NASCAR Racing

For years in the Southeastern states, men distilled their own liquor to avoid paying taxes to the "Revenuer". This liquor was called "Moonshine" -- as it was distilled at night by the light of the moon.

It was typically transported by cars with gutted interiors to hold the cargo and hot rodded to be faster than the cars driven by the police. The drivers were referred as "Runners" and they'd be blowing down the back roads at very high speeds, often chased by the police. Being caught was certain jail time for running shine, so they did what it took to ensure not being caught.

After WWII, a group of good ole boyz decided to have unsanctioned races for bragging rights on who was the best driver with the fastest car. That evolved into stock car racing, which grew a sanctioning body called National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing -- or NASCAR.

NASCAR was typically a racing sport for southern boys driving stock cars, having only small portions of their race shown on ABC's Wide World of Sports, weeks after being ran. It is no longer a southern racing sport nor are the cars anything near stock -- but it is the fastest growing sport in the nation. Races are week long events for most people that attend them.

In the left sidebar -- you will see buttons to driver and tracks. Clicking on them will get get you to pages on the more famous Mopar drivers and the tracks they raced at.

Check back often, as this is a work in progress. Should you have paper that you would like to write on popular NASCAR driver that raced Mopars, or a popular NASCAR track, click the below button to tell me about what you propose.

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