Wood Brothers Racing Museum Full Tour: Legendary NASCAR Family History With Eddie and Len Wood!
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2023
- This is the most detailed record of Wood Brothers Racing history & museum artifacts ever captured on film! The sons of patriarch Glen Wood (Eddie and Len) have lived the life since they were born and have a story for EVERYTHING in this incredibly put together museum! It is not your typical quiet museum, as original team member Leonard Wood still has his active workshop here for his famous mini carburetors, engines, and radio controlled cars! This amazing pocket of NASCAR history in Stuart Virginia is a must see for any gear head. The longest continually operating race team in NASCAR started with a shed and pulling engines out under a Birch Tree branch. The iconic 21 car has been on the track for the better part of 60 years always powered by Ford Motor Company.
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You know we don’t make long videos unless it’s worth it. The Wood family are some down to earth good people and excellent stewards of their own history. They have one amazing place set up here and we hope anyone watching this is able to see it for themselves! This video could easily be twice as long!
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Thanks for the video. I don't think the wood brother gets enough respect or recognition. Especially nowadays.
I fer one think these fine southern gents dont get enough from the automotive industry F%^k man these boys still r among THE smartest guys in the !! pic any rm wen it comes to making cars haulass as u 2 well know theyre the pioneers, ok make as long as u want vids on these guys and i will watch and watch again like comment and cancel me scpript and re subscribe yup think that pretty much describes me thoughts thank you LOGAN young lady u rock so glad glad ur paths crossed and hang on cuz this econmy is gona get much worse bfr it gets btr!!I.E. racing dollrs availaible fer sponsorship but it WILL COME it always does now ive got to get back to watching this Vidjeo lol
I'd watch that twice as long video, and still be wanting more when it was over. This was fantastic. Thank you!
My wife and I were there back in April, our first visit. After seeing your video, I can't wait to go back. We didn't have the guided tour you did though. Nice to know the story of many of the items you asked. We did see Leonard at distance. He was working on an orange tractor in the far back left of the shop. I did spend nearly an hour talking with Benny about the mini Boss he and Leonard are working on. Can't wait to return in the spring to check the progress on it.
I plan on making a trip down there.
Not enough words to describe the Wood Brothers. Pioneers, innovators, etc… That is one dedicated racing family. May they live on forever!
You put Pearson's 71 Wood Brother's Mercury in the thumbnail and I click. It's that simple.
Even a Chev guy would have nothing but the highest respect for the Wood Brothers Team. Way too go guys.
Thanks man I agree. Brand allegiance means nothing with these guys. Just an amazing group anyone can learn from
I really hope someone in the younger gen Wood family also had Leonard's intrigue and ambition to carry on the absolute genius that is Leonard Wood. Amazing!!
Leonard is a most talented living 'museum' in his own right. What incredible abilities he possesses!
#1 History channel on RUclips right here. Thanks as always Stapleton & Logan
Our pleasure!
Leonard Wood is amazing. I know some fabricators in my life. They could learn from Mr. Leonard. How are you and Logan going to top this? If this doesn't make you a Wood Brothers fan I don't know what to say. Thank you. I love the history.
The wood brothers are nascar. I loved when they won Daytona. I was so hyped. They gave him a bad ass car for that race . wasn't nothing touching it.
I want to see the wood brothers museum so bad .! Where is it located?
Thank you for doing the wood brothers. Legendary! Nice people too .
The Wood Family are Awesome!!! Leonard has always been somebody i have admired.
Such a beautiful museum. Such a great family too. David Pearson was greatest driver ever.
I wish we had been doing this 10 years ago so we could have met David. Missing out on him and Bud Moore really bothers me
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@@Stapleton42It's hard to rank greatness, no matter the professional realm, yet I have heard enough of the old-timers claim over the years (I'm now 50) that Pearson was the greatest stock car driver of all time, that I've come to believe it. Keep up the good work guys. You two have become great ambassadors for auto racing.
We are so lucky to have you guys doing this for us THANK YOU!!!!
thank you Keith!
Man, just so much awesomeness.
I surely hope The Wood Brothers get that 100th win while Leonard is still with us.
My God, YES!!! He is blessed with incredible abilities.
My mind is absolutely blown, hard to put into words how grateful and wonderful it is to have our beloved Leonard Wood with us and still wrenching and to know the history is being accurately passed down and you Stapleton’s we’re part of it. Fantastic #21 Forever
I agree!
Kudos to Jon Wood and Stapleton 42 for making this happen. That building is full of trophies because of how they treated people for 7 decades. Look at the reverence they have for the people, the sport and the cars. They should be writing books on leadership and character. World class examples of fine people.
As a HUUUGE NASCAR fan I always appreciate your videos on NASCAR. Your time that you put in to the videos is priceless and I appreciate the dedication!
thanks man we appreciate you!
When Trevor Bayne won the 500 I had a tear in my eye I was so happy to see the wood brothers back in victory lane
This is amazing, truly breathtaking the amount of history on display.
absolutely!!
When I was 7 or 8 years old my grandpa took me here, Mrs wood Glens wife used to manage the museum and I wan running around looking at all the cars and I wanted so bad to get in a race car, but my grandpa said no touching. Mrs Wood shouted from the desk, "Let that boy play, it aint nothing but an old race car anyway." Thank you Mrs wood for helping mold my love of racing. Glad you guys got to visit such a cool place.
that is really cool! We really like the Wood family
The Wood's Family are awesome people!!
They all need to be in the Hall of Fame !!
Ok guys just finished this, My God!! I am tearing up like a little girl about the precedence these signatures have! I don’t know if we will ever get out there to see all of this history! So THANK YOU! For showing us this, you guys are doing the right thing! If you doubt yourselves… DONT! Thank you again! How would any of us get this history! Thank you.
thank you so much Joe!!
Agree totally! Have watched several of these videos. You are doing. Great thing recording this history. Kudos!
I appreciate you all so much. So cool. I have to give Logan a camera for just in case. Man I got to see these places. I could listen to Leonard for hours. That guy got more talent unreal what he can do.
🏆🏁This is Why I Love the Wood Brothers, There’s No Other Team Like Them in NASCAR🏁 I have been a fan since the Pearson Days! My first time I went to a nascar race was the 1974 Daytona 500 (actually it was a 450 mile race due to the “energy crisis”) and petty won the race, I live by the Daytona International Speedway and I have seen it all! I was in Victory Lane when they won in 2011🏁🏆 My Hero is Lenard! He is so incredibly intelligent! Nobody can make 1/2 scale anything from scratch, like him, not to my knowledge! The Wood Brothers have so much rich history and I enjoy this video! Just listening to Len and Eddie talking about the history is Priceless! My Son also grew up watching racing and he came back from the Military and went to the NASCAR Technical Institute and Graduateded number 1 in his class! He has been working for Legacy M C for over a year now and is now full time and professional licensed to work on the team! Truly A Dream Come True for our Family! From being spectators, to now competing for trophies🏆 he has a half scale one from Eric Jones win in Darlington! Maybe some day they can Win The Daytona 500!🏁PuzziCat
Thanks man!!
I was also there the day we lost Dale Earnhardt, I had a Hot Pass and took advantage of it and spent SpeedWeeks 2001 in the garage and pits. I have a close up picture of him and my son, in his IROC car on pit road before the race, and I spent half the 500 in big Es pit till it filled up with people. Then we went to Jr.s pit for the end of the race . Then it happened, It was the biggest AWWWwwww I ever heard in my life! Everyone in the grandstand screamed! We all thought he was going to be okay, as I made my way to Victory Lane and got in, I was sure I was going to get to see him,but when Ken Shrader showed up, I knew it wasn’t good. I didn’t find out the truth until I got home. And the rest is History! PuzziCat
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That right there is my happiest place on earth. The whole Wood family are some of the best people I've ever been around.
I feel so blessed that I got to meet Mr Glenn, Miss Bernece, and Miss Nancy.
You two are doing amazing work, documenting such important people and history.
THANK YOU, Mitch and Logan
These men were and still are my Heros..
This is one of those videos where you are half-way into it when you suddenly become aware of having an overall good feeling and a grin, and then it dawns on you that you probably had the same feeling and grin going on since you began watching the video. And then you just settle in with the same good vibe for the second half to the end. In a word, awesome. Len is incredibly detailed in his memory. I have to wonder what gems Eddie was giving Logan. Logan needs a camera! At 89 years old, Leonard Wood is as productive as ever, with his sense of detail, his work should be considered art as much as function. You might want to mention about what was going on in the museum that generated the background noise captured while filming Len's commentary. Was all of that due to Leonard's crew! So cool.
Thanks man!! The background noise was Benny doing some machine stuff over there. Leonard had left for his birthday dinner by the time we started filming the main area with Len and Eddie.
Man I really hope this race team never ends, it is awesome how something built from nothing lives for so long
I agree!
What an unbelievably talented family.
An absolute treasure ! The Wood Brothers & Pettys were household names long before I ever saw a NASCAR race on network television.
I am now on a quest to visit their museum.
Thank you! Simple words do not convey my love of this video as I am a FORD man from my childhood!
Thanks man!!
I mean WHAT a collection! That’s insane😳
Man, I could hear this man talk for days about the history and his dad.
I saw almost 2hr run time, and was like... Mr Stapleton.. I can't. I got to the end and said where's the next 2?? Thank you sir. Incredible
You can trust we will not make a long video unless it’s absolutely necessary! 💪🏻
Absolute racing magic, Logan and Mitchell. That video was not long enough. Great job.
The kind of stuff you two do on this channel would have made for a great weekend TV program on TNN back in the 1990s. Though before your time, I am sure you heard of shows such as "Winners", "Inside Winston Cup Racing". and other similar shows that aired weekly on the channel back then. TNN was the place for NASCAR and NHRA fans during the 1990s. They aired tons of races and had all sorts of racing related programming. The behind the scenes stuff has been something sorely missing since the demise of TNN. I am very thankful you two are picking up the slack and actually going much more in-depth with your behind the scenes coverage. As a teen in the 90s, I used to put my TV on TNN on Saturday mornings and kept it there through Sunday evening. Now I have this channel to look forward to on the weekends!
Mitchell your videos are great. I am 62 now and back in 1976 myself, cousin and uncle drove to Stuart to the Woods shop it was a non race week and Lenard and one other guy was there. He gave us a personal tour it was awesome. I believe they only had two cars back then unlike today. And just about a week ago I ran into Kerry Earnhardt at the Lowes, helped him load abound 8 sheets of plywood and talked about how he spoke at my sons 5th grade Dare graduation. He did not have to spend 30 minutes talking to me but we talked about trucks kids and some racing it was really good. These are memories that I will forever cherish. Again thank you
I love how len and Eddie are very enthused to show their collection
This is absolutely incredible so much cool history Mitchell and Logan you guys never disappoint!!!
Keep up the great work. The more stories about Len Wood, Holman Moody, Junior Johnson, all of these amazing people, the more you realize how brilliant that whole Era of people were. Please keep up the important work you are doing. I absolutely love and appreciate the stories of that area
Thanks man. I wish I were 5 years older and we could have talked to junior. Bud Moore. Pearson. A ton of those guys we missed out on
I seriously cant get enough of these. up here in ohio, glad to have someone in that area just taking me on these NASCAR tours.
We love to hear that! Thanks Brad
Leonard Wood is a true, living automotive genius. I really believe if he wanted to build a spacecraft to go to the moon he could do it by himself out of parts he made. I’m truly in awe of him. He has to be the smartest person I have ever seen or even heard of.
Saving lunch break today man
I think it's safe to say that Leonard Wood is a damn genius ! The man can build anything with his hands. I've seen many things that Leonard has made over the years and seeing all of these other things in this video is amazing. And to think he is 80 and still builds that stuff.
leonard wood is a modern day michelangelo metal sculptor ..who would probably say ,"it's eazy , you just remove all the aluminum from this solid block that dont look like a big block ford at half scale"
I remember going to the old shop on Dobyns Road in Stuart back in 1976 when they only had two cars and the first person we saw was Leonard working on a carburetor. He welcomed us and told us to make ourselves at home. The only place off limits was the engine room. Super nice folks and as a Wood Brothers/David Pearson fan I was in racing heaven!! Thank you Mitchell for this great video!!!
Wow that’s amazing
The Wood Bros #21 is so iconic. It’s up there with the Black #3 or the Petty Blue #43. And Mr Leonard…what a story teller he is. I LOVE ti hear him tell stories. Such a treasure of a Gentleman.
THAT was cool! I went to old shop in the 80's when I was a kid. I met Leonard and Eddie and got autographs. Kim would always write me back and send a post card when I would send them mail. I got to climb in Kyles car. The Wood Brothers are the best! I learned alot of new stuff watching this!
Thanks for making this video. The Wood brothers are super friendly people.I can listen to Len,Eddie and Leonard talk all day and never get tired of listening to them. I have been to the museum numerous times and am always amazed with the new stuff that has been added since the last visit. I highly recommend this museum to anyone.
The whole dinner and supper thing was exactly how it was with my Grandpa Johnson. Dinner was lunch and supper was dinner. Hearing that made me laugh remembering him.
I could listen to Leonard Woods voice forever
You can't find better entertainment than this. I learned a great deal about the Woods Brothers and Nascar history. Thank you so very much.
Wow you knocked that interview out of the park again. It was great to see Logan chatting it up with Eddie. That was personal and didn't need to be broadcast.
I asked Leonard for an autograph at the mis race years ago and was the nicest man. Thank you all!
I've only been to two nascar races. The first one I went to was Bristol when Elliot Sadler won it in the 21. It is one of my favorite memories I shared with 3 of my great uncles. They harassed security all day trying to convince them I was Ricky Craven's little boy. I've always been a Chevy guy but how can you not root for the Wood's Brothers!
I've been there met Leonard and Len..... Len was opening hoods of the cars while telling us stories.... amazing
Dang MITCHELL you did it again. You and Logan, do such an awesome job!!!!!
Probably one of my favorite ones you've done so far. When I was about 12 years old I remember going to a local gas station to see Morgan Shepherd #21 Citgo car. The gentleman that was with the car let me sit in it. I was on cloud 9 and from that day forward I've always admired the Wood Brothers!
In a time when people want to change or erase history it's nice to see good people honoring it. Great tour, nostalgia is Americana.
I had an opportunity to tour the Museum back on 5/28/19. This Museum is impressive and well worth the visit. I bought a Glen Wood shirt while I was there.
What a walk thru history, and the Wood Brothers have been there since the beginning. Watched all 2 hours of this video
I don't care if this video was 5 hrs long, IT'S AMAZING!!
Awesome history lesson. Leonard is the most humble cat for the mad skills he has. Beyond genius level
Watch this video!!!!! I love how Eddie asked if that camera “was it”. He was expecting a film crew I guess! Mitchell you and Logan are really doing an amazing service to us old cup fans. Thank thank thank you!!
Thanks man!!
WOW! I'm a huge racing historian, anyone who knows me would agree. This video was absolutely beyond belief!
Thanks man!!
This is awesome, thank you. My only ever experience of NASCAR first hand was at the Calder Park Thunderdome in 1994 and Morgan Shepherd ran the #21 and at the time I was like wow Wood Brothers in Australia as I'd grown up with NASCAR on TV.
I'm 70 now & I've been a Ford fan for 54 years. The Wood Brothers has always been one of my most favorite teams. My friend & i went to one of the MI races in '77. We were almost at the end of the straightaway,before going into turn one. As David was was coming down,we would throw up our arms,waving at him. Once in awhile, he'd take his right hand off the wheel & wave at us! That Boss 429 had a distinct sound,all it's own! He dominated the race & went on to win it! That was the only race i was ever able to attend in person. What an unbelievable experience it was,something I'll never forget for the rest of my life. It's sad to see the founding brother's are no longer with us. Including several of the great drivers that raced the famous #21 & the #121! Hopefully someday, they'll be back to being a weekly contender to winning. Either way, I'll always be cheering for the #21 & all of the other Fords.❤
this is the type of place you have continue to visit every time you are in the area like an old friend
Those 1/2 scale carbs is nuts! Just think of the amount of skill and time it takes to make a 1/2 scale carb that runs !
2 days ago (Monday December 11th) was Morgan Shepherd 37th Christmas Charity trip. And he stop here before they go to the PRAC Workshop and stop to see everyone. I got a picture of all of Morgan family who was there (Morgan, Wife Cindy, Daughter Cindy and Shanda) with Glenn and Bernece Wood and Eddie. I took the picture before like a month before Glenn died in December 2018. I been here 2-3 times when I go up with his charity. A lot of history and we get a tour by both Glenn when he was alive and Eddie.
I hate you. My butt was so sore when the video ended. I was at the edge of my seat the whole time. I remember a lot of stuff about the Wood Brothers back in the day in NASCAR. I followed the Ford Race teams since the late 60's. Thank You so much, and I cannot wait for more.
Love the Wood Brothers. I don't know if I have done it on your channel yet, so I may be repeating myself about David Pearson as statistically the best NASCAR driver. Less than 600 starts with 105 wins gives him the best win/loss ratio %age of any driver. 3 championships and he didn't run full seasons for a good portion of his career. A lot of his success is because of Wood Brothers Racing. I am looking forward to that 100th win.
I went to Nebraska and saw the Museum of Speed and NOW I HAVE TO GO SEE THIS!!! THANK YOU Stapleman/Logan. This is AWESOME!!!
Heck yeah!!
Thanks to you two for bringing these great WOOD BROTHERS videos to this guy in NZ. I still remember my Philippine second wife's (only had 2, by the way), introduction to NASCAR being Trevor Bayne winning the Daytona 500 back in 2011. Pretty much the only time she's ever been interested in a motor race !!
That’s awesome!
I am speechless! I want to say I had go-cart in early 60's with kick start Maytag motor and mowed our lawn with mower mentioned near end of video. Kudos to Woods for saving all this history and especially to person that took pictures. Cameras weren't prevalent at all in early days. Once again thanks Mitchell and Logan for taking me down memory lane.
Thank you Benny!
Wood Brother's are such amazing group! Very well respected!!!
(Pleasant sigh)
Another incredible museum where you need to pretty much rent a hotel room for an entire week and spend practically every day at the museum, going over each exhibit.
Thank you gentlemen, you all are forever in my heart.
Thanks man!
I have really, really enjoyed these Wood Brothers videos! I remember growing up reading books about the good old days of nascar, I read a book called King Richard the first, that got me hooked on anything I could find on NASCAR, I really lost my love for it after Dale died, just isn’t the same anymore
It is so cool that they want a copy of the video that u made, too. That is such an honor. im so proud of guys
Thanks man!
The Wood brothers are racing geniouses .
That's a folding engineers/carpenters rule that's still made, and used by many to this day. I bought a new Lufkin 72" last year. The one I replaced was my Dads that he marked with number/letter stamps the day he bought it July 20 1951. All the tools in his shop or grip were stamped or engraved. A habit I took up when I started buying tools & equipment.
Wood Bros have always been my favorite Nascar team....had the good fortune to go there,,,at old shop when they were retiring the 71 Mercury Cyclone to go to Joe Weatherly Musuem at Darlington SC.....my all time favorite race car...too...so much history....Leonard Wood...my hero....You did a great job...Stapeton42..
I absolutely love this, history, history and more history. Leonard Wood is a national treasure, an absolute legend, it’s the little things and stories that make it all worth wild (keep up the good job Mitchell and Logan!! Love it)
Thanks Sean we appreciate you!
Those half scale cars are amazing.
This is really in the top 1% of interesting history videos on the internet. I was too young to understand why guys like Squier, Jenkins and Parsons would always go out of their way to glowingly highlight which driver was driving the "Wood Brothers car” (and Junie Donlevy's to a slightly lesser extent), even though they rarely won and now I have a deep understanding of exactly why. These guys *were* the epitome of stock car racing from day 1.
Bravo on doing this video and doing it exactly how you did it
I agree completely man. Heck even as a little kid I did not understand Darrell Waltrip's history. I thought he was just the tv guy. It's neat how these people and organizations have different meanings to different generations in that way.
@@Stapleton42I know you started your channel with a different theme in mind and it's naturally evolved into what it is now. Whatever you do, don't go back to what you started with on for more than a different type of video every so often.
These guys at these old shops spill their guts to you because they know you only care about the absolute truth in every story with no ulterior motives whatsoever.
This is game changing content, not just for NASCAR enthusiasts, but for copycats in other genres
@@Storkleton Well said my dude. Much appreciated 💪🏻
So cool! Thanks!
You are doing the world of motorsport a huge service that will live on through generations by documenting these legends and the history they made. Thanks from all of us petrol heads.
Thank you sir!
Everything that was Good in NASCAR’s history and good basic USA 🇺🇸 values. Thanks for documenting this history and sharing it with the world…
The Woods are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. On a family vacation back in the early 90's we stopped in Stuart to visit the shop. At the time we were driving a Merkur Scorpio - a European Ford that was only imported a few years. My wife was sitting outside because our two year old son was asleep (I was inside geeking out over the shop and the hundreds of cams on shelves - I was racing at Langley VA at the time.) The next thing she knew a gentleman squatted down and was talking about how he thought this oddball car was pretty cool. It was Leonard Wood. She and a racing legend talked for a while until I emerged from the old shop and was awestruck to meet one of racing's legends.
Thanks so much for making these videos! You both do a great job of them!
Keep the patina and add the mechanical to bring it back to life, I loved the telescope story, thanks for getting the history on film.
Great tour !! Thank you!!!!!!
Great content thanks for sharing
Oh wow, this is your best effort yet. This and the other Leonard vid are absolutely beyond anything i have ever seen as far as a behimd the scenes, access all areas look at such an historic outfit. I hope Leonard lives to be 150 years old he is one sharp guy.
Thank You for this, all the way from Australia..
I never rewatch anything on RUclips, but i will absolutely 5000% be going back and watching this one again. Wow.
The real heart of nascar! Real family no matter what your last name was.I'm taken aback at not only what is there who is there is amazing ! Family's in NASCAR no matter how collective held each achievement with pride ! This family was the largest group of contributors in the development of the sport! Wood brother's are the holders of the finest historical collection and the way its presented is a experience that will never be duplicated ! Go and see for your self .! I had a tear in my eye for days after,you really get a feeling for their commitment to the NASCAR family and their own family
Phenomenal ,
thanks y’all
Awesome video! Great Job!
Unbelievable amount of memories in the Woodbrothers shop and the stories that you got were fantastic please keep up your awesome work you both do
Thanks man!
Long time Ford and NASCAR fan. This is so cool and brrings back memories of good times at Riverside, Ascot, Ontario, and many move. Thank you.
Great video loved every minute of it, thanks you guys
Fantastic video !
what a video...thanks !
Woods Brothers 21 pulling out that 2k’s Daytona 500
is The Biggest Thing in Racing since Dale’s crash
Still is
That was HUGE
Just Amazing
I Loved seeing that
and everyone I know was stoked on that Win
1 of those rare times where it’s alright Your favorite Driver didn’t Win
Because it was BiGGER than that
1 of Thee OG Team’s & Families
Pulling out The 500 W in this day & age
I’d Love to see it again
Woods Brothers 21 Racing Team
is GOAT Status 🏁
My brother in law and I are thoroughly enjoying the video, as always great job you and Logan are doing 🏁😎🏁
Awesome! Thank you!