Legendary Engine Builder & Crew Chief Waddell Wilson Revisits Holman Moody! (NASCAR HOF Crew Chief)

Great interview. Mr. Wilson was amazing. Video was very cool.

I despise openings with a lot of music, telling you to stay tuned. I believe we already know why we watch and I much prefer a short opening and get into the meat of what the video is about. Less words have more power when crafted correctly. Many openings kill the quality of an entire video. Seems like music is used to fill dull space. Hailie Deegan's vidoes are done with short shots of the subject and loud obnoxious music. You cannot focus on what the subject is before the camera switches to something else. I unsubscribed. The person that edits them only thinks he knows how to make a good video because the popularity of Hailie Deegan overshadows his ineptness and the viewer numbers do not exhibit what could be. Anyone that enjoys racing should be watching your interviews because each one is a home run.

Thank you for Real Nascar History .... again

btw...that book...used almost 1000$

The continued connections that you both are making has paid off great for everyone that has been following you! You may not realize it now but you are making history by saving history and the both of you will eventually be part of the history of this sport because of what you are doing right now! Mark my words! The Stapleton name will go down in the annals of Nascar history as the people that saved the history of the sport in video form!

I like the the way you tell the story

👍 merry Christmas.🎄

A pure legend. Guys like him made the sport. They had a story. The announcers at the time cemented the legendary status. The sport is about people. NASCAR has a personality problem. The story that got them there made these guys legends. It’s not very exciting for it to be well my daddy is rich or famous and that is why I got racing.

Mitchell and Logan awesome job again....at first I thought the video was out sink...but I figured out it was the story line going ❤❤❤❤

Most other channels, I see a video that is an hour or more, and i will pass on it. In your case, I just watched the entire video, and now i have to go back and watch it again! Thank you both for all you do, and keep up the awesome material you bring us!

Well I'm old enough that I can actually say I got to see these guys race back in the day..🏁

Waddell Wilson Best Crew Chief And Engine Builder For Harry Rainer And Hendrick Motorsports NASCAR Winston Cup Series Team From 1979 To 1993 Awesome Thanks For Uploading

Keep making them the way you’re doing it right now. Perfection doesn’t need to be altered, changed in any way.

Mitchell, don’t get down on building engines!! I know you can do it!!

Early on in my career (CAT heavy equipment mechanic), when I was still in college, I worked with one of the old guys in our shop. We had a C15 flipped over setting on the deck of the block and he told me to install the main bearings. (That engine has two different types of bearings, one with a hole that goes in the block for lubrication and one that goes in the cap without an oil hole.) He told me the hole goes up and walked away. So, I put the bearings in that did not have an oil hole down… which would’ve been in the block since it was upside down. After that, set the crank in, torqued it down and carried on. I put every main bearing in backwards. The oil hole was in every main cap and each main journal had the bearing meant for the cap. That engine ran for about two hours on assembly lube before it spun a rod bearing (because that wasn’t getting oil either because the passage was blocked by the backwards main bearing) That was a $10,000 mistake I’m glad I didn’t have to pay for. But I learned a valuable lesson: ALWAYS double check your work and don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Transmissions, yeah, I’m with you. I don’t have any desire to rebuild those either.

Just love these videos. Love listening to the legends of the industry

A very cool video guys!!! Tons of awesome stories and one of you guys best!!

Another home run. I started following Nascar in the early 60s and by 63 my information as a yankee was from Motor Trend and Hot rod that would carry the results. Many of the old timers are aging out and your history videos are invaluable.Holman and Moody were everything back in the day. Thank You for the shows

another classic story for the archives, Mitchell you are doing a fantastic job of documenting Nascar legends. pleae keep it up!

I was blessed to have 2 favorite drivers
Cale Yarborough through my young yrs them Big E grin about 18 on.

I watched Cake win in darlington with no power steering, he was a man in a small package.

Love your videos. Learning from NASCAR past.

For someone who does not like to be on Camera .. Waddell Wilson tells good stories is honest and still has a god Memory.

Love these in depth looks at the legends of our sport who can share their stories firsthand. My Dad worked for Bill Stroppe & Associates at the track in those days. And it was great hearing them mentioned. Thanks y'alls so much for preserving this history for future generations of fans. Travel safely and God bless! Merry Christmas guys!

I have been a wood bros. Holman Moody fan since I can remember. Watching them big blocks during the 60’s was awesome…

Another great video. Thanks for what you're doing!

Thank you! I love your videos and appreciate you doing them. I worked for Evernham for years and as you have learned he is awesome guy. I just watched this video with Waddell. I interacted with him when he worked at Jericho in the 2000’s I was crew guy/fuel man on #9 and #19 in 2000’s. Again, thank you!

If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Awesome interview and time well spent!!! Merry Christmas to you guys! Cheers!!!

Merry Christmas Mitch and Logan, as always good video. Thanks for your hard work.

Another great video! It's wonderful that these legends of the sport are not forgotten .I love the "live" openings, and the way the interviews are focused on the on the people's memories and not directed. Thanks for all you do and Merry Christmas!

Hey you 2 Merry Christmas hope your having a good Holiday and I`ll be watching. Tim.

I remember one day while in Charlotte sitting at an intersection off I85 this Tractor trailer with
HARDEES RACING got into the turning lane so I just turned in behind it we were on Hollywood Dr pulled in this fence we were at Ranier Racing Shop so I exited my vehicle walked into the shop,first person my DAD & me talked to was
Robert Yates while Waddell Wilson was working on an engine,I told Robert I (we) my DAD were from Conway S.C. up there buying cars we were welcomed with open arms really nice bunch of guys letting me sit in Cales cars,actually went into Robert's office cup of coffee and some laps raced never for the 28 car crew that day thanks guys for the hospitality.

What a great video! All of the younger mechanics will never understand how he had such a feel for engines and their performance. Didn’t rely on electronics or digital gauges. This is true history!

Stories from these legends are priceless. I know I say it on damn near every video, but thank you again for what you and Logan are doing. Merry Christmas to you both! (And Shelby, too.)

Super interesting interview. Waddell Wilson is a very smart guy and is still sharp. You got me interested in Holman Moody's history again. I have a ton of their old catalogs, literature, parts and a couple of old stock cars to use the parts on. All I'm lacking is time......

Thank you for documenting all this history. You could be spending your time and energy doing many other things, and you chose to document these amazing stories before they are lost. You are doing a great service to preserving the history of racing!!

Great episode, hopefully more from Waddell in the future!

I’m still surprised to this day how Waddell hasn’t aged at all. He still looks like he could pass off being a young 30-40 year old man still, and he’s in his 80s now.

In all seriousness though, for everything this man has done for NASCAR as a sport, the auto industry in general, for big companies like Cummins, and for all of us fans, especially those who were lucky enough to grow up watching the men he worked with drive to win after win after win, I think I speak for all of us when I say a simple… thank you for everything, Waddell Wilson. 🫡

You guys are awesome! Asking the right questions. “What should people know that you know? Like all we have today is the internet.”

That is such a monumental understanding of the value of what these old guys know. Thanks guys!!!

Love yall! Merry Christmas!

Great job, another fascinating video

I have this mans book, he went to nashville auto diesel with my dad

dude...these vid's are...killer

thanks for letting us tag along with yall..weddell was a true pioneer in nascar..he is one of the few people still left from the early days of nascar...thanks so much for the time yall spend doing these vidoes...and MERRY CHIRSTMAS TO YALL!!!!!

Great story...really admire Waddell....i was at that 66 American 500 that Fred Lorenzen...and was a big fan of his and H/M...always wanted to know if Fred who race destrostroked 427..to 396 cu....was it a Tunnel Port or other various Ford Fe engine..?

I love how you do videos about the people in nascar's history and not just the videos about the teams of nascar's history, Waddell Wilson is an all time legend, really enjoyed this one.

The 1983 Daytona with Cale was amazing!!!

❤ I’m supposed to be doing a lot of things right now besides this. But this is the best Christmas present ever!!! Merry Christmas u guys

Once again, you guys get the right guys talking about the right stuff. I've been watching your videos since you painted Coopers garage and never would have dreamed where you would end up. Keep these videos coming!

Your doing the thing, good stuff .