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Moonshine & Motorsports Racing Podcast

Moonshine & Motorsports Racing Podcast

Rick Houston and Daily Downforce

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 21

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The Moonshine & Motorsports Podcast is a special limited podcast series brought to you by North Carolina’s Moonshine & Motorsports Trail and the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NC DNCR). Hosted by veteran journalist and historian Rick Houston (The Scene Vault Podcast), each episode takes you on location to one of the stops on the Moonshine & Motorsports Trail, where Rick meets with a local expert on the history and impact of that location on the sport of NASCAR. Come along with us on this journey through the rich history of running shine, racing cars, and the storied backwoods of North Carolina.
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Growing Up with Bootleggers and Racers with Robert Pressley

vendredi 27 septembre 2024Duration 29:57

This week, Rick sits down with the legendary Robert Pressley to hear his stories about growing up around racing - and moonshiners! - in the 1960's. Not only is he a well known name in the sport of NASCAR, but his father was even before him. Hear his incredible stories from the past on this episode of Moonshine and Motorsports. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. For more visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

Coaching a Motorsports Team with Andy Papathanassiou

vendredi 20 septembre 2024Duration 15:16

Everyone knows the drivers and their intensive training regimens, but have you ever thought about the rest of the pit crew? This episode, Rick sits down with Andy Papathanassiou to learn how the modern pit crew team came to be. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. For more visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

The First Moonshine Speakeasy in Charlotte

jeudi 9 mai 2024Duration 39:33

In this episode, Rick sits down with Scott McClure of the Seven Jars Distillery in Charlotte. McClure tells the absolutely wild story of how the distillery came to be. It's a story that involves everything from buried treasure to drunken pigs to the young Elvis Presley. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. You can also listen to every episode of the Moonshine and Motorsports Racing Podcast on all your favorite podcast apps. For more, visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

What's Inside the Moonshine Cave w/ Jessica Fickenscher

jeudi 11 avril 2024Duration 16:21

North Wilkesboro is one of NASCAR's most historic tracks in North Carolina, and in this episode, Rick sits down with Jessica Fickenscher to get the inside story on how the track was restored, along with what exactly went down with the recent discovery of the long lost Moonshine cave. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. You can also listen to every episode of the Moonshine and Motorsports Racing Podcast on all your favorite podcast apps.

Troy Selberg on the REAL Moonshine Capitol of the World

jeudi 21 mars 2024Duration 20:31

Troy Selberg is most known to NASCAR fans as a crew chief for legends like Todd Bodine and Morgan Shephard, but he also moonlights as an accredited bourbon steward. What all does that entail, and how does it connect to the history of North Carolina's moonshine trade? Find out in this episode of the Moonshine and Motorsports Racing Podcast. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. You can also listen to every episode of the Moonshine and Motorsports Racing Podcast on all your favorite podcast apps. For more, visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

Daniel Pierce on the Origins of Moonshiners

mardi 5 mars 2024Duration 44:58

This week we welcome Daniel Pierce to the show. He's a UNC Asheville professor who's written a book on the history of moonshiners in professional racing, and he sits down with Rick to clear up some of the fascinating history behind these wheelmen in North Carolina. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina's Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports and the state of North Carolina. For more info, visit: https://dailydownforce.com/moonshineandmotorsports/

Winston Kelley and the NASCAR Hall of Fame

jeudi 8 février 2024Duration 26:58

Welcome to the Moonshine & Motorsports podcast. This is a collaboration between Scene Vault and North Carolina's Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. In this first episode, Rick visits with Winston Kelley at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. For more info, visit: https://dailydownforce.com/moonshineandmotorsports/

Welcome to Moonshine & Motorsports

vendredi 26 janvier 2024Duration 06:38

Welcome to the Moonshine & Motorsports Podcast. Host Rick Houston would like to introduce you to his latest foray into the history of NASCAR, this time covering the story of how the state of North Carolina became what it is today - the home of NASCAR. Who were the original moonshiners? And how did they go from dodging revenues on the country backroads to holding trophies under the checkered flag? Join Rick and his guests for a look at the connection between moonshine, motorsports, and North Carolina.

Racing Stories You've Never Heard with Bill Blair

mardi 17 septembre 2024Duration 37:38

In this episode of the Moonshine & Motorsports Racing Podcast, host Rick Houston sits down with Bill Blair to talk about some of the undercover and unknown history of racing in the state of North Carolina. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. For more visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

300 Years of Mountain Moonshine History

mercredi 11 septembre 2024Duration 16:02

On the latest stop on the Moonshine & Motorsports trail, Rick visits the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center. Along the way they talk about the background, heritage, and amazing history hiding in those North Carolina Mountains. This is a collaboration between The Scene Vault Podcast and North Carolina’s Department of Cultural and Natural Resources made to spotlight the history of moonshine, motorsports, and the state of North Carolina. For more visit https://dailydownforce.com/moonshine-motorsports/

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