All you need to con your way into a NASCAR race is a car, money and the guts of a snake wrangler. In 1982, a man named L.W. Wright showed up in Nashville trying to talk his way into Talladega.  Read the series <ul> <li>Part 1: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/04/25/talladega-nascar-lw-wright-fastest-track/78386124007/">How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track</a></li> <li>Part 2: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/05/02/lw-wright-and-talladega-could-he-drive-as-fast-as-he-could-talk/82708449007/">Could L.W. Wright drive as fast as he could talk?</a></li> <li>Part 3: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/05/09/nascar-talladega-lw-wright-police-arrest/82705058007/">After getting a black flag, would LW Wright outrun the law?</a></li> </ul>

All you need to con your way into a NASCAR race is a car, money and the guts of a snake wrangler. In 1982, a man named L.W. Wright showed up in Nashville trying to talk his way into Talladega. Read the series Part 1: How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track Part 2: Could L.W. Wright drive as fast as he could talk? Part 3: After getting a black flag, would LW Wright outrun the law?

All you need to con your way into a NASCAR race is a car, money and the guts of a snake wrangler. In 1982, a man named L.W. Wright showed up in Nashville trying to talk his way into Talladega.&nbsp; Read the series <ul> <li>Part 1: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/04/25/talladega-nascar-lw-wright-fastest-track/78386124007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">How L.W. Wright talked his way onto NASCAR's fastest track</a></li> <li>Part 2: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/05/02/lw-wright-and-talladega-could-he-drive-as-fast-as-he-could-talk/82708449007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Could L.W. Wright drive as fast as he could talk?</a></li> <li>Part 3: <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nascar/2025/05/09/nascar-talladega-lw-wright-police-arrest/82705058007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">After getting a black flag, would LW Wright outrun the law?</a></li> </ul> &nbsp;

The Long Talladega Con Part 1

"Murder on Music Row" is a podcast produced by The Tennessean, which is part of the USA Today Network. It is a deep-dive narrative that covers one case per season, and includes murder, music and nostalgia from police investigations in Nashville, TN.
Season 1 focused on the execution-style 1989 murder of Cash Box Magazine chart director Kevin Hughes.&nbsp;
Season 2: "The Skull at the End of the Rainbow" focuses on the life and 1998 murder of Nashville icon David "Skull" Schulman, who owned and operated Skull's Rainbow Room for 50 years.&nbsp;
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"Murder on Music Row" is a podcast produced by The Tennessean, which is part of the USA Today Network. It is a deep-dive narrative that covers one case per season, and includes murder, music and nostalgia from police investigations in Nashville, TN. Season 1 focused on the execution-style 1989 murder of Cash Box Magazine chart director Kevin Hughes.  Season 2: "The Skull at the End of the Rainbow" focuses on the life and 1998 murder of Nashville icon David "Skull" Schulman, who owned and operated Skull's Rainbow Room for 50 years.  For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become a Tennessean subscriber. For more from season 1, go to Tennessean.com/murderonmusicrow. For season 2 extras, click here.

"Murder on Music Row" is a podcast produced by The Tennessean, which is part of the USA Today Network. It is a deep-dive narrative that covers one case per season, and includes murder, music and nostalgia from police investigations in Nashville, TN.
Season 1 focused on the execution-style 1989 murder of Cash Box Magazine chart director Kevin Hughes.&nbsp;
Season 2: "The Skull at the End of the Rainbow" focuses on the life and 1998 murder of Nashville icon David "Skull" Schulman, who owned and operated Skull's Rainbow Room for 50 years.&nbsp;
For an exclusive, eight-part companion narrative series, become a Tennessean subscriber. For more from season 1, go to <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2024/05/21/murder-on-music-row-nashville-kevin-hughes-podcast/72898249007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tennessean.com/murderonmusicrow</a>.
For season 2 extras, <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/07/nashville-skull-rainbow-room-skull-schulman-murder/83275964007/" rel="noopener noreferrer">click here</a>.

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