''NASCAR Scene'' (originally ''Grand National Scene'' and later ''Winston Cup Scene'') was a weekly magazine about

NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing. It is considered to be one of the top ranked motorsports organizations in ...

stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...

. It was established in

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

in 1976 and lasted until January 2010, making it one of the oldest NASCAR-specific publications at the time of this final issue. ''NASCAR Scene'' had a sister publication, '' NASCAR Illustrated'', a monthly NASCAR

lifestyle magazine Lifestyle journalism is the field of journalism that provides news and opinion, often in an entertaining tone, regarding goods and services used by readers in their everyday life. Lifestyle journalism covers travel, fashion, fitness, leisure, food ...

format, that was published until August 2016. Robert Griggs, founder of the magazine, sold it to

American City Business Journals American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes ''The Business Journals'', which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States with each market ...

in 1992, where it became part of

Street & Smith Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc., was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp magazine, pulp fiction. They also published comic books and sporting year ...

's sports division. ''NASCAR Scene'' announced it would cease its weekly publication on January 6, 2010. The last issue was published in December 2009. Much of the content in ''Scene'' was merged into ''NASCAR Illustrated'' which was enhanced with additional coverage

Nationwide Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

and

Camping World Truck Series The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series is a pickup truck racing series owned and operated by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR), and is the only series in NASCAR to race production pickup truck-based stock cars. The series i ...

. All rights belong American City Business Journals. A special ''Grand National Scene'' was part of the 2019 NASCAR throwback weekend at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. The plan for the magazine will be original commentary from Houston, Waid, Deb Williams, Jeff Owens, and Kenny Bruce, and actual archived Scene results from the publication as part of celebrating the annual Throwback Weekend.

''NASCAR Scene'' staff

*Phil Cavali Virginia Tech basketball *David Exum *Jeff Gluck (Now writes for

The Athletic ''The Athletic'' is a subscription-based sports journalism department of ''The New York Times''. It provides national and local coverage in 47 North American cities as well as the United Kingdom. ''The Athletic'' also covers national stories ...

) *David Griffin *Mike Hembree (Now writes for

USA Today ''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headq ...

) *Lee Montgomery *

Bob Pockrass Robert Pockrass (born March 1, 1969) is an American motorsports journalist and on-air talent for Fox Sports who covers NASCAR and IndyCar. Early life Pockrass moved to Indianapolis at 10 years old and attended Indiana University Bloomington, in ...

(Now writes for

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The name originates from Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States, which in turn derives its name from Fox Fi ...

) *Jared Turner (Now writes for NASCAR Pole Position Magazine and track souvenir programs) *Steve Waid (Now writes for PopularSpeed.com) *Ben White *Rea White *Sam Cranston *Shea Alexander *Susanne Corrado *Scott Greig *Jeff Owens (Now writes for

Sporting News ''The Sporting News'' is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a ...

) *Mark Sluder *Art Weinstein *Tom Stinson (Now edits for SportsBusiness Journal) *Deb Williams *Rick Houston (now host of The Scene Vault Podcast with Steve Waid) *Chad Fletcher *Jim Fluharty *Tim Wilcox *Gene Granger *Gary McCredie *Joe Whitlock

References

External links

Official site

Scene Vault
Advance Publications Defunct sports magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1976 Magazines disestablished in 2010 Defunct magazines published in North Carolina Mass media in Charlotte, North Carolina NASCAR magazines Weekly magazines published in the United States {{sport-mag-stub