Record #:

23721

Author(s):

Smith, Deidra; Jader, Chris [Illustrator]

Abstract:

The origins of NASCAR trace to liquor tax laws and the Prohibition Era, when Western North Carolina moonshiners raced around back roads, escaping the law as they made their deliveries. Smith discusses the history of bootlegging and NASCAR.

Source:

WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 2 Issue 1, January/February 2008, p82-91, il, por

Subject(s):

NASCAR (Association); Moonshiners