I was watching a bit on the History Channel this morning. I don't care much about NASCAR, but I did find it interesting about the first NASCAR drivers. When NASCAR began in the 1940's, many of the sport's top drivers were ex-(or concurrent) moonshine haulers! These are the guys who started work at 11pm hauling moonshine across the area. One top NASCAR racer, Junior Johnson, began hauling moonshine when he was just 15 years old. He learned how to soup up cars and engines to make them run up to 150 mph. These guys learned how to drive fast and dangerously. The speed and excitement of NASCAR drew their interest, but the money they made racing was almost nothing compared to the money these guys made hauling moonshine!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Did You Know About the First NASCAR Drivers?
Did you know about the first NASCAR drivers?
I was watching a bit on the History Channel this morning. I don't care much about NASCAR, but I did find it interesting about the first NASCAR drivers. When NASCAR began in the 1940's, many of the sport's top drivers were ex-(or concurrent) moonshine haulers! These are the guys who started work at 11pm hauling moonshine across the area. One top NASCAR racer, Junior Johnson, began hauling moonshine when he was just 15 years old. He learned how to soup up cars and engines to make them run up to 150 mph. These guys learned how to drive fast and dangerously. The speed and excitement of NASCAR drew their interest, but the money they made racing was almost nothing compared to the money these guys made hauling moonshine!
I was watching a bit on the History Channel this morning. I don't care much about NASCAR, but I did find it interesting about the first NASCAR drivers. When NASCAR began in the 1940's, many of the sport's top drivers were ex-(or concurrent) moonshine haulers! These are the guys who started work at 11pm hauling moonshine across the area. One top NASCAR racer, Junior Johnson, began hauling moonshine when he was just 15 years old. He learned how to soup up cars and engines to make them run up to 150 mph. These guys learned how to drive fast and dangerously. The speed and excitement of NASCAR drew their interest, but the money they made racing was almost nothing compared to the money these guys made hauling moonshine!
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I've always thought that the rush they got out of running 'shine was better than they got out of NASCAR, but the future wasn't as good.
I'd never even heard about this til yesterday. very interesting. the guy interviewed, Junior, said he would do the same thing again!
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