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Scott Houston (born March 31, 1965, in Hickory, North Carolina) is a veteran of NASCAR racing. Houston is the oldest son of Tommy Houston, a founding driver of the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series and member of the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame. He is also 1st cousin to Teresa Earnhardt, NASCAR team owner. His two brothers are Marty Houston and Andy Houston, also NASCAR racing veterans. Houston is married to wife Kimberly Mains Houston and currently resides in Saint Augustine, Florida. He has three children - Henry, Bridget and Courtney.

Early Years...
Scott Houston was born in Hickory,NC (Frye Regional Medical) on March 31, 1965. attended St.Stephens lutheran Day School, Arndt middle School, and St. stephens high school.All located in Hickory, NC. sports included Basketball, Short track Speed Skating,and Cross country. Summer weeks were spent at Camp Linn haven in the NC Blue Ridge Mnts. and working as a life guard at the local swimming pool ( Kool Park) Hickory, NC

Amateur Rocketry...
from age 10 Scott Houston was building and launching a Variety of rockets including water and pnuematic propulsion. Graduating later to mainstream model rocketry and the building, launch, and recovery of multi-stage vehicles. Early studies included stage boost schedule, deceleration engineering, and team recovery plans. Started a local rocketry club and introduced many new members.

Many days were spent in his fathers automotive garage and race shop learning to weld and fabricate. At 16 Scott was employed at his uncle (Ken Houston)Muffler shop refining his welding and fab skills and learning how to build real Hot-rods of that day. Scott Houston (16) was the rear tire changer for the Kings Inn NASCAR team starting at the 1981 Holly Farms 400 at the north Wilksboro speedway and the remainder of the 1981 NASCAR season. Later moving to mechanic and prep at a local Hickory, NC dealership (Everett Chevrolet) this would be the first start of a career in both NASCAR as a pit crew member and Race Mechanic.

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America...
( VICA )

Scott Houston was elected NC Region Preident for the High School Division of the Industrial leadership club and would go on to serve as the VICA club National Parlimentarian 1982-83 allowing Scott to meet and speak with many of the business and goverment leaders of that day including President Ronald Reagan, Ed. Sec Terrell Bell, CEO,s from MAC trucks, Freightliner, and Honeywell. Scott Houston has been an active member of both the NAP (National Assoc. of Parlimentarians) and the AAP ( American Assoc.of Parlimentarians) and was an early apprintice of long time Capital Hill ace Bill Prince.

Scott Houston won a silver medal in Extemporanious speaking in the 1982 American Skill Olympics for NC (Fayetteville) Graduated from St. Stephens High School May 1983.

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Post-Secondary Education

Scott Houston attended Catawba Valley Technical college (Hickory, NC) in the Fall of 1983 seeking an Associates Degree in Engineering and Architectural Design under the direction of italian designer Dario Santi. Studies included Civil and residential design,drafting,Surveying,code and standards, modeling, and construction. later studies include Strength of Materials, Destructive testing, and math /Physics. Scott Houston was hired immediatley from college by Newton, NC firm Rhinehardt and Smith as Commercial Design Draftsmanand worked for 7 months until the day came to leave for Florida and the 1986 NASCAR Daytona 500.This would be the last non-racing job that Scott houston would have for the next 18 years.

Busch Grand National Series (1985-1992)
In 1980, Houston began competition in the Winston Cup Series as a rear-tire changer for Kings Inn Racing Team in the Holly Farms 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway

In 1983, he assumed the helm of the family business as Crew Chief for Southern Biscuit Flour Racing, from then-Crew Chief Gene Petty & also worked part-time for Robert Yates Racing as tire-changer on Davey Allison's #28 Havoline car

1984 Tire changer for Rusty Wallace on his Miller Genuine Draft car

1987 Set the all-time Busch Grand National qualifying mark and current standing record at Daytona International Speedway of 194.389 mph

1989 Finished 2nd in the Busch Grand National Championship to friend, Rob Moroso

Winston Cup Series (1992-1994)
1992/3 Left the family business and joined Darrell Waltrip and Western Auto Racing as Chief Mechanic

19944/5 Returned to the family business as Chief Mechanic and Tire Changer for his brother Andy Houston's car with Caterpillar Rental Stores and won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway that summer. The team lost the battle for Nascar Truck Series Rookie of the Year.

Craftsman Truck Series (1995-1997)
1995 Selected by Darrell Waltrip to start a new team for Sears in the inaugural year of the Craftsman Truck Series

1996 Chief Mechanic at Stavola Brothers Racing for Hut Strickland with Circuit City Racing

1997 Chief Fabricator at Addington Racing for his brother Andy Houston's truck

Sprint Cup Series (1998-2002)
1998-2001 Crew Chief PPI Motorsports for the Tide Racing Team

2002 Chief Mechanic at Ultra Motorsports

1983 – 1986 Catawba Valley Community College AAS Associate of Applied Science, Drafting and Design