To: saganite
Well, yeah, because of Prohibition, rumrunners and bootleggers came into existence. Good ol’ boys would oufit their cars to make them as quick as possible to beat the police. They were the forerunners of todays NASCAR.
6 posted on
07/08/2010 2:29:35 PM PDT by
WinOne4TheGipper
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
I knew NASCAR originated from running shine but I just never made the connection to the prohibition movement and the fact it was primarily a women’s movement.
7 posted on
07/08/2010 2:36:48 PM PDT by
saganite
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
They were the forerunners of todays NASCAR.Junior Johnson was moonshiner even as he drove in NASCAR. Well, until he was caught and convincted in 1956.
9 posted on
07/08/2010 2:39:49 PM PDT by
Ol' Dan Tucker
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
Add smoking to the alcohol issue. Women like being bosses and they’ll say anything to win.
To: WinOne4TheGipper
Not just make them quicker, but the goal was to still look ‘stock’. I have seen an interesting documentary on it, really interesting. I wondered why it was called ‘stock car races’, when they are anything but ‘stock’. Just supposed to look that way, but the engines and shocks were 2 of the main upgrades. Engine to outrun and shocks to not give the appearance of a very heavy load of illegal goods...
21 posted on
07/08/2010 3:26:52 PM PDT by
LearnsFromMistakes
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To: WinOne4TheGipper
And there was thunder, thunder, over Thunder Road. Thunder was his engine, white lightning was his load. There was moonshine, moonshine to quench the devil's thirst. The law they swore they'd get him but the devil got him first.
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