Moonshine
According to Nascar they are one of the biggest spectator sports in the US today. Who doesn't love to watch cars zooming around a track trying to find out who is the fastest? In the late 1930's Southern Americans were looking for some entertainment and decided to watch bootleggers race each other to see who was the fastest. By December 1947 Big Bill France organized a meeting to conceive an idea of stock car races. And by February 1948 the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, otherwise known as Nascar was born. But how did moonshine really get Nascar going?
Prohibition
Prohibition was a national law enforcing a ban on the sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol. This ban was obligatory between 1920 to 1933. If you happened to get busted with alcohol, especially if you were a bootlegger you were looking at Federal Charges. There were huge disputes as to whether or not the government should be able to moderate alcohol in the US. Many people felt their rights were being violated. While others like George Remus, a well known criminal attorney, changed from lawyer to bootlegger. George Remus was amazed at the ease bootleggers had in their step when peeling bills of a wad of cash to pay their lawyer fees. Soon George Remus would be a renowned bootlegger bringing in more money than Al Capone.
Bootleggers
Bootleggers were the guys who drove the bottled moonshine from the stills to the customer. Bootleggers had to get extremely good at outrunning the police, because if they didn't then they would be in jail and unable to support their families. Since bootlegging was their livelihood not only did they learn to drive fast down narrow back country dirt roads, but they also modified their cars. Some of the modifications bootleggers used were: * 1. They built the springs up for suspension. * 2. Altered the cars frame * 3. Altered the cars tires
4. According to David Sosbee (son of Gober Sosbee a racing legend and bootlegger) that
Prohibition
Prohibition was a national law enforcing a ban on the sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol. This ban was obligatory between 1920 to 1933. If you happened to get busted with alcohol, especially if you were a bootlegger you were looking at Federal Charges. There were huge disputes as to whether or not the government should be able to moderate alcohol in the US. Many people felt their rights were being violated. While others like George Remus, a well known criminal attorney, changed from lawyer to bootlegger. George Remus was amazed at the ease bootleggers had in their step when peeling bills of a wad of cash to pay their lawyer fees. Soon George Remus would be a renowned bootlegger bringing in more money than Al Capone.
Bootleggers
Bootleggers were the guys who drove the bottled moonshine from the stills to the customer. Bootleggers had to get extremely good at outrunning the police, because if they didn't then they would be in jail and unable to support their families. Since bootlegging was their livelihood not only did they learn to drive fast down narrow back country dirt roads, but they also modified their cars. Some of the modifications bootleggers used were: * 1. They built the springs up for suspension. * 2. Altered the cars frame * 3. Altered the cars tires
4. According to David Sosbee (son of Gober Sosbee a racing legend and bootlegger) that