Bill Ingle on Alan Kulwicki ... This is the First Time I've Ever Said This Publicly

[@wysetech2000]

I knew someone who crewed for Alan Kulwicki in his ASA days. We became a good friends and he always spilled the beans. I think that is why he stayed sane. Alan was was driven by success and at times was tough to work for. He wanted everything his way or the highway. He was very conceited in those days but when he moved to cup he got humbled very quickly. He was very intelligent and had an engineering degree. He understood everything about the car, and was also a great driver. His team was run on a shoestring in the early years, often wondering how he was going to pay for everything. Sometimes his mood wasn't great because of the lack of funds. At the same time, if he won he would give the guys a bonus, or take them out for dinner. Unfortunately my friend got crushed between the two 18 wheelers at the side of the road, while trying to break up a fight between the two drivers and died on the spot. RIP Jack. I don't fault Bill Ingles opinion, but there is two sides to every story. Most such as Paul Andrews was loyal to Alan and still chokes up when talking about him.

[@scottwolf497]

Absolutely. Nobody's perfect. We all have our moments. The fact that he won a championship doing it his way while spurning top rides will NEVER be duplicated. But, if he did say that to Bill, that is totally uncalled for. When Bill told him it was just a job. Amen.

[@JnitraM078]

I think Bill said that, and knew that. He was telling the other side. He never faulted AK's abilities. He faulted his ethics behind money. When he didn't have any, he was humble. When he did have money, he was conceited. Bill wasn't going to work for two people in the same body. You should be who you are, always. I think that's the point he was driving. I don't think he meant any ill will, he just didn't like AK's stance on things. Sorry about your buddy Brother!

[@jackstahlbush]

MET ALAN RICHMOND VA AT BREAKFAST WHEN HE RAN THE QUINCY STEAKHOUSE CAR (ROOKIE)

[@louislepage5111]

I always heard that Alan Kulwicki was difficult to work for

[@zlinedavid]

Even Alan admitted that he was hard to work for. He held himself to such high standards and sometimes forgot that he couldn’t hold others to those same standards.

[@JarrodMiller-z7j]

In Alan's defense, drinking and partying can affect your personality. I had a drinking problem for a long time, and I'm usually a nice guy even when I drank. Sometimes though, it can cause even the nicest people to be a prick.

[@wysetech2000]

It was Alan's drive to be successful with a quarter of the resources the rest had. Hooters finally funded the team sufficiently to build more cars and have better engines. The fans loved him because he was the underdog and won a championship.

[@davidrice3337]

Fuck that

[@romanhendrickson8385]

Thats all well and good... except kulwicki was one of the hardest working people in racing... ingle saying alan was out drinkin ect... full of shit is the nice way to put it...

[@wysetech2000]

@@romanhendrickson8385 If at all, it was likely one time.

[@dannycameron7835]

In no way shape or form did Alan Kulwicki have a drinking problem. He was a normal social drinker. I’ve never seen him drunk out of control and I never saw his personality change. For the record he was very, very nice in a social drinking atmosphere and most of the time he was very, very nice anyway.yeah he was hard to work for at times, but look how far it got us

[@arthurhouston3]

Excellent comments from by gone era. I go back to 1962. Kenner La. PT 109 and then Bobby Donnie and Red.

[@stealthbomber2127]

I heard bad things about Senior as a youngster. His dirty driving from a semi famous dirt driver thar my Dad knew. But Senior was a real puzzle. He would take liberties with other drivers lives, but at the same time having a small town churches parking lot paved and so on. Those are personality traits of people that make race car drivers and fighter pilots, etc.

[@Blacktooth_iRacing]

Yeah I have heard online that Sr wasn’t well liked in his hometown

[@stealthbomber2127]

@@Blacktooth_iRacing He had a few enemies along the way.

[@JasonDerra]

That’s a lot of BS flung in under 10 minutes. When the guy has to tell you just how important he was, he usually wasn’t.

[@paulday5722]

I've read a few articles that said Kulwicki and Evernham got into a heated argument and had to be pulled apart before they started swinging. Ray quit and started taking his stuff to his car to head back home. Gordon heard what was happening and talked him into working with him and BDR the rest of Speedweeks. From that day on they were a package deal.

[@bks7842]

Great stories.

[@bamaman2238]

Is there a full interview?

[@roberthill2219]

In the mid 90's, I worked for a VERY old school shop (on Old Concord road) that had some very big names come through it including Alan... and I heard some stories about Alan... I'm going to side with Bill...

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Thanks For Uploading Rick And Steve

[@jonathanwooldridge7679]

Will there be a full interview?

[@TheSceneVault]

Complete interviews are always available over on the full-length, audio-only version of the podcast. It's available on all the major podcasting platforms.

[@firestarter105G]

A lot of people making comments that has never been around the Cup back in the day. Lots of things things happened and lots of stories to tell. Some good, some funny and some, not so good.

[@RowdyCM]

Wow, that one truly changed my thoughts on Kulwickl.

[@tadroid3858]

Great story! Great attitude, Bill. In the end it's a job.

[@Zdp433]

I about fell out the chair laughing. "Hey Ray, where's your AK shirt..hhhmmm".

[@augieschultz2530]

I’ll take Bill at his word until someone that was there can convince me otherwise.

[@58JOEMOMMA]

Meijer 300 flag in the background...Bobby Jrs win in Kentucky...good times!!!

[@hawki5120]

I have always heard Alan was a very religious guy. I have a very hard time believing he told someone he needed to put him before god.

[@davidrice3337]

Please get a clue

[@raymondhoffman4371]

Get a clue about why do you people treat the deceased

[@marklangren3142]

Kulwicki the last owner champion

[@J.P.207]

Tony Stewart

[@marklangren3142]

@@J.P.207 he joined Hass and got 50% ownership for no dollar commitment I did not include him because he was already a champion he didn't start out as an owner driver he did after having a ton of money

[@J.P.207]

@marklangren3142 that makes sense. Kulwicki was something special. Miss that era of NASCAR Winston Cup

[@FreddyDoorguy]

Na, that be Tony Stewart 2011

[@lancehurley9743]

Truth hurts sometimes…but it’s truth

[@shanebrooks2013]

Alan was well known to be a lady’s man.

[@iket.9930]

One of the women he cheated on is a friend of mine.

[@richardrogers5482]

Would love to hear Paul Andrews take on these stories.

[@mikecross4350]

Seems mixed up on who the boss is

[@terrypennell416]

Real Life isn't always pretty.

[@gailtaylor1636]

After you listen to enough of the interviews becomes obvious that most of these guys are VERY proud of their ability. Not so much of anyone else. I remember the boxer that said. "Marciano couldn't carry my jockstrap". Lost everyone's respect on the spot. But popular opinion seems to be, men are SUPPOSED to be arrogant assholes.

[@georgekunkel5819]

I sure like listening to his stories no sense in sugarcoat and reality.

[@mustangecoboosthpp3869]

This guy if full of crap.

[@richardsheriff]

Well, I'll tell you what.. If you all think Ingle's stories are all B.S .. Then, let us all hear some of Ricky's Stories.. About Bill

[@828AdrenalineFlunkies]

Wow :(

[@johnrice30]

It sounds like B might be a little bit jealous of Bill.

[@GeoffGroves]

@StanleyCarr17 Ingle has always been delusional and full of himself. What a load of you know what

[@yurirentfro2743]

Im gonna have yo call bs on this one.

[@sonliving]

👏🏼👏🏼

[@billcollins8713]

I call B S on his stories . Very inflated view of himself.....

[@mountainmandale1587]

I agree. I knew many people he talks about.

[@BillyCarl66]

I agree. Less than 10 minute clip and he talks down about 3 different people.

[@NSBlack_Stallion]

@@mountainmandale1587I’ll back you up 100% on that

[@johnwhaley8376]

Nothing but foolishness

[@johnwhaley8376]

Bull crap!

[@johnjettfothergill4231]

Yeah, nobody's a saint. And you can't get to the top of anything without stepping on some toes. That actually does not excuse such behavior though. I'm gonna guess that Alan was likely a prick in the sense that if he decided against you for even a small reason, you got no second chance. Likely Kulwicki did not take kindly to criticism of any kind. However, Ingle could have been a bit more diplomatic. Sounds like he carries a bit of a grudge. However, we all make mistakes.

[@dennisparker4935]

no one with a single grain of class/tact would insult or disparage paul andrews. AYFKM. this guy has ZERO credabilty ....Kulwicki won a championship regardless of what was occuring behind the scenes...Bills had more stops than 'suitcase jake" a bitter storyteller looking for his 15 minutes of fame

[@2LabsGarage]

I've Heard stuff like that about Kulwicki before, he partied as much as Tim Richmond, He just didn't get sick and Tim's game was a little more accomplished,

[@Caterpillarjon]

Wow, all this is so surprising to me. I just can't picture Kulwicki in a nightclub partying. He always seemed like such a nerd that could drive a car.

[@TonyWud]

Where'd you hear that?

[@JarrodMiller-z7j]

You're right. He was no Tim Richmond. They must have broke the mold on Tim...lol.

[@wysetech2000]

@@JarrodMiller-z7j Tim Richmond had all the tools he needed to win and Kulwicki didn't.

[@harrygaydosz73]

Sounds like this guy got put in his place and held this bitterness since.

[@aaronb4936]

Who Alan?

[@StanleyCarr17]

Trying to live off Alan and Paul Paul was better than his own pinky toe. Let Paul Andrew's answer

[@j_e_hill]

Not arguing the truth of his story but there’s no need to say that publicly, a bit disrespectful to say the least.

[@JS-dm2tz]

This fella thinks a lot of himself.

[@Slinger43]

If you don't wanna know the TRUTH, then don't ask Bill Ingle anything. With that said...RIP AK 🙏 Ps-To all throwing their BS flags at Bill just know this, Men the likes of Junior Johnson, Cale Yarborough, Waddell Wilson, Ricky Rudd ect...All thought/think highly of Bill Ingle & they definitely would not if Bill was disingenuous, Period!

[@jackcampbell2479]

BS

[@Redneck_Ed]

There's story telling and then there's too much detail. This is too much detail. True or not, it just ends up being a soundbite nugget for the Internet to judge. All Bill had to say was that Alan told him he expected the team to come first before everything else. Alan was difficult, would scream, was demanding, etc...ok. That doesn't necessarily mean that the one on one conversation went down that day exactly as Bill says it did. It's a telling sign when the storyteller's story places so much emphasis on what the other guy said over and over. The gaps in the stories are the things in-between that Bill said and did to prompt those responses.

[@steverowland7163]

IF you weren't there you don't know. I'm sure he could have been very demanding. Specially when you're driven to be the best.

[@TonyWud]

Kulwicki didn't owe Bill or anybody else an explanation of his actions. That was a cheap shot at a dead man. I thought Bill Ingle was better than that.

[@redclover51]

It's about time the truth came out

[@wysetech2000]

What does it matter, he's dead.

[@sbalestro]

😊Mr Perfect, it seems.

[@MARLONdaman]

AND THAT IS WHY ALAN IS DEAD! HE PUT HIMSELF ABOVE YAH GOD! That is something you don’t do!👈🏿😲🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MARLONdaman]

I hate to believe this story; but, the Bible says in Proverbs pride comes before a fall.😑 LESSON: Never think that you are better than Yah God! YOUR LIFE IS BUT A VAPOR!👈🏿👀

[@kevbruggeman33]

Asking to like subscribe this and that is like being a homeless person at the gas station at the corner at asking for change it's tacky

[@Buttermilkjug]

The Houston guy running the channel is extremely tacky~ He gives the Winston Cup Scene legacy a bad/tarnished reputation~ Poor Steve Waid~

[@TheSceneVault]

Wow … whatever I’ve done to offend you, I apologize.

[@Buttermilkjug]

@@TheSceneVault You always make stuff about yourself, instead of the story~ It's sickening how much you do it, and I'm sure you don't even realize that you do it~

[@joshg9148]

​@@TheSceneVaultI have always enjoyed your videos. You seem to let the person you're interviewing talk without interrupting. Keep up the good work!

[@tonypizzaro8919]

​@@TheSceneVault I'm extremely thankful for your fabulous Winston Cup videos. It brings me back to my childhood watching ESPN. Keep up the good work!

[@Carlos-r5n2b]

What a liar