you’re putting in 🙏🏼
You found your niche Mitch! Build videos are cool but there's thousands of channels that do that stuff. You and Logan are really onto something here. Keep it up and you may be surprised where it gets you in a few years👍👍
Mitchell and Logan I love that you do this vlog, you keep the dream alive......one never knows what one will turn up! hell even I learn things by watching!.........
Can I just say thank you for your videos of the nascar magic era. Before the huge money come in. I love seeing these small shops making these super cars. I live in England born at never really get my coverage of nascar. Please keep them coming as I'm now hooked, dale snr is a freaking legend.
My first memory's of Nascar was watch Dale Sr in the number 2 wrangler car. I know he raced before that but I was born in 1972. So I was very young,but I definitely remember it well. Dale Sr. Fan for most of his career and my life. Thank you for reminding me of all the great memories I have made
BEST VIDEO YET.. Mark Martin was my guy, (well he still is really.) When Jeff Burton came to Roush it completed the team. You 2 do great work, if we forget the Golden Age it will be a shame. I`m so happy I was old enough to live through it and enjoy it so much.
Your comments starting at 13:34 are perfect! I'm 45 and my first race was 1993. A lot of technology is good and a lot of it is not good. It was a simpler time when there were less distractions i.e...cell phones. Can you imagine leaving your house now for a race and telling your girlfriend or wife "see ya when I get home. Love ya" and that's it? She had no choice but to wait until you got home and assume everything is ok.
I was lucky enough to visit North Carolina and Virginia several times from 1999 to 2006. I went to all the race team shops I could find, this one included. I got to watch pit stop practice once, and got some lug nuts from the team. Slightly unrelated story, one year I went to Ultra Motorsports, and out in front of the main building there was a stack of race-used tires, some sheetmetal, including a couple of noses which they were just giving away. If only I didn't live in California! I ended up taking a tire used by the #2 truck team (Mike Bliss). I have it under another tire signed by RIchard Petty with a round piece of glass on top which I use to display some of my scale replicas. I have really fond memories of those times touring shops and going to Charlotte Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. Great tour, and really I like your message in the middle of the video. Oh, and the "comfort food" analogy was spot on!
I think that its like me and Nintendo vidogames and NASCAR almost like its a good friend or something to come back to. It just really brings me back to when times were much simpler and I didn't have any obligations and I had my racecars or my Nintendo or Playstation or whatever and just let loose and have fun. That is what these race shop videos do for me too, it helps me understand what NASCAR was like in its heyday and how things came to be when I started watching the sport in 1992. You become attached to that because it was a part of your childhood and your daily life. One of these days if you ever have children or grandchildren you are going to tell stories.
Both tours with Rambo were really cool to watch! Finding the engravings on the wrenches WOW. Think I woulda tried to buy the Robert Yates wrench from the guy--what a piece. Thhx!!
Thank you for another race history video. I understand what you were saying about watching this stuff. It does bring back memories etc.. and how it makes you feel. For me personally it brings back great memories of my dad and i watching the races on tv and going to the races. Take care you both and thank you again!
13:40 that's why I watch these on Sundays, when there's hardly any "news". I can't help staying plugged into current events on weekdays, but this is definitely comfort food, a welcome break from the $#¡+ show. Thank you, Mitch and Logan. 💪🇺🇸👍
I’m definitely going to be taking a drive to check this out. Mark was my favorite driver growing up. Maybe I’ll check it out after Cars and Coffee in a few weeks.
Jeff Burton was/is my favorite driver of all time, thanks for this behind the scenes of the good ol Roush days… This is my favorite video of your guys’ yet and I’ve seen a lot of them! I’ll be honest I never thought I would see the old Exide #99 featured on this channel 😅. You can literally see this stuff nowhere else. Thanks Mitch and Logan you guys are doing the lords work 🙏
To answer your question on these historical videos you two produce, it's the nostalgia and the memories it brings back, the inside workings that some of us often wondered about, the fact that our race heroes were in these spaces, and it was hopping with energy. The ghosts of people passed, as well as memories of our son with his little race cars he played with while we had the race on each week. How our son was hooked on race cars form his earliest memories and it got him as well as us through the many surgeries he endured as a little kid, that he is now working for a Nascar team because of these people you do the history on for all of us. It was good times that helped us escape the real world that was ours. The memory of our son meeting his hero Bill Elliott at a McDonalds and having lunch in a back room with him and a very young Chase. Thanks for all you both do with this history.
RAMBO!!! Yep downdraft booth floor grates...I remember when people were excited to pull the mist down and out instead of across the whole car to one end. Looking back to when the most important thing in life was actually building it and working with those that worked or made products we all used. I painted, wrenched, watched, learned! Good times. Honest trade among friendship! Got a famous tool box there. All my stuff is engraved ROB...gotta look in all the toolboxes you run into now too! There's a playlist name...."If these walls could talk" PS black primer not the best basecoat choice for Pennzoil Yellow....chuckle! Thanks for the video Mitchell and Logan and enjoy the paradise weather this spring is giving!
13:40 the theory you have for a simpler time is spot on. My Driver was Davey Allison and my Father's was Alan Kulwicki. Many say that NASCAR died when Dale passed but for me it was in 1993. I then picked up Mark Martin as my favorite and followed Kenseth after that. They never re-ignited my real passion for the sport though. Thank you 2 for ALL your hard work and investigations, it is a REAL treat and step away from the way of the world currently.
I like what you were saying around the 15:00 mark about why you like vintage Nascar. I feel the same way about some things from the past. I told you before, my dad is retired from GM dealership parts department. So i have a ton of memories of the parts departments he worked in and, to this day, parts departments feel like home to me. With that, the was always a lot of Nascar signs and merchandise around the dealers, so 80s and 90s Nascar is my favorite.
Spot on of your analysis of why these videos and the information they provide are such a pleasure to watch. Current society want's everyone to forget, alter, or disregard the past. That methodology is absolutely destructive to healthy forward progress. We must dig into the past and learn as much as we can from it for all the reasons you described. Another great video! Thanks for all the detective work you do behind the scenes. I can't imagine how many hours you put in to provide these gems! Me Being a former Moroso R&D engineer, hearing Bob Rinaldi & Dick Moroso's name and seeing some of their shops was a real treat! I worked at Moroso after Robbie was killed, and right around the time Dick Moroso got really sick and died soon after I started there. So much of what you are showing and talking about was part of the "legend" that I longed to know more about and always wish I could have been a part of. This video really hit home for me. So once again, your theory is 100% spot on.
You and your wife do a great job with this channel and your recalling of the history of this sport. I can appreciate it growing up in Spartanburg with the bud moore family and bud moore engineering from 69 to 96. Thanks for your content. I enjoy all your videos
I like these shop tours and learning stories I hadn't heard before. I have watched Jeff Burton's full Cup career and the majority of his Busch career and had no idea he was a hands on guy and could set up his own car. These are the stories that have never been told. Mainstream NASCAR media represents these guys as golf shirts and pressed pants, not working men (and women) like us, which would give the average fan a connection to drivers.
You're right, its comforting and almost like re-experiencing these eras of NASCAR (well, the 90s for me) with a new perspective. And also it's just super interesting to me because i have so much more appreciation and nostalgia for the cars and racers I grew up watching. It's really cool to hear these stories, and its even cooler when there's tangible evidence of them. I love when you are able to show the old photos compared to what the places look like today.
The extra steps you take with adding photos def don’t go unnoticed! Im always blown away by how perfect you line up the photos to compare. Growing up I hated learning history, but your channel really makes me appreciate it.
i love your videos. i love the feeling of looking back to simpler times. little to no social media and to see our favorite drivers and teams bring back not only nascar memories but where you were and who you were with.
i know exactly what your talking about - nascar got in my blood in the 1950 s and its still there and it does make for a nice get away from all the b s thank you for your videos
I was living there in Mooresville in 2003- 2006 trying to make it in the industry. I lived next door to Carl Edwards at an apartment complex when he was running the 99 truck. I remember that being the shop they ran out of. I tried pretty hard to work there but never got the opportunity. I really miss those days sometimes.
I can't wait that last valvoline car of Martin's was 1 of my favorite cars of all time its number 4 behind the 58 of the great flipper phil andross (local track champ from the 80's) the black 3 of dale sr and the dale jr bud car
Your content is a great positive for me, especially having lost my wife recently and the struggles we are now enduring. The shop videos are fantastic. Keep up the great work.
Mark Martin's dominant 1998 season was done with his cars built here. Jeff Burton's first cup series win car was born here. This building has some amazing history and you would never notice it driving by! If you enjoy this history leave a thumbs up and check out our other former race shop explorations!
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@@Stapleton42 The videos of the locations that You Mitchell and Logan arrange, record, compile, edit with all of the 'extras', especially the individual people are unique among others. These allow others to view, hear, have some aspects of the experience with Your meeting, hearing, listening, absorbing from these individuals, especially in, within those locations, settings, with their individual, unique expressions, memories, personalities, temperaments, aspects, attributes, details, views, perspectives, perceptions
-> personally have some of the attributes Mitchell, that You expressed in this video, near the end; Your self-introspection, -assessment, -evaluation, -perception
-> As when You use these within Yourself within Your inner aspects, thoughts, views, perspectives, perceptions, ideas, concepts, [not 'theories' - Theory is real, actual, highest level of proof, causation, mechanism, description, detail, explanation, precision, accuracy, exactness with in Science, Method-Methodology -> from which proper practical uses, developments, implementations, devices, equipment, etc. result = engineering (ask Lake Speed, Jr., Dennis - PME, etc. (also am a mathematician, scientist, engineer, mechanic, fabricator, assembler, etc.)] character, characteristics, attributes, abilities, capabilities, potential, skills, thus develop, improve, grow, expand, etc., You are certainly using these for Your best benefit.
-> Please remember these aspect are important, essential, vital, within Your character to be genuine, sincere, honest along with Your integrity, tenacity, persistence, determination.
-> never allow the need, desire, apparent necessity with finances, monetary, etc., affect, influence, direct, dictate, control You allow You to compromise You in any way, including sponsors
->You can ask those You have interviewed, met, become connected with from Lake Speed, Jr., Mark Martin, Rusty & Kenny Wallace, Dale Inman, Petty Racing, Earnhardt family, racing, etc. about sponsors, especially the apparent use of their products or just paid advertisement [STP, Valvoline, Castrol, Pennzoil, Shell, Texaco, Sunoco, Chevron, Exson, Motul, BP, Mobil, Kendall, Unical, etc. [all StdOilInt'l] also Purex, Tide, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Monster, Red Bull, Skoal, Marlboro, Winston, etc.
You channel, videos, interviews, efforts, sincerity, integrity genuineness are among Your Best -> never compromise these alson with Your inner most important, vital, critical aspects, being
All The Best and Much Success in Your Quest, Health, Happiness and Well Being 😊, Sincerely ☺
I love your shows. Brining yourself back in time by respecting and embracing the great things the great people before us did has the same effect on me. I'm a huge Nascar fan and former local driver. I urn for the days pre Dale's accident. It's all went to trash.
@@Stapleton42 Is there an update coming about Lake Speed's motor in his Purex car on the race track. Thanks for all your great work!!
If course more Rambo! He seems like a great guy and certainly is very down to earth.
The fact you go the extra mile to give your content additional context (pics, etc) is exactly why we are all here! Noted and appreciated! 🙌
Thanks man I am glad it is appreciated
As a diehard Mark Martin and Roush Racing fan. Thank you 😊.
Now I understands Mark's amazement when he eventually wound up racing for Hendrick. Roush was old school, while Hendrick was NASA.
Thanks man. Mark had raced at the current RFK shop which is much bigger than this one. I wouldn’t say it’s on par with hendrick though
You have made a reputable name for yourself with the NC racing community I can tell you that with all confidence! Great video!
Thanks man
I think this is very true. You've made a name for yourself doing this, and with each step you unlock more for your next piece.
Mitch, I'm right there with you. We long for the old days because those were the good days. Racing takes us back to a life we miss. Thank you for all you do!
I'm not a nascar fan anymore but the history is interesting to me. I like the stories and it's great seeing where everything happened. It brings them to life because you can physically see it
Thanks man 💪🏻
Same here. Just got into this channel and the Dale Jr podcast. Brings back memories and I love just seeing people talk about it because you can tell just how special those times were. Nascar today is rubbish.
Mitchell, for me, I'm an 84 model, so the 90s were a time where I fondly remember watching races every weekend with my dad. I was raised on NASCAR and it will always hold a special place in my heart. I joined the Air Force in 2003 and have spent most of my time in the service stationed in Asia, where races are broadcast live on Monday mornings while we're either at physical training or at work. Also, my dad passed in 07, so my younger years and memories of my time spent watching NASCAR with him were such a happy time in my life. Like you said, it was different before all this crap was constantly thrown in our faces...a simpler time indeed. Also, I'm a history nut. Your channel combines two of my deep interests. Like I've commented before, keep up the amazing content. Love what you and Logan bring to this community!
Thank you for your service Jason. To this country and our channel!
This is great Mitchell! Im sure even a lot of our current employees didnt know about a lot of the history that was made here over the years!
We are here to inform! Thank you guys.
My dad worked Exide from 1996-2002 so we were huge Burton fans. We went to all of the Phx International Raceway races and most of the Las Vegas races including the inaugural race in Vegas. This video would thrill my dad if he were still with us, so I’ll enjoy it for the both of us. Thank you!!
Thanks man!!
I agree with your assessment of why we all love the NASCAR history. But also because old NASCAR was really just that damn cool and fun to be a fan of honestly.
I've said it before. You two produce the best Nascar content of all the You Tube channels. Including Dirty Moe media which would be the favorite for most Nacasr fans. It is due to the nostalgic history, the people that you manage to meet and interview, the respect that goes both ways, the locations, the professional coverage. It's all great stuff. Just like Nascar was during the era.
Thanks again. "One at a time", well said.
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thank you so much randy
Can't tell you guys how much your history vidios mean to me, they all are fantastic every thing you do. Great job guys.
They explore the days when racing was an everyman sport.
Big money turns everything into a playground for the elites.
Rambo is one cool dude. I could listen to him tell these old stories for days.
Rambo is by far one of the best story tellers on the channel so far, definitely a fan. He did a fantastic job! Nice job Rambo! Hope to see you soon.
I am fascinated by the old history because we would never understand how we got to the present without the past. History is what built the present state of Nascar. We need more people like you Mitchell, and Logan. Without you guys, we would have lost most of this history by now. Thank you
Dang Mitchell, you continue to put out some of the best stuff on TH-cam. You’re batting a thousand and be careful Hollywood doesn’t come calling.
I really appreciate the effort and hard work on all of your productions.
Thank you Randy 💪🏻
This 72 year old really appreciates your trips down memory lane of our early years. I’m sure in my 40+ year collection of racing magazines there are many photos of shops from NASCAR’s past. Tim in northern TN
thank you very much!!
'Comfort food'... yeah... that's about right. As a child growing up in the 70s, I got to watch the rise of NASCAR... I even spent a few years in Mooresville chasing the dream... but I'm sorry... it's over and all we have is our memories... Thank you for what you do once again...
I laughed when you commented about “the guy talking about High School football when your 45”. I am with you all the way. I’ve had to listen to the “wana-bes” & "Glory days" my whole working career. The back story you bring is excellent.
And thank you YT for letting the story tellers have their platform.
Thanks man!
Rambo is great guy!! Him Buddy Parrott and Robert Yates truly legendary!!
I remembered those days. That was the beginning of some good yrs for Jack and his team.
I am in the Detroit area, and when Jack said N.C. was the new location. That changed everything. I was fortunate to be hired directly with Ford this week! Even though I am a "GM" guy. So happy for this!
Your reflections on yourself and the history you discover is what makes your channel unique and interesting and is far too uncommon
Thank you very much. One person at a time it can change. That’s why I’m honest about it even though audience retention drops every time I start talking. Those people weren’t worth keeping around anyways
As a 70 yr old man one thing I can appreciate is going back in time for things I never knew about or realized. Your channel accomplishments that for me and I can't thank you enough. Love every one of your videos!
thank you sir!
It's amazing how these guys like Tony Liberati can remember all this stuff so vividly and walk around a shop that doesn't house racecars anymore and still know where most everything is. Then again, I could probably do that with some of the places I used to hang out in and be around as a kid.
You tell a historic tale of the sport, backed by first hand accounts from the folks that made it happen. I love your videos, what you post will be history forever. Please don't stop
We won't!
I'm not a truck driver but I am absolutely astounded and in love with the Penske hauler! I've been trying to work out buying a new to us Simi...(My tiny little fiance) she's been driving for six years now and I think it's time for our own truck. Noone cares I know but I'm just writing for the algorithm. I saw that the more words in a comment the better for you. Seriously that truck is badass
we appreciate you man
The extra effort of buying the magazines and finding those photos is greatly appreciated. You're literally preserving and sharing this history that might go unappreciated, otherwise.
Thank you very much!
Comfort food? Yes I agree with your analogy. It takes our minds off of what we may look at as negative or troubling, and brings us back to a time we may have been more stress free. I like it. Another great video bud.
Thank you Kevin
Rambo is the best. Seems like a guy who gets along with everyone. Keep it up guys, You’re doing great!
Mitch your the only one telling these nascar gold stories keep up the good work
That SRI shop is a racers haven. I could spend all day in there!
I started watching this channel when you were buying your motorcoach. You seem like a real down to earth dude when I started watching your videos. This is turned into one of the best channels on TH-cam if not the best. You have found your groove when it comes to making videos and documenting history. there is no doubt that big things are coming your way. Thank you to both of you for the work that you do
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thank you so much Darrin
As a 46 year old machinist/ tool and die maker and car guy, I’ve built motors, worked on the cars and raced the cars. I’m also a history buff from the south so all this just fascinates me. To put the old places with the old faces I’ve heard about since I was a little kid is beyond cool. So your side bar about the escape to a simpler time really tracks. Thanks for doing all of this.
not only the buildings but the people behind the scenes like Rambo! great job!
Thanks man!
Really respect how you go back to the glory days of nascar .
Thanks man we appreciate you
As a old nascar fan I appreciate the videos my guy 🙌🙌 a lot of history gets forgotten and it's good to see people out there keeping the roots alive.
Thanks man!
Mitchell, I agree 100%! I am older than you, I graduated high school in 98. These videos take me back to simpler times in my life and the times I was so completely obsessed with NASCAR.
I'm an old stock car fan that loves the history and nostalgia. These shop tours are priceless. You get into the good stuff like the tool box and the breaker box. You two have a great channel. Keep up the good work.
I'm partial to the old Mac combination wrenches.
Love the old stories and how things were in the glory days of nascar!
What I enjoy about these videos is the memories of my favorite drivers as a teenager. It's awesome watching.
We used to say "Been everywhere but the electric chair, Seen everything but the wind. Rambo is a cool dude. I guess I watch these because I loved the old Winston Cup days. Like many things in life I prefer those days and how people were. So you can say "you need to move on" but someday you might be doing the same damn thing. Great video Mitchell. I like to see Logan point things out and maybe be more "in" the revivals.
Yes that was the phrase he used I got it wrong lol. I like it when she speaks up too. Gotta get her to be more assertive!
It's cool to see how these buildings change over time and how they dont. Rambo is a cool dude and awesome guide. Thanks Mitchell and Logan.
I think the history you are seeking is really searching for a connection to your childhood hero’s. I know watching your videos take me back to when these guys where larger than life characters. The more you learn, the more we learn the more we get to know the people involved. I find it fascinating to hear the stories, see the shops. It is amazing what these people did and the history they made. Thank you for hunting this down and documenting the history of truly the golden age of Nascar.
Connect with that and learn how to become that for a future generation. Pass the torch.
Might get kind of old with me saying what a great job you do. This is the ERA I watched growing up I was in my early teens back then. I used to watch the races every weekend with my DAD But lost him in 2002. But it's Soo cool to see we're the cars came from I was seeing on TV
the 90s were the best era for Nascar hands down, love all these vids, brings me back to the good ol days of playing with my racecars while the race was on tv
I absolutely agree about the history aspect. Guess that goes for most nostalgia. Buddy Parrot was great. Anyone that could take Derrick Cope to victory lane a few times is worthy of respect.
Would love to have that Robert Yates Mac Tools wrench in a frame. If only that wrench could talk. Awesome job Mitchell and Logan. Us old timers appreciate all you do with the Nascar history. Keep up the great work!
Thanks man!! I would love to hang that thing up lol
Mitch and Logan, thank you for your hard work. I the 2 of you do not document these people and their stories in a short time they will be lost forever. No one will have any clue about the passion and determination these individuals possess and the knowledge they have gained from a lifetime of hard work. That would be tragic.
I love your content and I agree 100% with you about why we love this NASCAR history stuff. It absolutely is a comfort food for me. And your next comment about just being good having your toy cars is exactly how I feel as a grown man still lol
I loved stopping in Mooresville on my way home from Myrtle. We would hit Roush, Ricky Rudd, Sabco, the two Penske shops, Simpson world the hall of fame across from Roush, Memory lane museum, head out to DEI then finish up with lunch at Lancasters Bbq. It was a great time back in the mid to late 90s to be a race fan! Thanks for bringing back some great memories!
thanks man! Lancasters is still there and looks exactly the same
Hey Mitchell, I totally get what you are saying about the escape from the daily bombardment of negativity. During the era that you work so hard to help us remember, I was consumed by racing, nascar,bush,arca and I was a crew member of a late model dirt car. Good times and certainly a much more enjoyable time to live. You keep doing what you do, don't question it. Ride the wave, and keep creating memories for you and Logan to enjoy, and share with us what you choose. Thanks for doing an job!
thank you Eddie!
Never knew about Rambo......awesome to learn about him because I'm a huge buddy Parrott and Harry Hyde fanatic
It was a more simple time then. I watch because I wasn’t into NASCAR, but I love all racing and it educates me on the names I heard when I was a kid. It would be awesome for you to get on the Dale Jr podcast.
Once again... OUTSTANDING CONTENT. Watching in the United Kingdom.
This was an amazing video down memory lane for me. My wife and I used to go what we called shop hopping back in the early 2000s and just go from shop to shop and made a lot of friends just doing what you're doing go?Running around and talking to whoever we could. Thank you for these memories that we never were able to document because that was before any social media. Loving the videos!
thank you Dave we appreciate you!
How cool is this. You could start a business giving people tours of old race shops, race tracks, old race car graveyards. Thank you for doing these entertaining and informative videos. Rambo is way cool.
I mean that is exactly what we are doing just in a digital format lol. I wish I had time to do one on one tours lmao
I love all this NASCAR history. The old names and b rolls of the cars definitely reminds me of a simpler time. I’d watch a video of a mailbox if it had some tie-in to an old NASCAR driver
another great video with Rambo. crazy that 20+ years later all those tools were still there as well.
BrotherMan you single-handedly have brought NASCAR history to life. I’ve been a track rat since 67 and fan through today. You have brought back the heart and soul of racing as it was not the shit show we see today. Just amazing what you have turned up to show people how things were, it will give directions to what could be ! Thanks Stapleton!
thank you jack !
Man, it's so cool your doing these vids on Nascar. I was raised around circle track cars, I remember watching Petty and the Allison's way back when I was a kid. Sure wish we could go back to what Nascar use to be!
You’re absolutely right Mitchell. It does bring a lot of us back to our childhood or as you said a simpler time. And we can learn so much from these stories. Thanks again for all the work you’re putting in 🙏🏼
Bump steer-set up all of my cars too. Brings back memories setting bump steer, caster and camber
Watching these videos bring back a lot of nascar growing up in the early 2000 maybe a little late 90s
You found your niche Mitch! Build videos are cool but there's thousands of channels that do that stuff.
You and Logan are really onto something here. Keep it up and you may be surprised where it gets you in a few years👍👍
Excellent as always. WoW, what a keep sake that Robert Yates wrench would be. He was my hero. Bet someone would pay big bucks for that.
Mitchell and Logan I love that you do this vlog, you keep the dream alive......one never knows what one will turn up!
hell even I learn things by watching!.........
thanks man!
Can I just say thank you for your videos of the nascar magic era. Before the huge money come in. I love seeing these small shops making these super cars. I live in England born at never really get my coverage of nascar. Please keep them coming as I'm now hooked, dale snr is a freaking legend.
Thanks man we’re glad you’re here! Lots to be learned from the men of this era
I am that 30 something that still tells ya about my badass years and yes I graduated in 04 and this takes me back that's exactly why I watch
My first memory's of Nascar was watch Dale Sr in the number 2 wrangler car. I know he raced before that but I was born in 1972. So I was very young,but I definitely remember it well. Dale Sr. Fan for most of his career and my life. Thank you for reminding me of all the great memories I have made
BEST VIDEO YET.. Mark Martin was my guy, (well he still is really.) When Jeff Burton came to Roush it completed the team. You 2 do great work, if we forget the Golden Age it will be a shame. I`m so happy I was old enough to live through it and enjoy it so much.
I appreciate that!
Your comments starting at 13:34 are perfect! I'm 45 and my first race was 1993. A lot of technology is good and a lot of it is not good. It was a simpler time when there were less distractions i.e...cell phones. Can you imagine leaving your house now for a race and telling your girlfriend or wife "see ya when I get home. Love ya" and that's it? She had no choice but to wait until you got home and assume everything is ok.
I was lucky enough to visit North Carolina and Virginia several times from 1999 to 2006. I went to all the race team shops I could find, this one included. I got to watch pit stop practice once, and got some lug nuts from the team. Slightly unrelated story, one year I went to Ultra Motorsports, and out in front of the main building there was a stack of race-used tires, some sheetmetal, including a couple of noses which they were just giving away. If only I didn't live in California! I ended up taking a tire used by the #2 truck team (Mike Bliss). I have it under another tire signed by RIchard Petty with a round piece of glass on top which I use to display some of my scale replicas. I have really fond memories of those times touring shops and going to Charlotte Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. Great tour, and really I like your message in the middle of the video. Oh, and the "comfort food" analogy was spot on!
I think that its like me and Nintendo vidogames and NASCAR almost like its a good friend or something to come back to. It just really brings me back to when times were much simpler and I didn't have any obligations and I had my racecars or my Nintendo or Playstation or whatever and just let loose and have fun. That is what these race shop videos do for me too, it helps me understand what NASCAR was like in its heyday and how things came to be when I started watching the sport in 1992. You become attached to that because it was a part of your childhood and your daily life. One of these days if you ever have children or grandchildren you are going to tell stories.
Both tours with Rambo were really cool to watch! Finding the engravings on the wrenches WOW. Think I woulda tried to buy the Robert Yates wrench from the guy--what a piece. Thhx!!
Thank you for another race history video. I understand what you were saying about watching this stuff. It does bring back memories etc.. and how it makes you feel.
For me personally it brings back great memories of my dad and i watching the races on tv and going to the races.
Take care you both and thank you again!
thank you Ronald!
13:40 that's why I watch these on Sundays, when there's hardly any "news". I can't help staying plugged into current events on weekdays, but this is definitely comfort food, a welcome break from the $#¡+ show. Thank you, Mitch and Logan. 💪🇺🇸👍
Thanks man we appreciate you
I’m definitely going to be taking a drive to check this out. Mark was my favorite driver growing up. Maybe I’ll check it out after Cars and Coffee in a few weeks.
Jeff Burton was/is my favorite driver of all time, thanks for this behind the scenes of the good ol Roush days… This is my favorite video of your guys’ yet and I’ve seen a lot of them! I’ll be honest I never thought I would see the old Exide #99 featured on this channel 😅. You can literally see this stuff nowhere else. Thanks Mitch and Logan you guys are doing the lords work 🙏
thanks man we are glad you're here!
To answer your question on these historical videos you two produce, it's the nostalgia and the memories it brings back, the inside workings that some of us often wondered about, the fact that our race heroes were in these spaces, and it was hopping with energy. The ghosts of people passed, as well as memories of our son with his little race cars he played with while we had the race on each week. How our son was hooked on race cars form his earliest memories and it got him as well as us through the many surgeries he endured as a little kid, that he is now working for a Nascar team because of these people you do the history on for all of us. It was good times that helped us escape the real world that was ours. The memory of our son meeting his hero Bill Elliott at a McDonalds and having lunch in a back room with him and a very young Chase. Thanks for all you both do with this history.
RAMBO!!! Yep downdraft booth floor grates...I remember when people were excited to pull the mist down and out instead of across the whole car to one end. Looking back to when the most important thing in life was actually building it and working with those that worked or made products we all used. I painted, wrenched, watched, learned! Good times. Honest trade among friendship! Got a famous tool box there. All my stuff is engraved ROB...gotta look in all the toolboxes you run into now too! There's a playlist name...."If these walls could talk"
PS black primer not the best basecoat choice for Pennzoil Yellow....chuckle! Thanks for the video Mitchell and Logan and enjoy the paradise weather this spring is giving!
Thanks man!! Yeah this one isn't going to be yellow at least not yet lol
13:40 the theory you have for a simpler time is spot on. My Driver was Davey Allison and my Father's was Alan Kulwicki. Many say that NASCAR died when Dale passed but for me it was in 1993. I then picked up Mark Martin as my favorite and followed Kenseth after that. They never re-ignited my real passion for the sport though. Thank you 2 for ALL your hard work and investigations, it is a REAL treat and step away from the way of the world currently.
I like what you were saying around the 15:00 mark about why you like vintage Nascar. I feel the same way about some things from the past. I told you before, my dad is retired from GM dealership parts department. So i have a ton of memories of the parts departments he worked in and, to this day, parts departments feel like home to me. With that, the was always a lot of Nascar signs and merchandise around the dealers, so 80s and 90s Nascar is my favorite.
Keep digging up them nuggets. You're the only guy out there doing it. Good work.
Good to see Rambo is feeling better. We love Rambo get to 💯 soon buddy...👊👊👊
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Spot on of your analysis of why these videos and the information they provide are such a pleasure to watch. Current society want's everyone to forget, alter, or disregard the past. That methodology is absolutely destructive to healthy forward progress. We must dig into the past and learn as much as we can from it for all the reasons you described. Another great video! Thanks for all the detective work you do behind the scenes. I can't imagine how many hours you put in to provide these gems! Me Being a former Moroso R&D engineer, hearing Bob Rinaldi & Dick Moroso's name and seeing some of their shops was a real treat! I worked at Moroso after Robbie was killed, and right around the time Dick Moroso got really sick and died soon after I started there. So much of what you are showing and talking about was part of the "legend" that I longed to know more about and always wish I could have been a part of. This video really hit home for me. So once again, your theory is 100% spot on.
thanks man. thats wild!
You and your wife do a great job with this channel and your recalling of the history of this sport. I can appreciate it growing up in Spartanburg with the bud moore family and bud moore engineering from 69 to 96. Thanks for your content. I enjoy all your videos
Thank you Larry!
Your love of NASCAR and my regions participation is re-lighting my NASCAR FIRE. I wish I had tickets to chi this weekend.
We love to hear that!
Yes more with Rambo so glad you guys do what you do always a great watching.👌👍🇦🇺
Thank you for the videos and the cost of time and $ to create. It’s definitely not free on your end.
Have a great weekend!
thank you Matthew!!
Really enjoy seeing all these old shops and hearing their history
I like these shop tours and learning stories I hadn't heard before. I have watched Jeff Burton's full Cup career and the majority of his Busch career and had no idea he was a hands on guy and could set up his own car. These are the stories that have never been told. Mainstream NASCAR media represents these guys as golf shirts and pressed pants, not working men (and women) like us, which would give the average fan a connection to drivers.
You're right, its comforting and almost like re-experiencing these eras of NASCAR (well, the 90s for me) with a new perspective. And also it's just super interesting to me because i have so much more appreciation and nostalgia for the cars and racers I grew up watching. It's really cool to hear these stories, and its even cooler when there's tangible evidence of them. I love when you are able to show the old photos compared to what the places look like today.
The extra steps you take with adding photos def don’t go unnoticed!
Im always blown away by how perfect you line up the photos to compare. Growing up I hated learning history, but your channel really makes me appreciate it.
i love your videos. i love the feeling of looking back to simpler times. little to no social media and to see our favorite drivers and teams bring back not only nascar memories but where you were and who you were with.
That is dedication to find and purchase the magazine. It is the little things like that that make these videos so special. Thank you!
i know exactly what your talking about - nascar got in my blood in the 1950 s and its still there and it does make for a nice get away from all the b s thank you for your videos
I was living there in Mooresville in 2003- 2006 trying to make it in the industry. I lived next door to Carl Edwards at an apartment complex when he was running the 99 truck. I remember that being the shop they ran out of. I tried pretty hard to work there but never got the opportunity. I really miss those days sometimes.
I can't wait that last valvoline car of Martin's was 1 of my favorite cars of all time its number 4 behind the 58 of the great flipper phil andross (local track champ from the 80's) the black 3 of dale sr and the dale jr bud car
You are right.. those days of racing were the best.. cars, drivers, crews all were the originals.. grassroots of racing!!!
Your content is a great positive for me, especially having lost my wife recently and the struggles we are now enduring. The shop videos are fantastic. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Adam. I empathize for your situation and am glad our videos are a release for you