Jump to content. You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Posted 04 July - Posted 05 July - A member of our group has photos dating back to the 's which indicate racing was alive and well in the Augusta area.
I am sure this was the case throughout the south. Originally posted by Buford He also knew Mike Boyle who was connected to the mob in some way. Boyle owned the Maserati Wilber Shaw won Indy twice in and Originally posted by Don Capps Myths abound in motor racing. One that seems to have rolled right along for years upon years with scarcely a challenge is the one that places Southern moonshiners square in the center of the creation of NASCAR and without whom it would have never happened.
Originally posted by Lotus23 I concur. Another decade or so and they won't be around to relate that first-hand history. Posted 06 July - Originally posted by Jim Thurman The heart of this myth lies with the mainstream media, who continually perpetuate and reinforce it at every turn. Henry Who will do what needs to be done for those that are not yet here?
Someone should start a thread called Chicago racers. Posted 07 July - Originally posted by Lotus23 Somewhere I read that moonshine manufacture was driven by the profit motive: it was the best way to make a decent amount of money from corn. The net income per load was considerably greater. Posted 08 July - Originally posted by hinnershitz What was the name of the Bill France-run, championship-promoting organisation in ?
Originally posted by ggnagy Well, slightly off topic, but that was exactly the issue that led to the first big internal crisis of the United States, the Whiskey Rebellion. Even then, government was allergic to people making and keeping money, and started taxing the heck out of whiskey.
